Damien Gimenez
@dgi246.bsky.social
I’ve stepped back to question our economic, political and ethical frameworks—writing long-form essays & explorations to shape big pictures.
Main orientations: freedom of thought, distance, peace.
damiengimenez.fr/home
Main orientations: freedom of thought, distance, peace.
damiengimenez.fr/home
R. Whatmore offers a timely intellectual and political history of the late 18th c., centred on Britain and France: mercantilism & empires vs liberalism, fanaticism vs moderation, luxury & corruption vs political principles.
Do we need a new #Enlightenment?
Do we need a new #Enlightenment?
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
R. Whatmore offers a timely intellectual and political history of the late 18th c., centred on Britain and France: mercantilism & empires vs liberalism, fanaticism vs moderation, luxury & corruption vs political principles.
Do we need a new #Enlightenment?
Do we need a new #Enlightenment?
From the start, US #equality was Janus-faced: universal in language, exclusionary in practice. Middlekauf shows how ‘created equal’ coexisted with slavery and the denial of rights to free Blacks. Today’s politics still echoes that unresolved contradiction.
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
From the start, US #equality was Janus-faced: universal in language, exclusionary in practice. Middlekauf shows how ‘created equal’ coexisted with slavery and the denial of rights to free Blacks. Today’s politics still echoes that unresolved contradiction.
The Chartreuse, adorned in its autumn colours.
October 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Chartreuse, adorned in its autumn colours.
GDP and productivity at the expense of democracy, equality, environment, mental health, trust... The cost of being economically great nowadays.
stateofnation.org
stateofnation.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
GDP and productivity at the expense of democracy, equality, environment, mental health, trust... The cost of being economically great nowadays.
stateofnation.org
stateofnation.org