A state that presents itself as a protector while treating parents as incapable minors, and children as subjects to be removed from reality, builds a society where no one is accountable for transmission.
"For a Reform of Pedagogical Thinking" by Stéphane Louryan is a lucid critique of early specialization and the fragmentation of knowledge in higher education. A review by Jacques Robert.
The "list of perpetrators of genocide" published by historian Julien Théry primarily stigmatizes Jewish figures simply because they defend Israel's right to exist. An opinion piece by Xavier-Laurent Salvador and Patrick Henriet calls for combating antisemitism in all its forms.
The introduction of "menstrual leave for all" in some French universities, denying the physiological reality of menstruation, blurs the lines between equality and ideology. An article by Laura Stevens, followed by a commentary by Jacques Robert.
The recent publication of a report on academic freedom has obviously generated immense interest from the Observatory of University Ethics, especially since it makes extensive reference to our Observatory, one of whose missions is
Although the threat is clear, the growing fragility of our cultural institutions in the face of organized criminal networks does not provoke any real reaction: the political and judicial authorities remain inert, while museums, insufficiently equipped and protected, remain at the mercy of a booming heritage crime.
Polybius saw the history of regimes as a moral cycle: democracy degenerates into ochlocracy when virtue disappears. Today, the loss of elite training and the decline of universities recall this mechanism: without education, freedom collapses and the crowd rules in place of reason.
The show "The Best Regional Cuisine" drew the magazine's ire for its stale praise of tradition. However, Télérama is not stingy with praise when it comes to distant traditions.
In a brief, humorous, and caustic autobiographical account, Jacques Robert denounces the intimidation that conference organizers are subjected to at the hands of zealous sycophants. The new cancer culture?
Professor Albert Doja critically analyzes a thesis devoted to the status of "burrnesh" ("sworn virgin", but also "strong woman" in Albanian). An article which illustrates the challenges of scientific rigor, historicization of concepts and vigilance in the face of simplifications or "exoticization" which risk hindering the understanding and support of struggles for equality.