2008

S6.E1 ∙ Le politique

Fri, Jan 11, 2013

What replies to people who belittle politics who think that politics is obsolete, because ultimately only the economy that decides on everything? Provides these and similar issues are Blandine Kriegel referring to completely different sources. In their view, it is in the policy is twofold: to establish standards and to power. The language of conflict between Republic and Empire, quotes various philosophers such as Blaise Pascal, Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Hannah Arendt come as the Tennis Court Oath of 1789. Blandine Kriegel and Raphaël Enthoven deal well with the science-fiction epic "Star Wars" and its protagonist Palpatine, which can be in the name of public interest given extraordinary powers. Blandine Kriegel for in this epic by George Lucas, the question of the forms of government of the Republic is a central theme.

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S6.E2 ∙ Odeur

Sat, Jan 12, 2013

The world that we experience, consists of several simultaneous perceptions. The sense of smell at first appears secondary, but in reality it is possible that provided us with the most direct access to the world, because we can not escape him. Nevertheless is the least tangible of the five senses. The sense of smell is the only one with the sense of touch, which is fully developed at birth. But he is. Even the most sensitive and intuitive, because unlike other senses, the nose is directly connected to the brain areas of the limbic system, where emotions and moods can be created Raphaël Enthoven today with his studio guest Chantal Jaquet, who has worked in her current book with the philosophy of the smells, the universe of scents precisely. To the bottom Which mysterious connection between smells, colors and sounds? Why are we perceived the fragrance of a flower that is seen in a painting? How is it that a case "stinks to heaven," and some people are simply "can not smell"? In their joint discussion they draw on, among other things, "Perfume", the famous novel by Patrick Süskind, and Paul Gauguin's woodcut "Noa Noa", but also philosophical writings of Charles Baudelaire, Thomas Hobbes and Michel Serres.

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S6.E3 ∙ Corrida

Sat, Jan 19, 2013

Bullfighting is pure barbarism or a ritual? Is it a game, a sport, a play, or even an art? In answering this question are known to excrete the spirits. The bullfight is but one thing: the moment of encounter between a mighty fighting bull and the bullfighter, his jacket, his garment of light, and the Muleta, the red cloth. What is the appeal of this, at first glance, so unfair fight? Firstly based ethics, which is based on the bullfight, that wants to fight the bull by its very nature, it represents the purity of the fighter. Equally essential is the respect for the animal: To kill it, the bullfighter put his own life at risk. Thus he gives him the proper respect. The matador needed moral and aesthetic virtues and also the bull boldness and sophistication inevitably apply as a prerequisite for an authentic bullfight. But not even an outrageous arrogance hiding behind the alleged ethics that threatens to topple into the ridiculous? And why must the bull eventually die forever? Ask these questions and Francis Wolff Raphaël Enthoven in this impressive dialogue. For Wolff is certain: The bullfighting is an unequal, but a fair fight. And only a few know what: fighting bulls are raised under ideal conditions, they have up to three acres of land for himself, so exactly what animal rights activists call; providing species breeding, including respect for the natural wildness of the animals.

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