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Florence Burgat

The Animal, My Relation

On one hand, men exploit, manipulate and slaughter animals. On the other hand, they let animals interfere with their lives, pollute them, and sometimes dominate them. Since the classical Age, Man has sought to define himself in his opposition to animals. Claiming for himself the most noble faculties - consciousness, thought, esthetic sense, morality - he represses his own animal side, notably his sexuality. But Florence Burgat goes beyond this negative statement. She walks in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's steps, claiming that men, like animals are sensitive beings, liable to suffer. On this basis, she proposes a new morality. Florence Burgat is a philosopher, and works at the Laboratory of Social Anthropology of the College of France.

François Galichet

What Is a Completed Life?

François Galichet is a philosopher. A graduate of the École normale supérieure, with a Ph.D. in philosophy, he is emeritus professor at the Université de Strasbourg.

Fouazia Farida Charfi

Islam and Science

A politically involved scientist, Faouzia Charfi is an important voice, in Tunisia and in France.

Philippe Askenazy

Let’s All Become Rentiers! For a New Distribution of Wealth

A fascinating book — and a powerful stand against growing inequality

Guillaume Cerutti

The Cultural Policy : A 21st Century Challenge Twenty Proposals

Though our certainties may waver as we move toward an uncertain economic and social future, culture remains for France an exceptional asset and a critical issue, both at home and internationally.

Kevin O'Rourke

A Short History of Brexit

This book is the story of a divorce, the one between the United Kingdom and Europe with the referendum of 23 June 2016.

Alain Bauer, Marie-Christine Dupuis-Danon

The Protectors An Inside History of the French Gendarmerie

Following Les Guetteurs [the Lookouts], the first history of French Intelligence as told by its heads, here is Les Protecteurs, the inside history of the National Gendarmerie.

Élie Cohen

Industrial Sovereignty

How can we escape our economic dependency and regain our industrial sovereignty? What substance should be given to this “strategic autonomy” that the French and the Germans henceforth hope will be achieved?