Tag: Bronner
Adrenochrome theory: infox feed on the void, by Gérald Bronner
“Nature abhors a vacuum,” said Aristotle. The same could be said of the contemporary cognitive market, which sees the different representations of the world confront each other in competition without…
Why ban photos of bulldogs on social networks? By Gerald Bronner
Certain social facts which seem minute shed a great light on our contemporaneity. This is the case with the intention of Piet Adema, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, to ban his…
Is Michel Houellebecq really a prophet? By Gerald Bronner
The news recently put the great French author Michel Houellebecq back in the spotlight. Not for the Nobel Prize or the publication of a new novel, but for his leading…
The Doomsday Clock is indifferent to scientific advances, by Gérald Bronner
According to the doomsday clock, we have never been closer to the end of time. This clock – the Doomsday Clock – was conceived in 1947 by a college of…
Gérald Bronner, a transclass against the “pain” of Annie Ernaux
Children of workers or cleaning women, they became prominent writers, intellectuals or politicians. France is distinguished by its educational inequalities, but “class defectors”, or “transclasses”, are in vogue in publishing.…
Why the pessimism of the French is rational, by Gérald Bronner
International survey after international survey, commentators are often struck by the pessimism of the French. Thus, in 2012, during a vast Gallup study of 51 nations, our country came first…
“Avatar 2”: the triumph of the hatred of humanity, by Gérald Bronner
Hard to missAvatar 2, one of the biggest blockbusters in the history of cinema. The status of works of fiction has always been ambiguous in relation to collective representations of…
Gérald Darmanin, victim of counterfactual thinking, by Gérald Bronner
Admittedly, despite calls for a boycott, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar has occupied our minds a lot, but that does not explain everything… On Wednesday December 14, Gérald Darmanin…