For Eugène Guillevic, the city is what matters most
“Yet the city is what matters most, what must matter most. Because nothing is more about ourselves than that. When it changes, it is we who make it change Eugène …
Category: Sociology
Birth and history of the newspaper
Ten percent to 12% of Sciences Po students choose to become journalists. Journalism occupies a predominant place in contemporary societies, a “fourth power”. Alexis de Tocqueville in 1833 already identified …
The end of the village – Jean-Pierre le Goff
For Jean-Pierre le Goff, the village is dead. His sentence is without appeal:”The village as a community gathering in the same place housing, work and what we call today leisure …
Linguistics and semiotics: definitions and principles
Semiotics and Linguistics Definitions the distinction between semiology and linguistics is as follows: Semiology is the study of all non-linguistic systems of communication, the study of all non-linguistic systems of …
The Fashion – Edward Sapir
What is fashion? Why do people follow fashion? fashionable? Edward Sapir, anthropologist, correction these questions by studying the links between Culture and fashion. Here are 10 characteristics of fashion identified …
Christmas in the world
Christmas is a celebration commemorating the nativity of Jesus Christ. Origin of Christmas Etymologically, the term Christmas comes from the Latin Natalis, birth. There is no reference to date the …