
Three intellectuals speak in columns: Baptiste Detombe analyzes the metamorphosis of friendly and romantic ties in the digital age, Omar Youssef Souleimane accuses La France insoumise of exploiting racism during high school blockades, and Pierre-Henri Tavoillot sees in these blockages an illegality that has become the norm and a dull anger of youth instrumentalized for the benefit of chaos.
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High school blockades have taken place in Île-de-France, sometimes accompanied by violence, while a new essay analyzes the transformation of human relations in the digital and AI era.
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Baptiste Detombe: “The world that is coming is that of emotional insecurity, of friendly and romantic relationships of fixed duration”
EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS - In The Affective Revolution (Albin Michel), the young essayist offers a valuable analysis of the way in which friendly and romantic ties have transformed. Faced with screens, AI and connected objects, we have never been so alone and unhappy, he points out.
Omar Youssef Souleimane: “Blocking of high schools, when LFI (still) exploits racism”
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - La France insoumise has once again used the rhetoric of racism to denounce the government's response to the blockade of several high schools in Île-de-France. A charge taken out of any context which allows elected officials to secure electoral income, analyzes the Franco-Syrian writer*.
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot: “With the blockages of educational establishments, illegality has become the norm”
INTERVIEW - While high school discontent has in places turned into real riots, the philosopher analyzes what is hidden behind this new eruption of violence: a muted anger of a part of the youth, fueled by La France insoumise, to the detriment of the students and for the sole benefit of chaos.

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