This volume concerns current social issues: the dangers society faces, globalisation and cultural identity, illiteracy, the rise of religion, individualism, drugs, among others.
Contributors include Alain Ehrenberg, François Ewald, Elisabeth de Fontenay, Claude Habib, Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Bernard Lahire, Tobie Nathan, Alina Reyes, Giulia Sissa, Jean-Didier Urbain, Georges Vigarello.