Tout le monde pense pouvoir répondre à cette question. Pourtant, chacun d’entre nous apporterait sans doute une réponse différente si la question lui était effectivement posée.
Car la réponse relève peut-être davantage de la subjectivité que de l’universel. A tout le moins, c’est l’avis de votre serviteur, sûrement pas l’avis de notre interviewée du jour.
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Jul 9
Les Etats-Unis de Donald Trump
Quelques mois après avoir envisagé La Russie de Valdimir Poutine, nous vous proposons en miroir d’envisager un autre sujet de Grand Oral au concours de la fonction publique des dernières années, Les Etats-Unis de Donald Trump. Depuis près d’une décennie, Donald John Trump façonne ... Show More
55m 17s
Jun 25
10 questions sur l'immigration
L’immigration de travail est suspendue en France depuis le 31 juillet 1974, cela ne devrait plus être un sujet. Pourtant, et c’est le moins que l’on puisse dire, le thème de l’immigration est partout dans la sphère médiatique, politique, judiciaire, économique, etc. Encore canton ... Show More
1h 10m
Mar 2023
What Does it Mean to be an Artist? [198]
This week, we're discussing what it means to be an artist. Renowned music producer Rick Rubin has written a book in which he argues that the artist is a conduit for creativity comes from source energy. Therefore, he says, the artist’s job is to open themselves up as much as possi ... Show More
58m 3s
Oct 2021
Leo Tolstoy, What Is Art? - Tolstoy's Definition Of Art - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 19th century philosopher and novelist Leo Tolstoy's book What Is Art?
It focuses specifically on the definition of Art that he provides in the work, construing it as a means of communion between people.
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16m 36s
Oct 2021
Alana Jelinek, "Between Discipline and a Hard Place: The Value of Contemporary Art" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Some fields have an easier time describing themselves than others. "History is the study of past events." "Biology is the study of living organisms." But art? Is art a discipline? Is it a practice? Who gets to answer this most fundamental of questions, and why do we prefer not to ... Show More
59m 14s
Apr 2022
What psychology has to say about art, with Ellen Winner, PhD
Art is universal – there has never been a human society without it. But we don’t always agree on what makes for good art, or even what makes something art at all. Ellen Winner, PhD, of Boston College, talks about how psychology can help answer the question “What is art?” why even ... Show More
42m 17s