Hunger is a constructed phenomenon, inherent to human societies, whatever the level of available resources, political regimes, or governance. here highlight the lived experiences, practices and standards. With this Tracés issue, we hope to provide knowledge and insights that will contribute to making hunger a public problem and food a common good.

This issue of Tracés seeks to promote scientific approaches in the social sciences that aim to rematerialize their objects, to give life to matter, which is all too often considered inert, and to re-examine the relationships between human and non-human worlds, beyond dichotomies.

This issue is composed of varia articles and book reviews.

Taking into account the uniqueness of the French Revolution that imposed a new vision of the world and of society in the eyes of its admirers and detractors alike, this volume deals with the considerable impact it had in Europe and on the world from 1789 to the 20th century.