Social classes
Is it fair that the chance of birth gives certain privileges? What about social classes? I. The questioning of privileges in the 18th century In the 18th century, Turgot thought, …
Category: Sociology
Privacy and capitalism
That’s the theory Tim Wu advocates in a 2019 New York Times article. For him, privacy in the old days was the same as being rich. Peasants, slaves and serfs …
Aron – Preferring revolt to humiliation
In Peace and War Between Nations, published in 1962, Raymond Aron writes: The difficulty of peace has more to do with humanity than with man’s animality. The mouse that has …
Rosanvallon and justice
A study of justice and the place of the judge. Pierre Rosanvallon analyzed the evolution of the place of the judge. You can listen to this conference online. Pierre Rosanvallon …
The secret, an ornament – Simmel
Georg Simmel, who died in 1918, is the author of a Sociology where he analyzes, among other things, the function of secrecy in esoteric societies. “Secrecy functions as an ornament …
Kindness in the workplace – Martina Lucaccini (Sapienza University and Luiss University)
“I would like to change how kindness is perceived” I would like to change how kindness is perceived in our job as researchers, as future professors, but also in general …