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/Are-Capitalist-Democracies-Really-Resilient-4829 https://booksandideas.net/Are-Capitalist-Democracies-Really-Resilient-4829 2020-06-18T07:00:00Z text/html en Cyril Benoit Politics Economy capitalism democracy populism neoliberalism knowledge economy <p>For Torben Iversen, capitalism is not responsible for the crisis democracies are currently facing. After Jenny Andersson, Cyril Benoît underlines the limits of this optimistic interpretation.</p> https://booksandideas.net/The-Intelligence-of-the-Hand https://booksandideas.net/The-Intelligence-of-the-Hand 2011-01-07T12:52:22Z text/html en Marie Duru-Bellat Society Philosophy labour <span class="caps">FMSH</span> knowledge economy <p>Ex-philosopher Matthew Crawford celebrates the virtues of manual labor, lamenting the alienation that he argues is inherent in ostensibly intellectual occupations. Crawford is convinced that only manual work is truly intelligent, and he challenges current educational policies while arguing for a rediscovery of the value of hands-on activity.</p>