https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-Joys-and-Miseries-of-Marriage https://booksandideas.net/The-Joys-and-Miseries-of-Marriage 2025-07-15T12:34:39Z text/html en Céline Surprenant Arts Philosophy women literature marriage biography novel divorce United Kingdom <p>The “double life” of the great English novelist George Eliot combines the literary field with the experience of marriage. Her works form the crucible for reflections on love, social norms and freedom.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Francoise-Heritier-s-Activist-Structuralism https://booksandideas.net/Francoise-Heritier-s-Activist-Structuralism 2017-11-20T08:00:00Z text/html en Salvatore D'Onofrio Society Philosophy gender anthropology structuralism marriage Portraits incest <p>By asserting that structuralism is a fruitful approach to kinship relations or the difference between the sexes, Françoise Héritier radically renewed anthropological methodology. Her life's work has also shown us that scientific commitment goes hand-in-hand with societal involvement.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Catholics-and-gender https://booksandideas.net/Catholics-and-gender 2015-03-16T06:30:00Z text/html en Anthony Favier Society education gender feminism catholicism homosexuality marriage Institut français <p>The criticism of “gender theory” that is expressed in some Catholic circles is not just a travesty of gender studies: it detracts from the development of a feminist theology and current efforts at establishing a dialogue within the Catholic Church.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Separations-The-Female-Perspective https://booksandideas.net/Separations-The-Female-Perspective 2012-10-29T08:42:34Z text/html en Cécile Van de Velde Society family women marriage Florence Gould Foundation divorce <p>In his new work, François Singly continues to explore the transformations of marital bonds. This time, he approaches it from another angle—that of the “process of uncoupling” experienced by women who have recently separated from their partner. More than just a sociological study of the gender relations at play in a separation, this investigation explores the engagement and disengagement of the self within the ties of marriage.</p>