The social history of political ideas refers to an authentic project of disciplinary refoundation : to embed the history of polical ideas in social sciences.

The book offers a wide panorama of the unknown functions of political advisers

The question of impunity is actually experiencing a renewed interest. In its name, democratic societies build and negociate the moral borders of what they consider unbearable

In a Europe of multi-crises, weakened by the Brexit, the fragility of the Euro zone, rising populism, the pressure of migration, Islamist terrorism and the unpredictable nature of Russian foreign policy, Germany is more than ever a key element for stability. It is therefore not as in the past the "German question" that threatens European cohesion..

Islam is a contentious issue in the French political field. However, avoiding the globalizing frames that prevail in the public sphere, this book shows how islam can embody a resource for the mobilization of actors who rarely do, especially in the French secular context of laïcity.

Especially in the political domain, to speak is to act, i.e. to produce a certain worldview and alter reality itself. Now the political domain is the scene of exchanges which are mostly power relationships. Therefore language is important because of its intrinsic efficiency, which does not reduce to rhetorical effects.

Jean-Marie Le Pen's exclusion from the National Front or the management of "slingers" inside of the Socialist Party provoked debates and political disputes. These illustrative cases recall the centrality of partisan indiscipline as a hot topic. They suggest that political parties are not only organizations to which we adhere, but also institutions

Is dialogue at the center of our social life ? Is it today a pillar of our democracy ? A remedy in the conflict, or a rampart against the passions and the violence? What exchanges does it allow between elected representatives and citizens, or between experts and laymen? This book tries to answer these questions using the criticism of the theories..