Emmanuel Todd

Historian, demographer, anthropologist, sociologist, political scientist · 1951

Appears in 3 videos · 4 passages, 2 of them in depth.

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Emmanuel Todd (French:; born 16 May 1951) is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris. His research focuses on family structures across the world, and explores how they relate to beliefs, ideologies, political systems, and historical developments. He has also authored several political essays, which have received wide coverage in France.

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Season 12 · 18 Feb 2024Secularism, the truth of religion?

50:55The Defeat of the WestHis book arrives at the right time; he prefers to speak of the defeat of Atlanticism rather than of the West.
1:02:38The Sahel illustrates the collapse he describes.

Season 10 · 10 Feb 2022#9 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: Art, seen from here or from the other side?

1:40:52Where Do They Stand?He disputes the idea that the emancipation of women produced anomie.

Season 10 · 27 Jan 2022#8 Philosophising under threat

1:07:17He recalls that England is the oldest democracy; he can be salubrious.