Medias

War in Iran : "This crisis should be an opportunity for a public debate on our fossil fuel infrastructure"

Publié sur Le Monde le 6 avril 2026

In an opinion piece in "Le Monde", sociologist Jean Daniélou laments that discussions around the energy crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East are crystallizing around the question of individual practices and consumption habits rather than around a necessary reflection on the viability of our infrastructures.
Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz: "Infrastructure is what becomes visible when it breaks down."

Publié sur Le nouvel Obs le 21 mars 2026

The war in Iran reveals once again our dependence on fossil fuels and should encourage us to get out of it urgently, explains sociologist Jean Daniélou, a leading expert on the infrastructure of the gas world.
"A question of style. On the relationship between literature and the social sciences."

Publié sur Analyse Opinion Critique le 23 juillet 2025

Are Claude Lévi-Strauss and Alain Corbin writers before being an anthropologist and a historian? Conversely, it has been said that Annie Ernaux is – almost – a sociologist. We would benefit from considering, beyond the opposition between scientific writing and “literature of reality,” a dynamic relationship: that which plays out between the scholarly aspirations of writers and the literary experiments of scientists.
"Ethnographing globalization"

Publié sur Analyse Opinion Critique le 15 octobre 2024

T-shirts made in Asia, 24-hour Amazon delivery, Russian oil at the local pump—these are just some of the examples that fuel the image of a smooth and seamless globalization. But this fluidity is merely an illusion, and globalization is a series of local frictions constantly negotiated by multinational corporations. In the case of fossil fuel companies, these frictions could escalate into genuine conflicts during the ecological transition.
"The material conditions for the production of philosophy"

Publié sur Le Monde le 27 août 2014

"Philosophy" is a series of damaging reductions to philosophies, argues Jean Daniélou, former contributor to Les Nouveaux Chemins de la connaissance.