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Olivier Mongin
has been director of the French journal Esprit since 1988 and is co-editor of the La couleur des idées series published by Seuil. He is the author of numerous publications on Paul Ricoeur, democracy, politics, and globalization.
Eurozine Articles
From class struggle to place struggle
The local projects of Alberto Magnaghi and the urban renovation of Bernardo Secchi
The term "place struggle" serves to highlight the fact that, in post-industrial societies, conflicts are more and more related to the recovery of democratic space and polities. In a world where global technical flows devour conventional urban space, globalization must be tackled "bottom up". Magnaghi's and Secchi's Italian experiments anticipate this need. [more]
The legislation of 1905
Should France's laws from 1905 regulating laïcité be reformed after a century of changes in the religious composition of French society? [more]