About
A philosopher and historian, he edited Esprit magazine from 1977 to 1989.
Latest publication
Il nous reste la foi, Olivier-Thomas Venard Grasset, 2025, 234 pages, 20.90 euros
- By Paul Thibaud
In Esprit (2025/9 Septembre)
Most viewed articles
The Constitutional Council and Democracy
Léo Hamon and Paul Thibaud, an Exchange
- By Léo Hamon
- and Paul Thibaud
In Le Débat (1987/1 No 43)
What does secularism mean?
Investigation
- By Abdennour Bidar,
- Régis Debray,
- Chantal Delsol,
- et al.
In Le Débat (2015/3 No 185)
Hungary: From Empire to Europe
Pierre Kende, Istvan Bibo, and François Fejtö: Three Historians in Confrontation
- By Paul Thibaud
In Esprit (2011/6 June)
Co-authors
Articles
Il nous reste la foi, Olivier-Thomas Venard Grasset, 2025, 234 pages, 20.90 euros
In Esprit (2025/9 Septembre)
Catholicism, a way for reform
In Esprit (2022/4 April)
Political or memorial work?
In Esprit (2020/4 April)
Can democracy do without religion?
European perspectives
In Le Débat (2018/5 No 202)
Macron. . . and then?
In Le Débat (2018/1 No 198)
Gender among Catholics
About Penser avec le genre. Sociétés, corps, christianisme
In Esprit (2017/5 May)
What does secularism mean?
Investigation
- By Abdennour Bidar,
- Régis Debray,
- Chantal Delsol,
- et al.
In Le Débat (2015/3 No 185)
Republican Nostalgia or Reconstruction?
In Études (2015/3 March)
Martial Raysse’s Troubled Path
In Esprit (2014/7 July)
Marriage for All: The Controversy
Re-examining a Microcosmic Affair
In Le Débat (2014/3 No 180)
A Melancholy Observer
In Le Débat (2014/2 No 179)
Simon Hantaï : Salvation through Painting
In Esprit (2013/7 July)
On Germany and on France
In Esprit (2013/6 June)
The Triumph and Impotence of Social Individualism
In Le Débat (2013/1 No 173)
Balance Sheet: The Discredited Right, the Inactive Left
In Le Débat (2012/4 No 171)
Democracy and Social (Dis)integration
In Le philosophoire (2012/1 No 37)
Pierre Rosanvallon's Democratic Optimism
In Le Débat (2012/2 No 169)
Munch, a Painter of Anguish
In Esprit (2011/12 December)
Manet’s False Indifference
In Esprit (2011/7 July)
Hungary: From Empire to Europe
Pierre Kende, Istvan Bibo, and François Fejtö: Three Historians in Confrontation
In Esprit (2011/6 June)
Adolf Hitler’s Counter-Catholicism
In Esprit (2011/5 May)
Lucian Freud’s Workshop
In Esprit (2010/5 May)
Soulages: The Authority on Painting
In Esprit (2010/3 March April)
The Crisis Hidden in the Crisis
In Le Débat (2009/1 No 153)
The Long Memory of the “Forsaking” of Jews in France
In Esprit (2007/5 May)
Anatomy of an Agony: Gaullism
In Médium (2007/2 No 11)
The Prophet and the Broker: Klein and Rauschenberg
In Esprit (2007/2 February)
Joseph Conrad and Colonial Africa: An Interview with Paul Thibaud
On the Subject of Heart of Darkness
- By Paul Thibaud
- and Nicolas Guerpillon
In Esprit (2007/1 January)
Escaping European Conservatism
In Le Débat (2006/3 No 140)
From a Failure to a Plan
In Le Débat (2006/3 No 140)
Europe: Failures and Future
In Le Débat (2005/4 No 136)
The Jewish Question and the French Crisis
In Le Débat (2004/4 No 131)
Whither the French Left?
II
In Le Débat (2003/4 No 126)
Whither the French Left?
In Le Débat (2003/2 No 124)
Europe! Europe!
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2001/2 No 42)
Clubs — The Mauvaise Têtes
In Le Débat (2000/5 No 112)
Vigilance
The Democracy of the Sewn-Up Mouth
In Le Débat (2000/5 No 112)
A Voyage into the French Disease
In Le Débat (1998/4 No 101)
A Time for Memory?
In Le Débat (1997/4 No 96)
Jean Monnet, a Political Entrepreneur
In Le Débat (1996/4 No 91)
Policy Plagued by Opinion
In Le Débat (1996/1 No 88)
Man Above the Law
In Le Débat (1994/4 No 81)
The Constitutional Council and Democracy
Léo Hamon and Paul Thibaud, an Exchange
- By Léo Hamon
- and Paul Thibaud
In Le Débat (1987/1 No 43)