After having explored the theme of humanism in 2010, the Fondation Maison de sciences de l'homme has chosen, for the fifth edition of this major gathering of publishers, to open the debates to questions of society that meet the expectations of a public eager to free itself from the urgency of the media in order to reflect, thanks to books and authors.
The Collège de France will be presenting its publications: books, journals, DVDs and electronic publications (in audiovisual form on the Collège de France website and publishing platforms on Revues.org). Three professors from Collège de France will be taking part in the event.
Meeting with Mireille Delmas-Marty, Chair of Comparative Legal Studies and Internationalization of Law, on : The emergence of a global community of values.
How can we dare to speak of a community on a planet given over to confrontation, violence and intolerance? And how can we even conceive of the contours of a community of values that transcends the diversity of cultures and conflicting interests?
Rencontre with Michel Zink, chair of Littératures de la France Médiévale, on the theme: Ce qui passe et ce qui demeure. Old books, living readings.
Reading an aged text is what every reader does when he or she reads something other than the daily paper or a novel of the year. In all cases, the distance thus created is enough to make it, whatever it may be, literature. This distance is the first cause that makes literature an experience of time, and a wrenching away from oneself.
Round Table: Plagues and disasters: what do they reveal about our societies?
Whether hurricanes, tidal waves or epidemics, a natural disaster is not just a set of physical phenomena, but also a social and political event. The aim here is to understand how societies deal with and resolve such tragedies.
