About
A former director of Esprit magazine, his books include Visages de la France. Les acteurs, images d'une nation (Bayard, 2018).
Latest publication
The adventures of imagination
- By Olivier Abel,
- Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2024/5 May)
Most viewed articles
What is postcolonial thinking?
An interview with Achille Mbembe
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Nathalie Lempereur,
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/12 December)
Orchestrating Success
Endeavoring, Leading, and Animating
- By Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2007/11 November)
The adventures of imagination
- By Olivier Abel,
- Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2024/5 May)
Bending Society Back into Shape: The Lessons of the Anti-CPE Movement. An Interview with François Chérèque
- By François Chérèque,
- Olivier Mongin,
- Marc-Olivier Padis
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/5 May)
Lists mentioning the author
Co-authors
Articles
The adventures of imagination
- By Olivier Abel,
- Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2024/5 May)
Literature
The reign of vagueness
La Femme bue par l’aube, Maurice Mourier. PhB Éditions, 2023, 670 p., €25
In Esprit (2024/5 May)
Michel Ciment, the cinema in reviews
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Vincent Amiel
In Esprit (2024/4 April)
The madness of vision
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
In Esprit (2022/1 January February)
Belmondo’s carnival
In Esprit (2021/10 October)
What regime of historicity for tomorrow?
François Hartog’s grasp on chronos
In Esprit (2020/10 October)
Handing over
In Esprit (2020/4 April)
France, interrupted
Interview with Jérôme Fourquet
- By Jérôme Fourquet,
- In conversation with Anne-Lorraine Bujon,
- and Olivier Mongin,
- et al.
In Esprit (2019/11 November)
The individual person at the center
Interview with Julia Kristeva
- By Julia Kristeva,
- Interview conducted by Georges Nivat,
- and Olivier Mongin,
- et al.
In Esprit (2019/7 July August)
What is left of politics after May 1968?
- Interview with Jean-Loup Thébaud,
- conducted by Michaël Fœssel,
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2018/10 October)
War did happen. From Giraudoux to Marker
In Esprit (2018/5 May)
Daniel Lindenberg and history’s underground
In Esprit (2018/3 March)
Catalonia and Spain: historical drama and political misunderstanding
In Esprit (2017/12 December)
Political Representation’s New Clothes
- By Bernard Manin,
- Interviewed by Anne-Lorraine Bujon,
- Pierre Lefebvre,
- et al.
In Esprit (2017/9 September)
How to Open the Futures?
- By François Hartog,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- and Jean-Louis Schlegel
In Esprit (2017/1 January)
« The Last Human Feeling ».
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Michaël Fœssel
In Esprit (2016/3 March April)
Jack Lang at Attention
In Esprit (2016/2 February)
Travels and Wars
In Esprit (2016/2 February)
Shelter-Cities: from the Near East to Europe
In Esprit (2016/3 March April)
« Who’s the Ennemy? »
In Esprit (2016/1 January)
When Irresponsibility and Confusion Rule
In Esprit (2015/11 November)
Joseph Stiglitz in Singapour
In Esprit (2015/11 November)
How Canal + Was Won by Bolloré
In Esprit (2015/10 October)
Aylan and Gucci: The Unbearable
In Esprit (2015/10 October)
Is growth still Desirable?
- By Daniel Cohen,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Pierre Poligone
In Esprit (2015/10 October)
Omdurman: The Organized Disorder of a Sufi Ceremony
In Esprit (2015/6 June)
Lucidity, Stubbornness and Friendship: Germaine Tillion’s Political Lives
In Esprit (2015/5 May)
Going Over to the Other Side
About Norte, by Edmundo Paz Soldán
In Esprit (2015/3 March April)
The Crises of Psychiatry. An Interview With Jacques Hochmann
- By Jacques Hochmann,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Marc-Olivier Padis,
- et al.
In Esprit (2015/3 March April)
The Comédie Française: Companies and Stages
In Esprit (2015/3 March April)
Privileges and Public Interest
In Esprit (2015/2 February)
Freedom of Expression and Antiterrorist States
A Short-Lived Coexistence
In Esprit (2015/2 February)
The Travels of Abdelwahab Meddeb
In Esprit (2015/2 February)
Islamist Political Thought
In Esprit (2014/10 October)
France is in the Air
In Esprit (2014/10 October)
On a Few Geostrategic Trends
- By Jean-Claude Mallet,
- Valeria Dragoni,
- Nicole Gnesotto
- et al.
In Esprit (2014/8 August September)
The Art of Government in Islam
In Esprit (2014/8 August September)
Opinions. Where Are the Middle Classes of Emerging Countries?
In Esprit (2014/7 July)
The Andean Countries, Between Fragility and Development
In Esprit (2014/6 June)
Opinions. With Valls as With Ayrault, Reality Is Far Away…
In Esprit (2014/5 May)
The Rise of Brazil in the French Mirror
In Esprit (2014/2 February)
Albert Camus in Kiev
In Esprit (2014/1 January)
Power without Authority: When Hollande is Trumped by Valls
In Esprit (2013/12 December)
The Patrimonialization of Everything
In Esprit (2013/11 November)
Democratic Expectations: Learning from Egypt and Brazil
In Esprit (2013/8 August September)
Le Monde under Jean-Marie Colombani
In Esprit (2013/7 July)
The Power of Saying “I”: Intellectuals, Politics, and Writing
Interview with Éric Marty
- By Éric Marty,
- Interview conducted by Alice Béja,
- and Michaël Fœssel,
- et al.
In Esprit (2013/7 July)
Opinions. Cairo, Kiev, Istanbul : Squares Around the World
In Esprit (2013/7 July)
Marseille, Maritime and Cosmopolitan
Interview with Jean Viard
- By Jean Viard,
- Interview conducted by Alice Béja,
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2013/6 June)
The "Just in Time" Strategy of Sea Freight
- By Olivier Mongin,
- Translated by Sophie Lewis
In Esprit (2013/6 June)
“Moralizing” Political Life: Accountability is not Exposure
In Esprit (2013/5 May)
We're all Suburbanites! We're all Urbanites!
Introduction
- By Jacques Donzelot
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2013/3 March April)
Spatial Dispersion and the Practice of Social Exclusion
In Esprit (2013/3 March April)
The State and the Greater Paris Project
In Esprit (2013/2 February)
Opinions. Ronchamp: Controversies in Reverse
In Esprit (2013/2 February)
The Rengaine of the Forty Brothers
In Esprit (2013/1 January)
Opinions. The Apocalypse, Eternal Recurrence, and the End of the World
In Esprit (2013/1 January)
Mumbai and Cairo
The Private Town, the Shanty Town, and the Fragmented Town
In Esprit (2012/12 December)
Opinions. Inequalities Highlight a Lack of Middle Classes
In Esprit (2012/12 December)
Opinions. Hollande: A Press Conference, Minus the Press?
In Esprit (2012/12 December)
Opinions. A Paean to the City as a Springboard for Immigrants, and a Wager on Urban Informality
In Esprit (2012/11 November)
The Metamorphoses of Public Space
In Esprit (2012/11 November)
Rogelio Salmona’s Open Spaces in Bogotá
In Esprit (2012/11 November)
Opinions. The Plurality of Offices and the Mental Imprisonment of Local France
In Esprit (2012/10 October)
In Memoriam: Ghassan Tuéni
In Esprit (2012/8 August September)
The Adolescent, the Town, the Architect, and the Photographer: The Films Un amour de jeunesse and En ville
In Esprit (2012/8 August September)
Hukou: Containing Urbanization in China
In Esprit (2012/8 August September)
Blanchot as a Keen Reader of Simone Weil
Between Emmanuel Levinas and Albert Camus
In Esprit (2012/8 August September)
Opinions. Was It Necessary to Save the Soldier, Bayrou?
In Esprit (2012/7 July)
A Craftsman of the Theatre
- By Alain Françon
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2012/7 July)
Opinions. Why Are the World's Museums in Disorder?
The Sand Louvre in Abu Dhabi
In Esprit (2012/7 July)
Opinions. Stations and Bodies
In Esprit (2012/6 June)
The Market-Town of Iquitos, or the Recovery of the Amazon
In Esprit (2012/5 May)
Is the Madman a Conceptual Figure?
Interview with Pierre-Henri Castel
- By Pierre-Henri Castel,
- Interview by Olivier Mongin,
- Michaël Fœssel,
- et al.
In Esprit (2012/3 March April)
No Map, No Compass: An Out-of-this-World Presidential Election
In Esprit (2012/2 February)
Opinions. Respect for Victims: A Stock-in-Trade for Would-Be Presidents?
In Esprit (2012/1 January)
Long Live the Circus
In Esprit (2012/1 January)
From Taxi Driver to Drive
Steering a True Course in Los Angeles
In Esprit (2012/1 January)
Eva Joly: A Star’s Ascent
In Esprit (2012/1 January)
Beyond the Arab Spring, a Social Shift on a Global Scale
In Esprit (2011/12 December)
Diverse Scenarios and Global Historical Significance
In Esprit (2011/12 December)
Opinions. “Greater Paris”: Model or Countermodel for Metropolitan Cities?
In Esprit (2011/12 December)
Opinions. The Clamor of Political Commentary
In Esprit (2011/11 November)
Deglobalize!
In Esprit (2011/10 October)
Opinions. The Military Intervention in Libya: An Exception for Syrian Rebels
In Esprit (2011/10 October)
Philippe Séguin’s Political Resonances
In Esprit (2011/10 October)
The Landscapes of Claude Lévi-Strauss: Thoughts of the Sensitive
In Esprit (2011/8 August September)
Toward an Anthropolgy of Globalization?
In Esprit (2011/8 August September)
Political Action Between Violence and Respect
In Esprit (2011/7 July)
Tlemcen: Chinese Concrete and the Architect’s Window
In Esprit (2011/6 June)
New York, Sarcelles, Solférino
In Esprit (2011/6 June)
The Arab Revolutions: A Succession with No End . . .
In Esprit (2011/6 June)
The Revival of the Democratic Spirit: An Interview with Pierre Hassner
In Esprit (2011/3 March April)
Experts and Political Decision-Making: Revisiting the French Government's Response to the Flu Pandemic: An Interview with Frédéric Keck
In Esprit (2011/3 March April)
Democracy on the Horizon for Tunisia
In Esprit (2011/2 February)
Feydeau to Madness
A Slow Consecration by the Public Theater
In Esprit (2011/2 February)
A Religious Issue
The Ordeal of the Foreigner, the Visitor, the Immigrant, and the Refugee
In Projet (2010/7 No HS 01)
Who Caused the Banking Collapse?
The Power of Trading: From Société Générale to Goldman Sachs
In Esprit (2010/12 December)
France, from the Perspective of Raymond Depardon
In Esprit (2010/11 November)
Claude Lefort at Work
In Esprit (2010/11 November)
Documentary: Exchange of Looks
In Esprit (2010/8 August September)
The Élysée and Honest Men
On the Subject of the Woerth Affair
In Esprit (2010/8 August September)
Carlos: Terrorist, Actor, and Series Director
In Esprit (2010/7 July)
Where Are You from, Johnny?
The Mythical Survivor
In Esprit (2010/6 June)
A Much More Serious Crisis Than in 2008!
In Esprit (2010/6 June)
Will the book enter the digital age?
An interview with Pascal Fouché
- By Pascal Fouché,
- Pierre Gastineau,
- Olivier Mongin,
- et al.
In Esprit (2010/5 May)
Highly Regressive Scenarios
In Esprit (2010/3 March April)
The Opium of the People
In Esprit (2010/3 March April)
Greater Paris and the Reform of Local Authorities: Is Central Government Sneaking Back in?
The State’s Comeback?
In Esprit (2010/3 March April)
Our Blindness Confronted with Reality
- By Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2010/1 January)
Changing Behavior: A Utopia?
In Esprit (2009/12 December)
The State, the Bank, and Democracy
In Esprit (2009/12 December)
Between Overabundance and Rarity
For a Sustainable Territory
In Esprit (2009/12 December)
An Essential Dialogue
Steve McQueen’s Hunger
In Esprit (2009/11 November)
When James Bond Perceives the Violence of Crime
In Esprit (2009/11 November)
A Crisis that Is Not Merely Economic
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Marc-Olivier Padis
In Esprit (2009/11 November)
Facing the Fetishization of Wealth
In Esprit (2009/11 November)
The Difficult Aftermath of a Revolution: An Interview with Pierre Hassner:
In Esprit (2009/10 October)
The Aura of a Peasant Face
Reflections on Raymond Depardon's La Vie Moderne
In Esprit (2009/10 October)
Jerzy Skolimowski Returns to Poland . . . at the Risk of Madness
In Esprit (2009/7 July)
From Descartes to Augustine: A Philosophical Itinerary
In Esprit (2009/7 July)
Stéphane Guillon and the Scene: Could Do Better!
In Esprit (2009/7 July)
From Protestant Piracy to More Contemporary Forms
Or an Ability to Worm in through Any Gaps
In Esprit (2009/7 July)
Projecting a Bodyguard
In Esprit (2009/6 June)
Measuring? Foreseeing? Accounting? What Value Scale do Figures Refer to?
On the Subject of a Book by Valérie Charolles
In Esprit (2009/6 June)
Ten Teams in Pursuit of a Metropolis
Early Political Lessons from the Greater Paris Inquiry
In Esprit (2009/6 June)
Stéphane Guillon: What Power to Deride?
In Esprit (2009/5 May)
Michel Aumont, Jean-Paul Roussillon, and Alain Françon
Between Molière and Chekhov
In Esprit (2009/5 May)
Fellag Is No Longer Alone
In Esprit (2009/3 March April)
In 2009 as in 1929?
On the Over-Indebtedness of the State and the Specter of Hyper-Bankruptcy
In Esprit (2009/3 March April)
Les chaises: The Author and the Director
In Esprit (2009/3 March April)
Demilitarize the Socialist Part or Whose Spokesman Is Hamon?
In Esprit (2009/2 February)
Open letter on the public good and the role of generalist journals
- By Olivier Mongin,
- Marc-Olivier Padis,
- Translated by Dan O’Huiginn
In Esprit (2009/2 February)
Imagining in a Locked World: The Art of Stealing from Space and Time
In Esprit (2009/2 February)
Patočka, Our Contemporary
In Esprit (2009/2 February)
Moving into Cognitive Capitalism: An Interview with Yann Moulier Boutang
- By Yann Moulier-Boutang,
- Michaël Fœssel,
- Olivier Mongin
- et al.
In Esprit (2008/11 November)
The instability of value
- By Olivier Mongin,
- Translated by Dan O’Huiginn
In Esprit (2008/11 November)
The Comedian who Hears Voices
On the Subject of Voix Off by Denis Podalydès
In Esprit (2008/11 November)
What Territorial Reconfiguration? What Democratic Reconfiguration?
In Esprit (2008/10 October)
An Unusual Angle on Greater Paris
In Esprit (2008/10 October)
The Choices of the Regional Political Actor: An Interview with Jean-Paul Huchon
- By Jean-Paul Huchon
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2008/10 October)
Greater Paris Is Not Paris Enlarged: An Interview with Philippe Panerai
- By Philippe Panerai
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2008/10 October)
The Theater, the Stage, the Feast, and the Screen Society
In Communications (2008/2 No 83)
Nicolas Sarkozy: A President in Crisis of Confidence?
In Esprit (2008/8 August September)
The End of the Democratic Era
In Esprit (2008/8 August September)
Eldorado or How to Cross Northern Lands to Meet Surrealistic Ghosts
In Esprit (2008/8 August September)
In the Valley of Elah,the Borders are Blurred
In Esprit (2008/6 June)
A Desproges that Is too Consensual
In Esprit (2008/6 June)
Taking Connections into Account
On the Subject of Françoise Choay and Jean-Toussaint Desanti
In Esprit (2008/6 June)
The Irresistible Rise of Hezbollah and the Iraqization of Lebanon
In Esprit (2008/6 June)
Pierre Vidal-Naquet: An Unparalleled Intellectual
In Esprit (2008/6 June)
The French of 1968: Moment of Suspension of the Revolution
In Esprit (2008/5 May)
The Historical Blind Spot of 1968
The Double Impasse of Modernization and Progressism
In Esprit (2008/5 May)
Taken or the Darker View of Paris
In Esprit (2008/5 May)
The Ch’tis: Some Reason for Success
In Esprit (2008/5 May)
The Attali Report for the Liberation of Growth
Why Such Incomprehension?
In Esprit (2008/3 March April)
From Hyper- to Hypo-President
Sarkozy’s Big Mix-up Between the Media and Political Scenes
In Esprit (2008/3 March April)
Dealing with the Demand for Accomodation: Social Lodgings and Architecture
In Esprit (2008/2 February)
The Locale, the State, and Urban Policy
In Esprit (2008/2 February)
Urbanism and Land: The Disconnect between Space and Finance
- By Vincent Renard
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2008/2 February)
Reform: The Right and Left Wings
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Marc-Olivier Padis
In Esprit (2007/12 December)
The Paris-Algiers Divorce and the Promise of a Peace Treaty
In Esprit (2007/12 December)
The Paris Institute of Political Studies: An International School or a University? An Interview with Richard Descoings
In Esprit (2007/12 December)
Back to Politics, or on to Fresh Illusions?
In Esprit (2007/11 November)
Orchestrating Success
Endeavoring, Leading, and Animating
- By Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2007/11 November)
Introduction: An Invitation to a Reading by Georges Nivat
In Esprit (2007/10 October)
But Who Is Dreaming of Tony Parker at the Plaine-Saint-Denis RER Station?
In Esprit (2007/8 August September)
Transitioning from a Selection Culture to a Culture of Innovation
Big Institutions, Universities, and Research
In Esprit (2007/8 August September)
Joan Sales: The Mind and the Spanish War
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Xavier Pla
In Esprit (2007/8 August September)
Urban and City Development Policies
In Esprit (2007/7 July)
The Debate on Political Choices Has Been Outlined
In Esprit (2007/6 June)
The Ordeal of Foreigners
In Projet (2007/2 No 297)
The Power of Faith and the Lure of the Market
In Esprit (2007/3 March April)
Notes on the Presidential Campaign
- By Michel Marian,
- Richard Robert,
- Philippe Raynaud
- et al.
In Esprit (2007/3 March April)
The Challenge of Acclimating Islam: A Debate between Michel Marian and Olivier Roy
In Esprit (2007/3 March April)
For a Coherent Immigration Policy
On the Subject of a Book by François Héran, Director of INED
In Esprit (2007/2 February)
From Ivan Illich to Nanotechnologies: Disaster Prevention? An Interview with Jean-Pierre Dupuy
In Esprit (2007/2 February)
Three Perspectives of September 11, 2001: “We Don’t Know What We’re Watching, We Have Already Seen Everything, We Haven’t Seen Anything”
In Esprit (2007/2 February)
Major and Minor Political Issues: The Calm before the Storm
In Esprit (2007/2 February)
What is postcolonial thinking?
An interview with Achille Mbembe
- By Achille Mbembe,
- Interviewed by Olivier Mongin,
- Nathalie Lempereur,
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/12 December)
Ségolène’s Gift for Bungee Jumping
In Esprit (2006/12 December)
The Luna Park of Quai Branly
Echoing Françoise Choay
In Esprit (2006/11 November)
What Do the Children of Cerro Navia, Chile Want?
In Esprit (2006/11 November)
What Is the Impact of our Two Duettists on Values?
In Esprit (2006/10 October)
Citizen July and Liberation During the “Trente Bouleversantes” (1973-2003)
In Esprit (2006/8 August September)
Voting for Dominique in Clichy
In Esprit (2006/7 July)
Devos, the Conjuror of Laughter
In Esprit (2006/7 July)
The Tidal Wave from Poitiers
In Esprit (2006/7 July)
The Future of Catholic Higher Education: An Interview with Joseph Maïla
- By Joseph Maila
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2006/6 June)
On Iran’s Toughening Stance
In Esprit (2006/6 June)
Bending Society Back into Shape: The Lessons of the Anti-CPE Movement. An Interview with François Chérèque
- By François Chérèque,
- Olivier Mongin,
- Marc-Olivier Padis
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/5 May)
What are the Rioters Doing in the Suburbs?
In Esprit (2006/5 May)
The Borders of Philosophy
- By Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2006/3 March April)
The Caricatures of Mohammed
European Islam Taken Hostage
- By Olivier Roy,
- Abdennour Bidar
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2006/3 March April)
The Art of Laughing at Poorly Orchestrated Events
In Esprit (2006/3 March April)
Paul Ricoeur’s Philosophical Obstinacy
- By Michaël Fœssel
- and Olivier Mongin
In Esprit (2006/3 March April)
A Weakened Syria
In Esprit (2006/2 February)
Introduction: Is the Notion of France’s Decline Inescapable?
- By Olivier Mongin
- and Marc-Olivier Padis
In Esprit (2006/2 February)
“Rabble”? The Political Language of the Projects
In Esprit (2006/2 February)
A Belated Rush: Quandaries over the Consensus among Historians
In Esprit (2006/2 February)
New Powers and Fresh Threats: An Interview with Pierre Hassner and Bruno Tertrais
- By Pierre Hassner,
- Bruno Tertrais,
- Nathalie Lempereur,
- et al.
In Esprit (2006/2 February)
Radio Silence on Syria
In Esprit (2006/1 January)
Religions Without Postcards in Esteli, Nicaragua
In Esprit (2006/1 January)
Reclassifications and Reversals
Interview with Olivier Mongin
In Le Débat (1994/2 No 79)
The Possibility of a Future
In Le Débat (1980/4 No 4)