Archives de l’auteur : romaindonville

The Trump administration is looking to create more and more tariff with other countries in the world one by one. It is made to show the strength of the United States compared to the others. However these measures show that the United States is a declining power which is using its current position but whoseLire la suite « The Trump global tariff measures : a symptom of declining power »

The coexistence between religions has always been complicated and creating conflicts. However dialog between these religions has often led to real achievements in many fields, like philosophy or theology. If great conflicts were born, for instance the Religious wars in the XVIth and XVIIth century in Europe, it looks that these conflicts are coming back.Lire la suite « The three great « sedentary » religions (Catholicism, Islam and Hinduism) and the three great “nomadic” religions (Protestantism, Judaism, Buddhism): between conflicts and dialog, new ways to find »

Many wars were cruel and useless, like the wars of Attila, of the Vikings, or the First World war. But others were a lot more meaningful, because they were compliant to really important causes. Three examples can be taken into account and show that conflicts, if they have a real sense, are worth engaging. AristotleLire la suite « The Secession war, the Commune war and the Second World war: really meaningful wars that can inspire a lot of engagements of today »

The end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin wall looked like the triumph of the Western world and democracy against the power of Communism and authoritarian regimes. But the great implicit turning point is that paradoxically, 30 later, for the first time in 2 centuries, the Western world is not theLire la suite « The Asian century : how Asia reshaped the world in the last 20 years »

The intellectual Emmanuel Todd told about the fact the United States has lost the sense of lutherian education in the recent years. If I don’t personally support his ideas about Putin, I think this idea is right. As the Western world entered into modernity partly thanks to lutherian ideas, it is threatened today by theLire la suite « Revitalizing the lutherian approach of education in the Western world : a asset to face our time of decadence »

The rise of reactionary ideas everywhere in the Western world is the revival of very old and traditional confrontations. Before the rise of Marxism and even utopic socialist ideas (for instance with Fourier or Saint Simon), there was an opposition between reformists and reactionaries. If reactionaries are the shadow allies of fascists, reformists are theLire la suite « Reformists and anarchists, the shadow allies »

I am not Marxist or communist but the life of Karl Marx left a fascinating impression of an extraordinary intellectual and worker. As the leftists may be seen as promoting laziness, Marx is an example showing greatly the contrary. The way he worked and approach his internationalist project, even if you strongly disagree with him,Lire la suite « The extraordinary work rythm of Marx : a great potential inspiration »

Balzac is often seen like Hugo as one the greatest writer of the French literature. However, contrary to Hugo who had an incomparable style, Balzac was more renowned for the scenario of his books. The way he elaborated his books was extremely complex. Balzac was also known for his extraordinary sense of observation. As HugoLire la suite « The great French author Balzac, the master of scenarios and observations »

Libraries are greatly underestimated place. Such amount of knowledge for free, accessible to everyone, are important ways to learn and read in a world which is overconnected. Quiet places like libraries are also great ways to reconnect to silence, in place where screens are more and more important, and then favor superficiality, and then mediocrity.Lire la suite « Making libraries in the center of city lives : a necessity »

The revival of religion is partly the consequence of the defeat of Marxism. In fact it possible to say that it is a research of more sense in a period of globalization that interrogates a lot of values. This revival has also real negative impact, to the extend it is leading to returns of warsLire la suite « The revival of religions, and the building of a post Marxist system »