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Abstract This second lecture advances the thesis that, after the Second World War, a particular conception of democracy emerged in Western Europe - what the speaker describes as " constrained democracy ". This conception was based on a fear of …

Abstract I will be responding to Sloterdijk's leçon at the Collège de France, posing a question about what it means to take possession of the earth, and a question about the modern citizen's obligations in the era of globalization. Robert Pogue Harrison …

Abstract The starting point for the following reflections is provided by the theses of media and cultural theorist Friedrich Kittler, according to whom the poet Homer was the founder of the revolutionary cultural innovation of vowel notation in ancient …

Abstract We are interested in the question of counting cuspidal and selfdual automorphic representations of GL(n) over Q which are unramified at all primes and algebraic numbers of given distinct weights. Thanks to Arthur's work, it essentially amounts to …

Abstract Every syntactician is accustomed to experimenting with a given sentence. We modify it slightly, adding or removing a negation, changing the word order, replacing one word with another. Then we evaluate the result of the modification. Every …

Abstract Argumental semantics deals with "   who does what to whom   " in the event or state expressed by the sentence. Each sentence can be associated with a small mental scene, involving a small number of participants, the arguments. The different roles …

Abstract Today's sportsmen and women are veritable public figures. They are known to everyone, including those who are not interested in sport. Their visibility and popularity can be seen, for example, in the fact that two footballers (Cristiano Ronaldo …

Abstract The first conference addresses the challenges facing democracy in Europe today. It focuses in particular on the consolidation of autocratic structures in some EU member states. The question arises as to whether the EU has the duty and ability to …

Summary The evolution of French is multilinear and the result of contacts with other languages, which give rise to a variety of linguistic structures. In the different ecologies where French cohabits with "   partner languages   ", can we hope for …

Abstract Integrated pseudo-embryos  ; definition, characterization and mouse/human comparison. Experimental potential and some ethical and social issues. This fourth   lesson deals with the most advanced form of the various human pseudo-embryos covered in …

Abstract Public policies aimed at reducing social inequalities and promoting academic success by adding extra resources are sometimes ineffective because they overlook the psychosocial determinants of human behavior. This is the starting point for …

Gilles Kepel Senior Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France since 2010 and University Professor, Gilles Kepel specializes in the political and religious sociology of the contemporary Middle East. His work also focuses on the political …