Books & ideas

Should we Be Afraid of the Digital Revolution ?

Jules Naudet — 2022-06-08T07:30:00Z

Five leading scholars of Big Tech studies share their views on the hopes and dangers of the on-going Digital Revolution. Their answers reveal the pressing need for more political, social and economic theorizing of these dynamics.

Summer Reading

Editorial Team — 2021-07-26T07:00:00Z

Summer is here; Books&Ideas is off on holiday. We will be back with new publications starting August 30. In the meantime, here is a selection of essays, interviews and reviews published over the past year.

Summer Mix

Editorial Team — 2021-07-19T07:03:17Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be back at the end of August. In the meantime, here is a selection of interviews, reviews and essays on popular music published over the past year.

Democracy Distorted

Ivan Ascher & Marieke Louis — 2020-10-13T07:30:00Z

Is it really the case, as is often alleged, that money decides everything about elections? As the US presidential election is looming, La Vie des idées/Books & Ideas and Public Books team up to examine the influence of money in today's electoral democracies.

What Has the Digital Era Done to Us?

Editorial Team — 2020-08-24T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection focuses on digital tools, their relationship to political power and capitalism.

Shifting Perspectives

Editorial Team — 2020-08-17T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection focuses on ways to shift our intellectual categories.

Gender and Politics

Editorial Team — 2020-08-10T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection questions the relationship between gender and politics.

How China Governs

Editorial Team — 2020-08-03T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection focuses on China today, its uses of digital technologies to govern, and the political theories developed by its intellectuals.

The Making of Race

Editorial Team — 2020-07-27T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection questions the social construction of racial identities, and the history of domination.

Beyond Consumerism?

Editorial Team — 2020-07-20T07:00:00Z

Books & Ideas is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection questions our global consumerism, looks back in its history and analyses its legal framework.