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Acknowledging the diversity of contemporary writing, the web journal Sens public (sens-public.org) offers a space for interdisciplinary exchange and confrontation from a cosmopolitical perspective. It covers many aspects of thought (aesthetics, ethics, history, political thinking, philosophy, sciences, sociology) and publishes critical articles as well as original multimedia works, literature, and poetry.Involved in and making use of the development in digital publishing, the journal contributes to the promotion of the plurality of languages, cultural diversity and sharing of knowledge through its various thematic sections and blogs, attracting a monthly readership of fifty thousand. Teachers, researchers, students, writers, and artists contributes to the journal. Sens public counts writers and correspondents in various European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czeck Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Rumania, Slovak Republic, Spain), in both North and South America (Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the United States), in Asia (China, India, Iran, Japan, Lebanon), and in Africa (Congo, Senegal).
Since 2004, Sens public participates in the Salon des Revues in Paris and it is a member of the Eurozine network and of the Adonis consortium. It is a non-profit association which engages in university and institutional partnerships (public and private), organizes seminars and cultural events and publishes books which are in France co-published with Parangon publishing house and distributed by Sodis-Gallimard.
Français
Soucieuse de la diversité des écritures contemporaines, la Revue électronique Sens public (sens-public.org) offre un espace d'échange et de confrontation interdisciplinaires, dans une perspective cosmopolitique. Elle couvre de nombreux champs de réflexion (esthétique, éthique, histoire, pensée politique, philosophie, sciences, sociologie...) en accueillant à la fois des articles critiques, des créations en multimédia, littérature et poésie.Partie prenante des évolutions liées au développement de l'édition numérique, la Revue contribue à promouvoir la pluralité des langues, la diversité culturelle et le partage des connaissances à travers ses rubriques et ses blogs, attirant un public mensuel de cinquante mille lecteurs. Enseignants, chercheurs, étudiants, écrivains, praticiens et artistes associent leurs initiatives aux orientations de la Revue. Ses rédacteurs et correspondants vivent dans plusieurs pays d'Europe (Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique, Espagne, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie, Roumanie, Slovaquie, République Tchèque...), des Amériques (Brésil, Canada, Colombie, Etats-Unis), d'Asie (Chine, Inde, Iran, Japon, Liban) et d'Afrique (Congo, Sénégal).
Présente depuis 2004 au Salon des Revues de Paris, Sens public est membre de la fédération Eurozine et du consortium Adonis. Association à but non lucratif, Sens public développe des partenariats universitaires et institutionnels (publics et privés), organise des séminaires et des manifestations culturelles, et publie des livres en France en coédition avec l'éditeur Parangon (diffusion Sodis-Gallimard).
Articles published in Eurozine
Remarks on the translation of works of French literary theory into Slovak
"Classic" works of French literary theory of the 1960s to the 1980s have been translated into eastern European languages with a delay of decades. Can general observations be made about the transfer from one cultural space to another? [more]
Let the decolonization of literature commence!
The condescension shown by the French literary establishment towards francophone literature from the former colonies may have become a thing of the past. A emergent literature in French that reflects globalization spells the end for French autofiction, writes Niels Planel. [more]
May '68: a contested history
Despite the tendency of decennial commemorations to cement the "official version" of May '68, important questions remain unanswered. Chris Reynolds points out some blind spots in the increasingly stereotyped interpretation of the events in France forty years ago. [more]
Controlling words
Press and publishing concentration in France is exceptionally high yet there is barely any protest from within the sector itself. Media monopolization is by no means only a French issue, however: throughout Europe and the US, profit has become publishing's bottom line. [Lithuanian version added] [more]
Violence and history
Violence is a relationship, not a "thing"; nor does it submit to typologies. Nevertheless, that does not mean that violence cannot be studied and its present-day occurrences located, writes Gérard Wormser. The exercise of imagined history is probably one of the best antidotes to violence. [more]