philosophy essays to read in an hour

The baccalaureate in philosophy is approaching, it will be June 14th. The courses are in the head or almost, and to continue thinking here ALTlike the ALT keyboard key which offers alternatives, a young collection from La Martinière jeunesse editions, to be read from the age of 15 and which now has eight titles.

Marie Bluteau, the editor behind this collection, explains the idea of ​​this original format, in which each book of around thirty pages at most can be read in one hour:

“Bringing different profiles, an expert, a journalist, a novelist, to come and embody a subject, suggest a one-on-one, as if we were together, and that we were throwing a mutual question to which we were going to try to answer .”

Marie Bluteau

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The first six titles already published are:

Do we still have the right to change our minds? by Blandine Rinkel, writer and journalist.

Abortion, a right in danger? of Ghada Hatem, a committed doctor.

Climate, too late to act? by Hugo Viel, a young activist for climate justice.

Getting informed, what’s the point? by journalist Bruno Patino.

So many essential and well-established questions in our time that this collection offers and in connection with what young people experience:

“This generation or this age group (18-25 years old), already does philosophy on a daily basis, or questions and is already interested in the human sciences on a daily basis, in a practical way, whether in their course, whether it’s in their day-to-day lives. It’s something that’s a lot less remote than one might imagine…”

Marie Bluteau

at franceinfo

The collection ALT has just been enriched with two new publications:

Being a feminist, what for? An essay by Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, philosopher and author. In a few pages, she manages to paint a history of women, and leads us to question ourselves, women and men, about our own relationship to commitment.

Be happy with less? A book by Corinne Morel-Darleux, essayist and novelist.

To note

The next release of ALT scheduled for the start of the school year in September 2023, will be signed by Guillaume Meurice and will focus on the animal cause.

Happy reading everyone!