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Born in 1931, Pierre Nora died in June 2025. He first established himself as Gallimard's leading editor of the humanities, social sciences and history.
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Forty years, the end and the results
In Le Débat (2020/3 No 210)
The arrival of memory
In Le Débat (2020/3 No 210)
14-18: Mark and trace
In Le Débat (2018/4 No 201)
Through thick and thin
In Le Débat (2018/3 No 200)
The weight of the past
In reply to Laurence Engel
In Le Débat (2017/2 No 194)
Revisiting a horrific event
Before and after
In Le Débat (2015/3 No 185)
Unhappy, yes, but why?
In Le Débat (2014/2 No 179)
Difficult Teaching of History
In Le Débat (2013/3 No 175)
A Pox on the Maison de l'Histoire de France
In Le Débat (2013/3 No 175)
History and Novel: Where Are the Boundaries?
In Le Débat (2011/3 No 165)
Continuing Le Débat
In Le Débat (2010/3 No 160)
Avatars of French Identity
In Le Débat (2010/2 No 159)
Tristes Tropiques and Western Consciousness
In Le Débat (2010/1 No 158)
Discussion on History and the Novel
- By Jonathan Littell
- and Pierre Nora
In Le Débat (2007/2 No 144)
Unease in Historical Identity
In Le Débat (2006/4 No 141)
Sacred and Profane in the Republic
In Médium (2005/3 No 4)
From General to Admiral
In Le Débat (2005/2 No 134)
Jewish Memory and Identity in Today’s France
The Great Determining Factors
In Le Débat (2004/4 No 131)
Conclusion
In Mil neuf cent (2003/1 No 21)
For a Second-Degree History
In Le Débat (2002/5 No 122)
Chateaubriand: The First Intellectual?
In Les cahiers de médiologie (2001/1 No 11)
Mitterrandology
François Mitterrand — The Perpetual Biography
In Le Débat (2000/5 No 112)
Under the Sign of Commemoration
In Le Débat (2000/4 No 111)
A Farewell to Intellectuals?
In Le Débat (2000/3 No 110)
Back to the Scene of the Crime
In Le Débat (1999/3 No 105)
Le Débat’s Debate
- By Louis Hay,
- Jean-Yves Tadié,
- le bureau confédéral de la C.N.T,
- et al.
In Le Débat (1999/3 No 105)
François Furet in the Debate
In Le Débat (1997/4 No 96)
Translating — The Necessity and the Difficulties
In Le Débat (1997/1 No 93)
“This is a State Secret”
In Le Débat (1996/4 No 91)
The Wine is Drawn...
In Le Débat (1995/2 No 84)
The Law of Memory
In Le Débat (1994/1 No 78)
Memoirs Compared
In Le Débat (1994/1 No 78)
The French Library — Where do We Come From, and Where are We Going?
In Le Débat (1992/3 No 70)
In the Right Direction
In Le Débat (1990/5 No 62)
Ten Years of Le Débat
In Le Débat (1990/3 No 60)
Word-moments
The Five Languages of the Zeitgeist
- By Pierre Nora
- and Marcel Gauchet
In Le Débat (1988/3 No 50)
A Memoire of Michel Foucault
In Le Débat (1986/4 No 41)
The Continuing Debate
In Le Débat (1982/4 No 21)
Write! No-One Will Read You!
In Le Débat (1982/2 No 19)
A Home-Grown Ideologue
In Le Débat (1981/6 No 13)
What Can Intellectuals Do?
In Le Débat (1980/1 No 1)
