EDITORIALS
Our positions and strategic analyses.
Editorials constitute the institutional voice of the Observatory. They articulate our positions, synthesize our analyses, and situate contemporary intellectual issues.
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The Editorial of the Moment
Jacques Robert revisits the plagiarism committed by sociologist Jason Arday and how the University of Cambridge initially defended its professor before announcing an investigation, while Arday ultimately resigned. The affair reveals the failings of a university where identity politics and the pursuit of diversity take precedence over the rigorous evaluation of scientific competence and integrity.
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Jacques-Robert
Professor Emeritus of Cancerology, University of Bordeaux
The Collège de France and 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.
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
Linguist, President of LAIC
Public universities: the invisible pillar of higher education sacrificed
French public universities, which enroll more than 70% of higher education students, fulfill an essential mission with far fewer resources than the private sector, while relying heavily on state funding. Yet, they suffer from a disconnect between research and teaching, low professionalization, and a lack of institutional recognition, undermining their central role in educating young people and upholding the promise of republican equality.
Alain Policar, the wide-eyed awake man
In his book "Wokism Doesn't Exist," Alain Policar defends a woke ideology that, under the guise of fighting discrimination, seeks the deconstruction of Western civilization. A review by Emmanuelle Hénin.
Vincent Tournier
Lecturer in political science at the IEP of Grenoble.
The Green Poster: When the French Sociology Association Presents Its Bio-Palestinian Utopia
The AFS Congress poster reveals a militant utopianism in a section of contemporary sociology. Vincent Tournier denounces the use of social sciences as an ideological tool in the service of wokeism.
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
Linguist, President of LAIC
The meaning of our fight
A profound reversal of values and benchmarks is currently affecting the intellectual, educational, and social spheres. Identity ideologies are distorting historical struggles for equality, emptying them of their meaning. It is urgent to reestablish critical thinking, armed with knowledge and rigor, to stand up against this charade that is blurring the transmission of reality.
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Back to the past: when PUFs restore prior censorship
The book "Face à l'obscurantisme woke," commissioned by the Presses Universitaires de France from three researchers and 22 co-authors, was suddenly canceled a month before its publication, officially due to a context deemed unfavorable. This decision, perceived as a form of ideological censorship, sparked numerous reactions, media support for the authors, and interest from other publishers willing to publish the book.