The human memory is very susceptible to the social influence: people share stories, narratives, and this transmission can affect the memory that we have of those stories… even if they are our own stories. An article published in the journal Science shows how the opinions of others can alter the memory that we have of […]
Adam Smith and the Theory of Value Work
Although it is in fact something that is acknowledged, it is easy to forget that the theory of value labor was not invented by Marx, but rather something you picked up from the tradition of classical economics, and English. At the same time when looking at the original texts on the subject, and in particular […]
A note on consequentialism
Sometimes, I imagine that also happens to others, I discover a blog and dedicate myself to reading it completely. And so, I come a few ideas to purpose of the posts very old. This time, at Crooked Timber for the purpose of consequentialism (the idea that the moral value of an action depends on its […]
state-of-France – 2009-2010
The state of France, 2009-2010. A book with the editions of The Discovery (2009) The State of France is a collective work that benefits from the collaboration of fifty specialists. 18th edition, this album shows the ambition to be ” a unique panorama, and full of France “, it is indeed the sub-title of the […]
Has risked about my education
I was born and grew up in a military family. Therefore, my professional career was predetermined. I had to choose an important and respected profession, as they say now – socially significant. Parents decided that the doctor, or the teacher – the most suitable for me specialties. Since we then lived in a small provincial […]
pet, a conspicuous consumption ?
Brief detour for a section of the French Review of sociology, 1992, Nicolas Herpin and Daniel Verger, ” Are they mad? The passion of the French for pets” “In large cities, where the frames are focused, the dog is unfit to make the most of the traditional services (hunting, guarding, etc); it is costly in […]
France, Portrait social, 2009
As every year, Insee has in “France, portrait social,” the balance of economic and social changes observed during the past year. A set of on-line documents, on the site of Insee. In summary, this year. The links provided here will direct you to the pdf documents. Demographics – Increase in fertility in France in 2008 […]
Do the hunger strike, tonight’s conference at the ENS-LSH to 18h
Join us tonight at the Ens-Lsh from 18h in room F112 We welcome Johanna Siméant who comes to speak to us about the hunger strike Although this mode of action is widespread in the Twentieth century, the recourse to hunger strike still remains poorly known. This conference will return to the origins of this practice […]
Sexuality and adolescent childbearing. Voice English and scottish
Sexuality and adolescent childbearing. Voice English and scottish A book of Fabienne Portier-Le Coq (Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2009) British teenagers, by comparison to the teenagers of Western Europe, have the highest rate of teen pregnancies of the European Union. In addition, the Uk is the only country in Europe not to have seen the […]
The surface of the housing according to the social category
A quick tour through the Observatory of inequalities is always instructive. Evidenced by these data that I take on this site The inequalities in housing are strongly linked to income and therefore to the social class : the higher the income is, the more one can stay comfortably. On average, the workers have 30 m2 […]