This section brings together all the analyses classified under this theme.
Our friend Vincent Tournier spent a few days in Bordeaux… He shares some anecdotes with us. It is generally in the details of daily life that the ideological obsessions of a society are revealed.
Michel Messu shows how Nicolas Pouvreau-Monti's new book deconstructs preconceived ideas about immigration and invites us to rethink this issue as a major political choice rather than an inevitable phenomenon.
An interview by Pierre-Henri Tavoillot with the philosopher Manuel Maria Carrilho who analyzes wokism as an ideology stemming from the "paradigm of the unlimited", based on a boundless conception of identity and language, and marked by a censorial fanaticism deeply rooted in Western institutions.
The "month of equality" organised by the University of Grenoble-Alpes replaces academic debate with ideological awareness-raising actions that take the place of intellectual reflection.
The clamor of social media, far from threatening democracy, is its vibrant and popular expression. Trying to silence it reveals above all an elitist fear of the voice of the people.
"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.
Is the cancellation of a conference desirable? Two positions argued by two members of the Observatory.
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.
An article in Le Monde reverses the roles by portraying so-called progressive academics as victims while imposing their ideological vision on campuses. Through several examples (Grenoble, Lyon II, student blockades, etc.), Jacques Robert denounces institutional complacency in the face of ideologies and the growing disregard for academic freedom.
Jacques Robert denounces the drift of certain academic institutions such as the Collège de France, which agrees to submit to leonine clauses by signing a contract with a multinational company: academic freedom is thus undermined, as is the inalienable right to criticism.