Dô-Thê Dung, Thuy-Lê Thanh
Extraits
Littérature étrangère
Sanctuaire du coeur
La fugue de Thanh plonge dans la stupeur ses parents, un couple de professeurs respectés, ainsi que toute la petite ville proche de Hanoi où vit cette famille modèle. A seize ans, le jeune homme était promis à un brillant avenir et n'avait jamais donné le moindre signe de trouble ni de rébellion. Quand on le retrouve quatorze ans plus tard - en 1999, le temps du récit -, il est devenu gigolo, entretenu par une femme d'affaires rencontrée dans la maison close de Saigon où il exerçait ses talents de prostitué. Comment - et pourquoi - ce jeune homme sans histoires en est arrivé là, c'est ce que dévoile ce roman diaboliquement construit. Thanh a tout le temps, pendant ses longues journées dans la villa de la côte que seuls rythment des dîners dans des établissements de luxe, de se remémorer son passé. Ses jeunes années sont autant de souvenirs lumineux : elles ont été à jamais marquées par la présence radieuse de Tra My, son amie de toujours, la petite fille que ses parents avaient recueillie et dont il était tombé éperdument amoureux. Sa descente aux enfers après sa fugue vient en sombre contrepoint de cette enfance heureuse : les scènes époustouflantes de son arrestation par erreur dans un hôtel de passe, de son emprisonnement avec des droit commun ou de sa rencontre avec le proxénète qui l'a embauché donnent à Duong Thu Huong la matière d'un portrait sans appel d'une société vietnamienne déstabilisée et corrompue que dominent le sexe, le pouvoir et l'argent. Quand Thanh ne supporte plus sa vie oisive d'objet sexuel et qu'il décide de prendre un nouveau départ, il ne peut s'empêcher de buter sur le traumatisme subi lors de ses seize ans. La scène qui le hante, et dont son propre père est l'acteur principal, donne la clé de sa dérive et du roman tout entier. La question sous-jacente que pose en effet Duong Thu Huong tout au long de ce livre consacré aux enfants des hommes et des femmes de sa génération, celle qui s'est battue pour des idéaux et qui ne se reconnaît pas dans le Vietnam d'aujourd'hui, est déchirante : qu'avons-nous fait à nos enfants ? quel monde leur laissons-nous ?
09/2011
Littérature étrangère
Roman sans titre
"Roman sans titre". Paru pour la première fois en France en 1992 aux Editions des Femmes, Roman sans titre est aujourd'hui réédité chez Sabine Wespieser éditeur où sont publiés depuis 2006 les livres de la grande romancière vietnamienne. Premier des romans de Duong Thu Huong à avoir été interdit de publication au Viêt-nam, il met en scène la dérive hallucinée d'un combattant pendant la guerre contre les Américains. Quân, capitaine d'une unité de combat, est envoyé dans la lointaine zone K par Luong, son supérieur, pour retrouver Biên, en passe de sombrer dans la folie. Les trois hommes sont amis depuis l'enfance ; originaires du même village, ils se sont enrôlés le même jour, transportés par leur exaltation patriotique et guerrière. En traversant la jungle et les vallées sinistrées par les bombardements, Quân prend la mesure du fossé qui s'est creusé entre eux. Au fil de son angoissant périple, alors qu'affluent les images de sa vie heureuse et à jamais disparue de jeune homme pressé de défendre son idéal, Quân découvre également l'ampleur des destructions subies par son pays. Le rêve d'un nouveau Viêt-nam s'est perdu dans des slogans qui résonnent de manière de plus en plus absurde à ses oreilles. Plongeant au coeur des ténèbres avec une force lumineuse, Duong Thu Huong dénonce, avec ce roman qui tient une place centrale dans son oeuvre, la vanité de la guerre et le cynisme de ses instigateurs.
11/2010
Poches Littérature internation
Au-delà des illusions
Publié au Vietnam, Au-delà des illusions, qui fut le livre de chevet de toute une génération, est sans doute l'un des plus beaux romans d'amour vietnamiens des deux dernières décennies. Les élans passionnés et la soif d'idéal de Phuong Linh sont une source de désordres, de joies violentes, et aussi de désenchantements. Face à la lâcheté de ses amants, refusant les accommodements et les compromissions, elle oppose, pour se donner entièrement, l'ardeur sincère et la pureté de son amour en même temps que le courage de ses convictions. Les promesses seront abandonnées, les serments endeuillés de mensonges : Phuong Linh devra trouver seule le chemin. Au-delà des illusions.
01/2002
Littérature étrangère
Oeuvres. Au-delà des illusions, Les Paradis aveugles, Roman sans titre, Terre des oublis
Les romans de Duong Thu Huong nous font entrer dans l'intimité de son pays, le Vietnam, mais aussi dans d'étranges contrées où les hommes tentent de s'approcher, non sans crainte, des secrets de leurs errances. Née dans une famille de lettrés, enfant de la guerre et du communisme, Duong Thu Huong est devenue une nouvelliste et une romancière aimée et célébrée dans sa patrie. Parce qu'elle cherchait à connaître la vérité de son histoire, les dirigeants vietnamiens l'ont insultée et calomniée. En 1991, ils l'ont jetée en prison et soumise à un régime d'isolement dans des conditions infectes. L'épreuve n'a pas empêché Duong Thu Huong, habitée par une certaine idée de la liberté, de continuer de rêver et de croire. Aujourd'hui, cette femme indomptable vit à Paris. Les saisons et les jours de son exil français sont consacrés aux romans qu'elle s'est promis de terminer avant de rentrer chez elle. Duong Thu Huong incarne le renouveau d'un pays qui a traversé trop de souffrances. Le cœur du Vietnam bat sous chacun de ses mots, dans tous ses romans, jusqu'à son maître livre, Terre des oublis. Elle le raconte d'une prose fluide et évocatrice. Souvenirs, espérances, vallées couvertes de fleurs éphémères, collines, masures à toit de feuilles, villas somptueuses, mais aussi les hommes brûlés par des bombes, beaucoup de cadavres. Les âmes des morts ont une grande importance. "Les préoccupations politiques et morales, écrit Antoine Audouard dans sa préface, traversent son œuvre tout entière, de même que l'exploration minutieuse, parfois atroce, dont la guerre et l'histoire façonnent, cassent, broient le destin des individus dans leur intimité. " L'univers de Duong Thu Huong est celui des métamorphoses et des cicatrices, des royaumes perdus et retrouvés. L'on y croise des êtres épris d'absolu, des cœurs purs qui trébuchent, des volontés résignées, des héros qui ont raté le coche. Tous nous parlent de la formidable puissance de la vie.
04/2008
Littérature coréenne
Itinéraire d'enfance
Paru en 1985 au Viêtnam, alors que la publication des livres de Duong Thu Huong y était encore autorisée, ce roman de formation remporta un énorme succès. II est pour la première fois traduit en français. Duong Thu Huong y évoque les tribulations d'une gamine espiègle et entreprenante à la fin des années cinquante. Bê a douze ans, sa vie dans le bourg de Rêu s'organise entre sa mère, ses amis, ses voisins et ses professeurs. Son père, soldat, est en garnison à la frontière nord. Mais parce que son caractère est déjà bien trempé et qu'elle ne supporte pas l'injustice, elle prend la défense d'une de ses camarades abusée par un professeur, et se voit brutalement exclue de l'école. Révoltée, elle s'enfuit de chez elle, avec sa meilleure amie, pour rejoindre son père. Commence alors un étonnant périple : les deux adolescentes, livrées à elles-mêmes, sans un sou en poche, voyagent en train, à pied ou en autobus, à travers les montagnes du nord, peuplées par les minorités ethniques. Elles finiront par arriver à destination, après des aventures palpitantes et souvent cocasses : Bê la meneuse, non contente d'avoir travaillé dans une auberge avec son amie, tué le cochon, participé à la chasse au tigre, va également confondre un sorcier charlatan et jouer les infirmières de fortune. Au fil des mois et des rencontres, l'adolescente grandit, mûrit, et fait l'apprentissage de la liberté. Duong Thu Huong avoue avoir donné beaucoup d'elle-même à son héroïne... C'est un véritable roman d'éducation que ce livre limpide et captivant qui, dans un festival de sons, d'odeurs, de couleurs et de paysages, dépeint la réalité du Viêtnam après la guerre contre les Français.
05/2007
Géographie
RIVIERES DU SUD. Sociétés et mangroves ouest-africaines, 2 volumes
Les mangroves sont bien plus que des palétuviers.
Forêts dans la mer, ou encore marais maritimes convertis en rizières, elles constituent l'un des paysages les plus originaux des littoraux intertropicaux. Dès leur découverte par les navigateurs portugais, elles suscitent des discours contradictoires et sont l'objet d'enjeux multiples et souvent conflictuels entre " conservationnistes " et " productivistes ".
Cette synthèse régionale dresse un état des connaissances sur la mangrove, met en évidence les interactions variées entre les sociétés et leur environnement littoral, explicite la spécificité des " Rivières du Sud ", littoraux à mangrove compris entre le Sénégal et la Sierra Leone. Elle réunit un ensemble d'informations originales (volume 1) et un recueil bibliographique de plus de 3 000 références (volume 2), et constitue un outil indispensable pour les acteurs, scientifiques comme décideurs, concernés par la gestion des littoraux ouest-africains.
Par un dialogue entre sciences de la nature et de la société, cet ouvrage ouvre des perspectives conceptuelles et méthodologiques et contribue ainsi à la réflexion plus générale sur les rapports entre environnement et développement, sciences et société.
Mangroves are much more than just mangles.
Forests in the sea or sea marshes converted into rice fields, they form one of the most original coastal landscape types in the tropics. Since their discovery by Portuguese navigators, they have generated contradictory statements and have been the centre of many issues often leading to contention between 'conservationists' and those in favour of 'productivity'. This regional synthesis reviews the state of knowledge on mangrove, shows the varied interactions between societies and their coastal environment and explains the specific features of the 'Rivières du Sud' (southern rivers), the coastal mangrove areas from Senegal to Sierra Leone. It consists of a set of original information (Volume 7) and a bibliography of more than 3,000 references (Volume 2), forming an essential tool for all those - both scientists and decision-makers - involved in the management of West African coastal zones.
By establishing a dialogue between natural and social sciences, the work opens up conceptual and methodological prospects and contributes to more general reflection on the relations between the environment and development and between science and society.
04/1999
Géographie
Le Canton de Thury Harcourt
Le canton de Thury-Harcourt est le résultat du redécoupage administratif opéré pour toute la France en 2015. C'est un territoire vaste de 45 communes implantées au coeur du Cingal et de la Suisse normande. Il est le fruit d'une histoire médiévale prestigieuse, marquée par les seigneurs de la Pommeraye et la famille d'Harcourt ainsi que par ses abbayes du Val et de Barbery. Son histoire contemporaine n'en est pas moins mouvementée. Les exploitations minières en constituent un trait essentiel. Les combats meurtriers de la Libération ont profondément marqué les consciences et façonné son architecture. Cette histoire se reflète aujourd'hui dans ses paysages verdoyants sillonnés par la Laize et l'Orne et qui attirent touristes et amateurs de nature jusqu'à nous. C'est à un voyage dans le temps que nous vous invitons donc à travers cet ouvrage. Un panorama qui met en valeur la magnifique collection conservée par les Archives du Calvados, exhume quelques documents inédits et nous donne envie de redécouvrir des sites et un patrimoine magnifiquement préservés.
05/2018
Poésie
Chansons du figuier bleu / Songs of blue fig tree
Ce recueil rassemble quarante-sept chansons dont huit sont initialement écrites en kabyle. Elles sont toutes traduites du français en anglais. Quarante de ces chansons figurent dans la trilogie "Le murmure du figuier bleu". Elles évoquent tour à tour la nostalgie du pays natal, la solitude, la nature, l'amour, la tendresse, le jardin d'enfant, Venise, les voyages, la vieillesse, le temps perdu et bien d'autres thèmes encore. Ce sont des fenêtres, des lignes de fuite, des accès vers d'autres mondes quand celui dans lequel nous luttons ne nous apporte plus la bonne respiration. This collection gathers forty seven songs among which eight are initially written in Kabyle. They are all translated from French in English. Forty of these songs appear in the trilogy "The rustle of the blue fig tree". They evoke alternately the nostalgia for the native country, the solitude, the nature, love, tenderness, child's garden, Venice, journeys, old age, the lost time and many others themes still. They are windows, base lines, accesses towards other worlds when the one in which we fight does not bring us anymore the good breath.
06/2016
Littérature française
Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba)
Mehersthan Memoir (Meher Baba) This book is dedicated to the unique One who has assumed a form and name to lead the play of universal existence. He throbs in our loving heart ; He breathes in our living soul. He sings in our fervent spirit and he thinks in our purified mind. That infinite Ancient One from his supernal height, bends towards us to embrace us in his love, and to feed our soul with the nectar of his bliss. Blessed are they that have the mind to know him, the heart to feel him and the love to live in his consciousness ! He may have been born to human parents in Poona, studied in a college, played cricket, left home, have seen great souls, sat alone silent, spoken in gestures, written books - but that is not his history. Many live such a life ; many scholars write books ; many saints sit in contemplation ; many monks leave home for mountain resorts ; but they cannot be one like him. Millions of bulbs challenge in vain the darkness of night. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. One sun rises and the night dissolves into his golden light. We have seen monks, yogins and saints. Some live alone for peace. Some open Ashrams and collect donations to run them. Some comercialise their name and form. Some display miracles to surprise human minds ; some offer boons ; some predict the future ; some curse you when you do not offer them what they want. Some seek pleasure and treasure. But who seeks God and finds God in the self to awaken God-awareness in other men and women ? Who says "I am God and you are God too"? Who rises above the prattle of words, the rattle of weapons and battle of ideologies to the lofty peace of supersonic silence and pours his blessings from the dizzy height of the soul in tune with God ? Who is he that embraces all in the heart and awakens the soul which has none of the human creations of caste, religion, race, pedigree nor colour ? Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
07/2017
Non classé
Education and the Values Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe
Fundamental educational reform is one of the central elements of the social transformation taking place in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In this volume selected experts and eye witnesses of the radical change taking place in the region provide detailed and graphic presentation of the problems and controversies surrounding reform. They explore how the educational systems have responded to the collapse, and they explain the source of new models, ideas, and values on the part of educational policy makers, researchers and teachers. A focus of attention is the values crisis among the youth. The authors explore the values the socialist systems attempted to convey, the manner in which the youth have responded to the collapse, and the possible sources of new values and ideals.
05/1994
Non classé
Fast Darkness III: Moonwords. Sextet for flute, clarinet, piano and string trio. flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello. Partition et parties.
Fast Darkness III is the last part of the trilogy Fast Darkness, 2020-2022. Written in 2022, it is a 16 minutes long virtuosic, wild, and overgrown exploration. Fast gestures, drawn by a sharp pen and loaded with excited energy inform the listener of a large universe that they are enveloping. Just like an entangled climbing branch may give a sense of the house it is climbing on, the energy-laden gestures in Fast Darkness III, reveal the presence of the universe they are enveloping. This revelation never comes to be heard in the piece, but hopefully, it is an after-effect of it. Chaya Czernowin Instrumentation : flute, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, cello
03/2023
Informatique
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE GAME PC
Today's PC games look better, sound better, and play better than ever before. But, they can also push your PC to its performance limits-and beyond. Take a trip down technology road with Computer Gaming World Contributing Editor Loyd Case as he shows you how to wring out the maximum gaming performance from your PC. Along the way, you'll learn a little about the inner workings of computer games, become a smart shopper when upgrading your PC, and become adept at building a souped up gaming system with. the components of your choosing.
• Learn the ins and outs of 3D graphics technology, positional audio, and DirectX
• Get help choosing that new 3D graphics card, CPU, or other hardware
• Discover how to build or upgrade your own hot rod gaming rig
• Tune up your PC for maximum gaming punch
• Learn how to use the Internet for adrenaline-pumping, multi-player games
• See how to set up your own local area network for LAN gaming parties
12/1999
Science-fiction
Le cycle de Dune : Les Enfants de Dune
Sur Dune, la planète des sables, les prophéties s'accomplissent : le désert devient jardin. Mais les vers géants se font rares et l'Epice de prescience vient à manquer. Tout ce qui reste de l'épopée de Muad'Did, c'est un empire conquis, des guerriers déchus, des prêtres tentés par la théocratie. Et les jumeaux Leto et Ghanima, qui portent en eux les souvenirs d'innombrables générations dont, peut-être, ceux de l'antique Abomination, redoutée par les soeurs du Bene Gesserit et prête à revenir du passé génétique pour faire basculer l'univers dans le cauchemar. Les morts dominent les vivants. Leto devra affronter les uns et les autres en un combat sans merci dont l'enjeu est plus que la prescience, plus que la longévité : au moins la toute-puissance, et peut-être l'immortalité.
02/1992
Histoire internationale
Accomplices
This volume asserts that there was tacit cooperation in the Nazi extermination of the Jewish population of Europe by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War. Although the Allies publicly recognized the Nazi massacre of the Jews in the London Declaration of December 17, 1942, the policies they pursued allowed the genocide to continue. They did so, the author claims, in three ways : (1) refusal to publicly and personally speak about and against the Nazi extermination of the Jews ; (2) refusal to commit even one soldier, one plane, or one warship to any forcible opposition to the "Final Solution" throughout the Second World War ; and (3) obstruction of Jewish escape from Hitler's Europe. This book explores the motivation for the policies Churchill and Roosevelt pursued.
06/2011
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & Specimen Lists from H.M.S. Beagle
Two long sets of scientific notes were made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. Those transcribed here are concerned with natural history, and although in 1839 he drew on them quite extensively in writing his famous " Journal of Researches ", neither they nor his geology notes have previously been published. He was a superb observer, and recorded vividly and accurately his first impressions of the appearance and behaviour of the wide range of animals, from ants to ostriches, encountered during his travels. Often he performed little experiments on the creatures that he captured, and he was never happy until he had exhaustively explored the why and wherefore of every one of his observations. During the long periods on board ship, he carried out a thorough analysis of hitherto unrecognised features of the internal anatomy of a variety of marine invertebrates, and made elegant pencil drawings of them under his dissecting microscope. The volume also includes his lists of 1 500 specimens preserved in Spirits of Wine, and some 3 500 not in Spirits, with impeccably accurate cross references to the main notes. Although his notes were made strictly for his own use, and were often highly technical, they were well written throughout, and contain many highly readable passages. Only towards the very end of the voyage were his first doubts about the immutability of species consciously pressed, but here are to be found the first seeds of his theory of evolution, and of the important new fields of behavioural and ecological study of which he was one of the principal founders.
01/2000
Autres collections (9 à 12 ans
Les enquêtes de Tom et Lola : Le mystère de la Saint-Valentin. Edition bilingue français-anglais
C'est bientôt la Saint-Valentin. A l'école, les élèves préparent des cadeaux et des jolies cartes pour les amoureux. Mais, à la veille de cette fête, ils découvrent dans la classe une boite blanche avec un ruban rouge, une carte et un stylo noir. A qui appartiennent ces objets ? Pourquoi sont-ils là ? - It is soon Valentine day. At school the children make gifts and pretty cards. But just the day before the celebration, they discover in the classroom a white box with a red ribbon, a card and a black pen. Who owns these objects ? Why are they here ?
10/2021
Religion
Revelation and Theology
This book examines the theological epistemologies of two of this century's most prominent theologians, Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Barth. Both theologians responded to modernist theologies by drawing from the best of their own traditions. Both tried to reinstate theology as a true science which takes its object, namely, the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, seriously. They therefore make excellent conversation partners. This book closely traces their arguments as they seek to formulate their understanding of theological knowledge and theological science from a christological and trinitarian perspective, based on the concrete self-disclosure of God in Jesus Christ.
11/1999
Philosophie
Issues in the Philosophy of Language Past and Present
In the light of contemporary perspectives a good deal of traditional philosophical thought can be read as relating to the issue of 'Language versus Reality'. The chapters of this book vindicate this claim ; bringing together thinkers different both in temperament and interests like Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, Heidegger and Gadamer they suggest that some of their major tenets reflect conceptual assumptions concerning linguistic meaning and reference. In trying to both identify and elucidate the assumptions at stake the author shows, both historically and systematically, that some of the problems experienced in the past as well as much of our contemporary concern with the same issue form a continuous line and a common endeavour ; and they have not yet come to an end.
11/1999
Non classé
The Concept of Man in Igbo Myths
In the vast silence of their isolation, the traditional Igbos have learnt the ways of living in harmony with nature. From their origin in distant time, they have kept a sacred perspective on the natural world. In our age, there is the need for traditional wisdoms to retain their validity and be intrinsic to our philosophic and scientific perceptions of the cosmos. We cannot do without their knowledge, their spiritual perspective, and their deep faith in the harmony of all nature. Ignoring these qualities has profound environmental implications. Global warming, environmental pollution, and the exhaustion of nature's resources are but a few of the symptoms of the nature's experiences as we continue to mistreat it in order to satisfy our own ends. This work helps us to realise that wherever we are, we are a part of nature. All the things around us are as presences, representing forces and powers of life that are not ours and yet are all part of us. Then we find them reflecting in ourselves, because we are nature, though not identical with it.
11/1999
Sociologie
The Search for Meaning in the Australian Novel
This thesis grew out of an epistemological interest centered on the search for meaning in literature, and out of a reading of Australian novels. Reaching beyond signification, the creation of meaning in literature refers to the significance a text acquires for the recipient's existence. The potential of this meaningfulness fluctuates between a process of explanation, of uncovering hidden meaning, and deception. Assuming that this range is best demonstrated in the literary treatment of negative experiences in human existence, of pain and suffering, we analyse how Australian novelists and critics set paradigms of meaning against the "Non-Sense" in experienced reality, who and what the agents of meaningfulness in Australian literature are, how they relate to each other and how they affect our reading experience.
10/1991
Agriculture
Biodiversity and strategy.. Subtle equilibriums
Biodiversity conservation calls for a revolutionary approach to our relationship with nature and the living world. But it also requires completely rethinking the way we develop international policies and strategies. While these instruments must deal with a highly complex reality, they are too often viewed as simple action plans. Measures and initiatives that are focused on mainly technical solutions eventually result in unfortunate setbacks when the often unpredictable and ever-changing dynamics of life come into play. The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) was held in 2022, and despite the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, it failed to produce a truly innovative approach to international 'strategy'. It is therefore more necessary than ever to reconsider the official diagnosis that underpins international action. Although certainly difficult, this can be done by mobilising a wide range of expertise from different scientific communities. Drawing on numerous examples and a wealth of research from the humanities, social sciences and conservation sciences, this book offers a profoundly renewed strategic diagnosis as well as levers for activating regenerative processes to benefit the living world.
12/2023
Ethnologie
Glimpses of african cultures. Echos des cultures africaines, Edition bilingue français-anglais
This book covers various aspects of African traditional cultures that include: communication, marriage ceremonies, funerals, traditional rites, witchcraft, traditional cultural activities, and traditional beliefs. It will undoubtedly appeal to anyone who wants to understand better our African cultures. The reading of some of the stories will certainly raise existential questions about the nature of spirits, truth, and the place of God in the collective mind of the Africans. Some of the questions are the following: how is it possible that a human being has his double in an animal known as his totem ? How corne that, for people who do not believe in reincarnation, it is the chief who determines the future of the soul of the deceased ? In "Mourning habits in the West province of Cameroon," it appears that, if the soul is not taken care of, it will cause physical havoc in the society. Could there be a link between our souls and the physical elements of nature ? Is skull worshiping among the Bamileke merely a traditional practice or are they really able to communicate with their ancestors through the skulls ? What has led the Aghem people to firmly believe that lakes can physically move, that the dead live in their lakes, that children live in their pre-human state as caterpillars and may transform into reptiles when they are still babies ? What makes it possible for the human mind to communicate with animais, exchange messages as is shown in "How animais and things can speak and communicate in the Yambassa culture" ? Apart from the physical world as we know it, could there truly be a spiritual world that witches and wizards have access to and which system of values could this spiritual world be subjected to ? Every single paper of the more than 80 papers and squibs this book comprises is truly an invitation to explore further the untapped richness of African cultures.
04/2011
Droit
Activation Policies for the Unemployed, the Right to Work and the Duty to Work
Since the 1990s and the 2000s, Western social protection systems have experienced a turn towards activation. This turn consists of the multiplication of measures aimed at bringing those who are unemployed closer to participation in the labour market. These measures often induce a strengthening of the conditions that must be met in order to receive social benefits. It is in this well known context that the authors gathered in this book decided to take a closer look at the relationship between activation policies for the unemployed and the right and the duty to work. If activation measures are likely to increase transitions towards the labour market, we can also make the assumption that they may, particularly when they are marked with the seal of coercion, hinder or dramatically reduce the right to freely chosen work. In such circumstances, the realisation of the "right to work", which is often stated to be the aim of those who promote activation, tends in practice to be reduced to an increasing pressure being exerted on the unemployed. In this case, isn't it actually the duty to work that is particularly reinforced ? After an historical and philosophical perspective on the issue, this assumption is confronted with the developments observed in the United States and in France, and then with the guidelines laid down in international human rights instruments. What follows is a discussion of two alternatives to the dominant activation model : the basic income guarantee and the employment guarantee.
06/1987
Histoire ancienne
THE ROMAN CAVALRY. From the First to the Third Century AD
The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Par Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. They have drawn together evidence from a wide variety of sources: archaeological, epigraphic and literary, as well as comparing ancient testimony with more recent experience of the use of cavalry.
Now available in paperback, the book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman?
The authors provide a comprehensive and unique examination of the Roman cavalry, which includes lavish and original illustrations, drawn by Karen R. Dixon.
01/1992
Religion
God's People: Instruments of Healing
The future impact of the churches on the societies in which they are situated depends on how they are experienced as healing and solidarizing communities (concerning their religious and social praxis) within themselves and to the outside. Exactly this is the question of the diaconical dimension of the church : the question of how much love (in terms of mercy and justice) and freedom (to the individual and to society) are being spread by the churches in this world. Theologically this book refers not only to the biblical foundations but also to the latest theology of the II Vatican Council (and of the appropriate understanding of the term "Evangelization") within the Catholic Church, without suggesting that this theological position is something exclusive in the ecumenical sphere. It rather may support similar theologies emerging from other churches, as a kind of offer to solidarize with each other looking for the possibilities of substantiating the Christian faith.
07/1993
Littérature érotique et sentim
The elements Tome 1 : The air he breathes
Tout le monde m'avait avertie au sujet de Tristan Cole. "Garde tes distances avec lui", me disait-on. "Il est cruel, il est froid, il est bousillé". C'est facile de juger un homme sur son passé. De regarder Tristan et de voir en lui un monstre. Mais je n'ai pas pu réagir de la sorte. J'ai reconnu la désolation qu'il portait parce qu'elle était comparable à celle qui m'habitait, et je l'ai acceptée. Lui et moi, nous étions des coquilles vides. Nous étions tous deux à la recherche d'autre chose. De quelque chose de plus. Nous voulions tous deux recoller les morceaux éparpillés de nos passés respectifs. C'était peut-être la condition pour que nous puissions finalement réapprendre à respirer.
Roman d'amour, roman sentiment
The Elements Tome 1 : The air he breathes
THE AIR HE BREATHESThe Elements livre 1Retrouveront-ils goût à la vie ? Premier volume d'une série de 4 titres de Brittainy Cherry, 4 standalones qui se lisent de manière indépendante, dont chaque volume correspond aux 4 éléments de l'univers : l'air, le feu, l'eau, et la terre. The Air He Breathes #1 (L'air)Fire Between High & Lo #2 (Le Feu)The Silent Waters #3 (L'eau)The Gravity of Us #4 (La terre) Tout le monde m'avait avertie au sujet de Tristan Cole. Garde tes distances avec lui me disait-on. Il est cruel. Il est froid. Il est bousillé. C'est facile de juger un homme sur son passé. De regarder Tristan et de ne voir en lui qu'un monstre. Mais je n'ai pas pu réagir de la sorte. J'ai reconnu la désolation qu'il portait parce qu'elle était comparable à celle qui m'habitait et je l'ai acceptée. Lui et moi nous étions des coquilles vides. Nous étions tous deux à la recherche d'autre chose. De quelque chose de plus. Nous voulions tous deux recoller les morceaux éparpillés de nos passé respectifs. C'était peut-être la condition pour que nous puissions finalement réapprendre à respirer. " Certains auteurs vous murmurent directement au coeur, et leurs mots ne vous quittent plus jamais. Brittainy C. Cherry en fait partie. On ne résiste pas au charme de The Air He Breathes. " San Francisco Chronicle
03/2024
Sciences politiques
Organizing after Crisis. The Challenge of Learning
How do actors organize after crisis ? Do they "simply" return to normal ? The post-crisis phase is anything but a linear process. Actors and their practices may be transformed by learning from crises and by implementing the lessons. In this volume, 19 contributors from 7 countries analyse how learning happens after crisis in a dynamic political environment where framings, strategies, discourses, interests and resources interact. Exploring various policy sectors, they ask whether and in what ways organizations in charge of crisis management perform well. Where political responsibility is located ? What changes do lessons trigger at political, organizational and individual levels ? The book answers these questions by addressing issues like blame and responsibility but also the influence of communication, social dynamics and the institutional environment.
03/1994
Sciences politiques
Scripture and Midrash in Judaism
The rabbis of late antiquity produced a score of exegesis of the Hebrew Scriptures of Ancient Israel ("the Old Testament"), in which they took various approaches to the study and interpretation of what they called "the written Torah". These exegesis, called collectively "Midrash", form an important part of "the oral Torah", that is, the tradition of Sinai formulated and transmitted for memorization and ultimately written down by the ancient sages in the first six centuries A.D. These three volumes present large selections of the Midrash-documents of ancient Judaism, in the translation of Jacob Neusner, who has now translated into English nearly all of the Rabbinic literature of late antiquity. The selections are organized by type, so that readers see the various ways in which, in form and in intellectual program, the documents of Midrash-compilation were formulated and set forth. In this way, the vast body of biblical exegesis put forth by Judaism in its formative age is made available to the contemporary reader.
03/1994
Anglais apprentissage
Encountering the Chinese. A Guide for Americans, Second Edition
To fathom the complex culture of China is a daunting task, but Hu Wenzhong and Cornelius Grove, in this substantially revised and updated edition of their popular book, have risen to the challenge. They provide a practical and sensitive cross-cultural analysis of Chinese culture along with insights into how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people. As the economic and diplomatie climate in China has changed, the frequency of contact between Chinese and Americans has increased in all areas : business, academic, scientific, professional, personal and cultural, making this book even more valuable. Relying on Hu's knowledge of his native Chinese culture and Grove's American perspective from his substantial experience in China, Encountering the Chinese will enable Westerners to establish more productive and rewarding relationships with the Chinese, both inside and outside the PRC. As in the first edition, the authors retain fondamental information on basic Chinese values, cultural norms, and mindsets and identify the cross-cultural factors that often lead to failed business negotiations, embarrassing faux pas and misunderstandings when Americans and other Westerners encounter the Chinese. In this second edition they have added a discussion of economic changes and the gradual demise of state-owned companies, and they give special attention to the shift among young urban professionals and businesspeople from traditional collectivist values toward individualism and a market economy mentality. There is also a new section for American women working in China.
01/1999
