Towards new research and education devices in France: the example of the University of Toulouse

Abstract

The understanding of the current state of research in arts, humanities, philosophy or languages is based on: - a fact: researchers, their groups and research institutions, whether public or private, are always financed by the society in which they are immersed. - a hypothesis: this financing entails a counterpart, since the results of the research must be useful for society and usable by it. - a finding: in the aforementioned disciplines, the production relations that govern the research institutions, determine the productive forces (professors and researchers) and make up the productions (research programs and scientific discourses), do not seem to satisfy the demands of that counterpart.