Varia No 273, 2020/4 - pagesPages 3 to 12Towards a history of administrative intelligenceBy Olivier Borraz, Émilien RuizPages 13 to 34Invisible women. Revisiting a survey by Michel Crozier (1953-1965)By Odile Join-LambertPages 35 to 56Reforming the administration through social sciences. The pioneering attempts of the French Ministry of Finance (1965-1972)By Florence DescampsPages 57 to 61Alf Lüdtke, a citizen historianBy Sandrine KottPages 63 to 66Foreword by Thomas Lindenberger: Alf Lüdtke, “Eigensinn: Spaces for Action and Practices of Domination”By Thomas LindenbergerPages 67 to 89Eigensinn: Spaces of action and practices of dominationBy Thomas Lindenberger, Alf LüdtkePages 91 to 96The Nazi Volksgemeinschaft, antisemitic violence and EigensinnBy Michael WildtPages 97 to 109Alf Lüdtke’s work: A philosophy of history for democratic societies in the age of globalisationBy Carola DietzePages 111 to 127Hiring practices in a colonial situation: The Messageries Maritimes in the Gulf of Aden (1862-1940)By Laurent JollyPages 129 to 145Identifying nationality in Djibouti (1946-2004)By Simon Imbert-VierPages 147 to 166The Turpin affair and invention policy in late 19th century FranceBy Gabriel Galvez-BeharPages 167 to 213Reviews