Darkness, the enemy of the Enlightenment according to Foucault
Michel Foucault in an interview dating back to 1977 declares : A fear haunted the second half of the eighteenth century: it is the dark space, the screen of darkness …
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VII. B. Challenges for the world at the beginning of the 21st century
→ The consumer society in question Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008 Evolution of the standard of living: —diffusion of technological innovations, household products (refrigerator, washing machines), by means of …
Summary Paul Krugman – Get us out of this crisis now!
Paul Krugman, an economist born in 1953, wrote a book published in 2012 by Flammarion entitled: Sortez-nous de cette crise… maintenant ! This book report lists for each chapter the key …
The Black American Revolt
To understand the project of a popular history of the United States, intended by Howard Zinn’s historian, go here a popular history of American society after 1945. This engaged history …
The Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Affair
In this study of the Ethel and Julius Rosenberg case, you will discover why this communist couple was executed in 1953. After a brief look at the biographies of Julius …
Summary A Black Anger: Letter to my Son – Ta-Nehisi Coates
→ The Black Revolt – A Popular History of US Society After 1945 Summary I (A Black Anger: Letter to My Son – Ta-Nehisi Coates) Ta-Nehisi Coates begins his letter with the word, …