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10 June 2026

Alain Finkielkraut, per non rinnegare le proprie radici

Alain Finkielkraut è un intellettuale francese assai noto Oltralpe, anche perché da molti decenni animatore di un programma radiofonico, autore di una quarantina di libri, metà dei quali pubblicati da un editore di prestigio come Gallimard, accolto una dozzina di anni fa, nell’Académie française, con qualche resistenza da imputare alla sua intelligenza scomoda, esibita nel…

10 June 2026

A Different Theater: Not the Text but the Stage

Nicolas Doutey’s book, Une idée de scène. Avec l’écriture théâtrale de Beckett (Classiques Garnier, Paris 2025), is the result of a doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris in which the author combines dramaturgical analysis (on Beckett) and stage practice, thus discovering his own vocation not for the University but rather for the work of playwright…

25 May 2026

Alain Bauer, a Trump against the grain

While most Europeans appear quite hostile to the figure of Trump, the French are certainly ahead of everyone else, well represented by their president, the most muscular political leader in the European Union in his effort of opposition. Indeed, it cannot be denied that Macron, who has long been without a majority behind him due…