Migration - Ideas and Proposals

Release of the book "Migrations: Received Ideas and Proposals" by the Utopia Movement
Editions Utopia, August 26, 2019 - 152 Pages

Managing migration in an era of climate change and democratic crises is an increasingly central challenge.
Migration is both a reality and a fantasy. They

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Rationality lapse

Déchéance de rationalité - Les tribulations d'un homme de progrès dans un monde devenu fou, by Gérald Bronner - Edition Grasset, March 2019 - 272 Pages The world has gone mad, we all see it a little bit every day. We are overwhelmed by a continuous outpouring of fake news and

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economy

The new resistance to technological violence

La nouvelle résistance face à la violence technologique by Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, Mickaël Berrebi and Pierre Dockès - Editions Eyrolles, 13 June 2019 - 168 Pages The word "resistance" is part of the sacred language. What audacity to use it to deal with a vulgar problem of technology. In a universe that is

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safe society

The safety eye

L'œil sécuritaire Mythes et réalités de la vidéosurveillance, by Elodie Lemaire Editions La découverte, Collection Sciences humaines / " L'envers des faits ", directed by Stéphane Beaud, Fabien Truong and Paul Pasquali - March 21, 2019 - 208 Pages CCTV cameras are everywhere: public roads, workplaces,

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Bullshit Jobs

Bullshit Jobs, by David Graeber Edition The Ties that Free, September 2018 - 404 Pages While technological progress has always been seen as the horizon of work liberation, our modern society relies heavily on the alienation of the majority of office workers. Many are driven to

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prolongation of life

Life extension: What challenges? What policies?

Life extension: What challenges? What policies? Under the direction of Anne-Marie Guillemard and Elena Mascova - Preface by Renaud Villard, Director of the CNAV Edition La découverte, December 2017 - 414 Pages From the crossroads of multidisciplinary approaches and in a perspective of international comparisons, this

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social transition

Delicate transition

Tricky transition. From Emergence to Convergence, by Christine Marsan Acatl Edition, 2017 We are living in turbulent times, the election period is the most recent example. The uncertainty of the voters, a campaign with many twists and turns makes forecasts and polls as uncertain as they are labile. What is it coming to us

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Urban man

Urban man by Frédéric Soltan and Dominique Rabotteau - Editions de La Martinière, October 2016 Tomorrow, 10 billion people will populate the planet, about 7 billion of them will be city dwellers. Who is the "urban man"? A refugee from the impoverishment of the countryside, a man or woman fleeing the

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2038 The World's Futures

2038 Les futurs du monde de Virginie Raisson - Edition Robert Laffont, November 2016 - 204 Pages Looking back far ahead, what do we see? Is the earth overpopulated? Can Africa take off? Will robots work in our place? Should we be afraid of the Chinese? Is globalization

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How France killed its cities

"Comment la France a tué ses villes" by Olivier Razemon - Edition Rue de l'échiquier, October 2016 - 192 Pages Empty, dark shop windows, blind facades, lowered metal blinds. Whether in Calais, Agen, Le Havre, Landerneau, Avignon or Lunéville, the urban crisis is gnawing away at cities.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucratie de David Graeber – Edition Les Liens qui Libèrent – Octobre 2015   « Toute initiative gouvernementale conçue pour réduire les pesanteurs administratives et promouvoir les forces du marché aura pour effet ultime d’accroître le nombre de réglementations et le volume total de paperasse et l’effectif total des agents de

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