Sorcery of Thorns
Extraits
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 2
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 1
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Pédagogie
Media and Education in the Digital Age
This book is an invitation to informed and critical participation in the current debate on the role of digital technology in education and a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant issues in this debate. After an early wave of enthusiasm about the emancipative opportunities of the digital "revolution" in education, recent contributions invite caution, if not scepticism. This collection rejects extreme interpretations and establishes a conceptual framework for the critical questioning of this role in terms of concepts, assessments and subversions. This book offers conceptual tools, ideas and insights for further research. It also provides motivation and information to foster active participation in debates and politics and encourages teachers, parents and learners to take part in the making of the future of our societies.
07/2014
Lecture 9-12 ans
Le jour du vélo rouge
"J'ai ouvert les volets. Une fois tous les battants de bois repoussés contre la pierre, la maison était différente. Plus claire. De nouveau habitée. Par moi. J'avais décidé de ne pas appeler Maman, ni Papa. J'allais prendre des vacances. De vraies vacances." Quand on a douze ans, profiter d'un quiproquo entre ses parents pour passer quelques jours tout seul dans la maison de campagne, ça n'est pas si grave, si ? Mais si la maison renfermait autre chose que des vieux livres et des boîtes de conserves ? Si elle était en fait le témoin d'un souvenir de famille que tout le monde cherche désespérément à oublier ?
03/2019
Espagne
Secret Seville
Far from the crowds and the well-worn clichés, Seville still has many hidden gems it only reveals to locals and visitors who head off the beaten track. An essential guide for those who thought they knew Seville well or are seeking to discover another side of the city. Why is there a stone relief of Grace Kelly on the wall of Seville Town Hall and how can you track down the railway from the Ibero-American Expo of 1929 ? Where might you find the legacy of Christopher Columbus' son, a medieval Jewish cemetery in a car park, the oddest of barbershops, forgotten souvenirs from the Guadalquivir steamboats, Masonic symbols in a church, the last remaining vestiges of the Andalusian pavilions from the '29 Expo, a little-known Modernist electric power station, an example of the Nazi Enigma machine, a collection of Chinese and Japanese art in a Renaissance mansion or the pillars of a medieval synagogue ?
04/2022
Histoire internationale
On the Border - The Otherness of God and the Multiplicity of the Religions
The Christian theology of religions at present faces a crisis. What precisely is the task of the theology of religions ? Does it merely consist in interpreting the non-Christian religions as steps, phases or contributions in the light of Christianity ? Has one from the theological side conceded the maximum to the non-Christian religions by acknowledging them as anonymous Christianity (Karl Rahner)? This study is an exploration on how one shall liberate the religion of the other from anonymity : how one shall leave the other with his/her own name. The model of thought employed in this study is gained through an analysis of the intercultural process of understanding, explained with instances from Africa and South America.
01/1994
Comics Super-héros
Dawn of Justice Society of America Tome 1 : Le nouvel âge d'or
Depuis ses origines en 1940, la Justice Society of America a accueilli de nombreux super-héros, prêts à tout pour défendre les plus démunis. Malgré tout, avec le temps, la vieillesse de ces héros a fait perdre de sa puissance à la JSA. Elle a su renaître de ses cendres plus d'une fois et aujourd'hui, c'est à une nouvelle génération de héros de renouveler cet espoir. Pour autant, n'est-ce pas étrange que la chute de la JSA commence toujours par la mort de Doctor Fate ?
01/2024
Anglais apprentissage
THE CANTERBURY TALES. Avec cassette audio
'In April when the sweet showers fall... then people want to go on pilgrimages.'
A group of pilgrims travelling from London to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury decide that each traveller should tell a story. The Knight tells a tale of high romance. The Pardoner tells a story of death. And the Wife of Bath tells the story of her five husbands and her fight to control the men in her life. But The Tales end with the story of the perfect marriage and how, if we are generous to one another, we can find the perfect society.
A selection of stories from Chaucer's masterpiece depicting life in fourteenth century England is presented here in modern English. There is a wide range of activities and special informative sections on Chaucer and his times. The accompanying cassette contains the complete story and the extra listening activities.
06/1999
Littérature française
Sons of Fantasy
When we were children, we believed anything was possible... This book is a fantasy novel originally written for children. But, if you are a father or a mother, a teacher or a writer, if you still have some bits of fantasy in your soul... then, this novel is for you too. We all know how geniuses changed the world with their childlike Imagination, and how people use creative thinking to solve problems. This is a story about hope ; "Sons of Fantasy" shares the story of M. Alger, a father grieving for the loss of his dear wife, who left him with two beautiful kids. Norris and Socrates were adjusting to life without Mom... But things got more complicated when one of them was paralyzed because of a severe psychological trauma due to an overdose of fantasy... This family has a very interesting neighbor who lives a few feet away. He has a weird little hobby, reading books in the most unlikely places... He for example travelled to Romania and read "Dracula" by Bram Stoker in the Castelul Bran Castle, because it's said that the main character Dracula lived in it. And then all of a sudden he stopped travelling... He got a month ago a big long hat that belongs to the greatest witch that lived during the middle ages, "Moje Gayla". In fact, after being burned by the church, one of her relatives kept her belongings inside a wooden box... and in the twentieth century one of her grandchildren donated the box to "The Magic Square Museum" in London. Genius bought the hat at a public auction as an art relic to decorate one of his rooms. Could this weird neighbor be the reason of Socrates' psychological trauma ? Or maybe he is the one who will cure him ? And what has the hat to do with all this ?
08/2018
Philosophie
Why We Are Not What We Think We Are
Questions about personal identity and about time affect us all. The concern for "our" future and the fear of "our" death are based on (mostly vague) concepts of personal identity over time. Though the atomic components of our present body are not identical with the ones shown on our childhood photos, we have no doubts in recognizing ourselves on those pictures. Similarly, we are convinced that "we" will be able to recognize "ourselves" on our present passport-photos even in the future. Is this confidence justified ? If it is not, our conception of life and death would be as faulty as was the image of the universe in the Middle Ages.
10/1987
12 ans et +
Follow me back Tome 1
L'agoraphobie de Tessa Hart l'empêche de sortir de sa chambre. Son seul moyen de s'évader : le fandom en ligne d'Eric Thorn, superstar pop-rock. Quand il tweete, c'est comme s'il s'adressait directement à elle, comme s'il la comprenait... Eric Thorn dit à ses fans qu'il les aime toutes, mais c'est son équipe de com qui parle pour lui. En réalité, il est terrifié par cette adoration débordante. Surtout depuis qu'un autre jeune prodige de la chanson a été assassiné... Pas de bio. Pas de photo de profil. Pas d'historique. Personne ne doit savoir qui se cache derrière le nom de Taylor, ni la raison secrète qui pousse ce hater à vouloir détruire la réputation d'Eric Thorn...
06/2017
Non classé
Focusing in English and Korean
English and Korean have various ways of expressing grammatical prominence. While focusing in English has been studied over the past twenty years by a number of generative and functional grammarians, there is as yet no comprehensive treatment of focus phenomena in Korean. This monograph treats five focusing constructions of English and looks at their grammatical and lexical equivalents in Korean. English and Korean are different typologically. Since this difference is important, if one wishes to make sense of the diverging focusing strategies in these two languages, it is necessary to give a typological outline of English and Korean. The follwing two typological approaches figure prominently in this monograph : the basic word order typology developed by Greenberg, and the language typology proposed by Li and Thompson.
10/1991
Préhistoire et dinosaures
L'incroyable histoire des origines de la vie. 8 an(s)
Prépare-toi à partir pour un extraordinaire voyage dans un temps très, très ancien... jusqu'aux origines de la vie sur Terre, il y a plusieurs milliards d'années ! Des toutes premières formes de vie jusqu'à l'apparition des premiers humains et l'extinction des mammouths, tu rencontreras en chemin des créatures plus incroyables les unes que les autres et de nombreux dinosaures de légende. Au milieu de cette grande histoire, tu liras les récits des découvertes paléontologiques les plus excitantes des siècles derniers jusqu'à nos jours ! Alors enfile vite ta tenue de paléontologue et remonte le temps !
10/2023
Littérature française
Le drame de l'existence
Sommes-nous des astres qui brillent dans la nuit et s'éteignent à l'aurore ? ... Le vieux Jacques est arrivé à épuisement de ses jours sur terre... pris dans le filet de l'âge, la vieillesse, entre tourments et maladies, le vieil homme de cent un ans n'a de cesse que de rêver de la mort sur son lit, comme un gamin rêve de sa bicyclette au réveillon de Noël... entre perte de l'esprit et désir de s'en aller dans l'au-delà, le personnage à lui tout seul, suscite un questionnement sur la condition et la finalité de l'existence humaine. Le drame de l'existence est donc l'expression traduisant l'épilogue de la vie humaine entretenue par le processus de vieillissement qui l'accable de vicissitudes. Au-delà de cette condition existentielle, ce recueil a le don, à travers ses nouvelles, d'évoquer d'autres problèmes qui affectent l'existence de l'Homme... problèmes, qui, certainement, ne manqueront d'effleurer votre sensibilité.
01/2019
Littérature française
My Ulster haven
1989, a 23-year-old French woman, an English student with a burdensome family background, leaves for Northern Ireland. She's on her way to start her French assistant job. She discovers this unknown part of Ireland, so underestimated and still plunged into civil war. There, she settles down and blossoms until she decides she actually wants to live there. An unexpected event will bring her back to France in 1991, but the link with this country will carry on until the Brexit announcement in 2016, and well beyond. An intimate journey to the core of Irish History, that reaches the depths of its wars, its men, its women, a journey at the very heart of the past. "A page of history - and of my history - is turning and it throws me off."
02/2022
Récits de voyage
Stay wild. Cabins, rural getaways and sublime solitude
Leave the city behind you, switch off, reconnect with yourself and nature, and fall in love with the world again. Stay Wild presents the finest selection of treehouses, cabins, houseboats, yurts, shepherds huts and tipis from around Europe, alongside a series of features on connecting with nature (and the positive impact that has on well-being and quality of life give), slow travel, and things like the joy of treehouses or sitting around the campfire. The places will be drawn from their portfolio and each will be presented with several inspiring images and a descriptive text.
05/2021
Beaux arts
Autodidacts. From Van Gogh to Pirosmani, 1e édition
The symposium will focus on two examples of autodidacts from the nineteenth century, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918), as well as on the issues surrounding this notion today. The model of the autodidact appears as a figure that sheds light on our value systems and our patterns of recognition and learning in a world where different conceptions of culture coexist. Over two days, art historians, critics, writers, artists and teachers will gather to discuss autodidacticism through multiple perspectives. The term "autodidact" is generally used to describe someone who has acquired knowledge or skills through their own reading, observations and practice - an approach that is radically different from academic study in the arts, for example, that is validated by institutions. Yet what can we possibly learn if we sacrifice brilliant cultural values on the altar of all- round relativism, where everything is equally valid ? Faced with this relativism, what does one make of the canonical in a globalised and fragmented world ? What to make of an unlearning that cripples the authority of the keepers of knowledge ? These different "cultures of knowledge" presuppose diverse geopolitical realities that are worth interrogating.
01/2021
Monographies
Loire's castle
Discover their history, the technical feats that went into their construction and all their secrets. From Amboise to Clos Lucé, from Chambord to Chenonceau, from Blois to Villandry, each of these sublime castles conceals unsuspected treasures ! Discover them off the beaten track, with cultural, historical and sometimes even unusual information... Explore the history, big and small, of these landmarks of French history. Discover their secrets and mysteries, and follow our guide to admire their most unusual and sumptuous corners.
03/2024
Thrillers
Nos monstres
Brutal, addictif et extrêmement brillant, un thriller psychologique d'envergure qui fouille les recoins les plus sombres de l'âme humaine, à la recherche de ces monstres qui nous habitent. Un homme est retrouvé mort à la sortie d'un pub des Midlands, son corps lacéré de coups de couteau. Un ex-taulard, condamné pour viol. Chargée de l'affaire, l'inspectrice Kim Stone débusque rapidement la coupable : Ruth, une ancienne victime. Simple vengeance ? Sauf que quelque chose ne colle pas. Pour comprendre les raisons de ce passage à l'acte, la policière se tourne vers Alex Thorne, une psychiatre reconnue qui suivait Ruth depuis des mois. Dès lors, leurs chemins n'en finissent plus de se croiser. D'autres meurtres vengeurs, sauvages, d'autres assassins aux profils inattendus, avec un lien en commun : Alex Thorne. Que se passe-t-il dans le cabinet du Dr Thorne ? Quelle thérapie propose-t-elle à ses patients ? Et pourquoi Kim se sent-elle menacée par cette psychiatre qui semble si bien la connaître ?
06/2021
Non classé
The Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations in Applied Linguistics and Language Learning
This dictionary is two things in one : an alphabetical compilation of acronyms and abbreviations together with their full forms and an inverted index, which gives the user thematic access to the information contained in the data base. The more than 13.000 entries are an attempt to lighten the burden of language teachers and applied linguists, translators and interpreters, librarians and administrators, whose job it is to mediate in and between language communities in daily or intermittent contact with the scourge of acronyms and abbreviations. A range of additional features distinguishes this dictionary from its competitors : More than 1200 addresses (if the acronym stands for an organization/institution); more than 3000 bibliographic references to the concepts behind the short forms ; ample crossreferencing to related entries ; a listing of new word coinages on the basis of acronyms.
10/1991
Humour
Game of Love. Ou le nouvel ordre amoureux
Qu'allait donc faire Régis Fourestier, grand reporter au très sérieux journal "Le Nouveau Monde" dans une galère d'enquête sur un jeu érotique "Game of love" qui fait le "buzz" ? Mais, est-ce bien un jeu, ce concentré des avancées les plus audacieuses de l'intelligence artificielle produit par la mystérieuse et puissante firme américaine "Microhard" ? Après avoir risqué de perdre sa compagne et sa réputation par son addiction à "Game of love", Régis va se convertir en lanceur d'alerte sur la menace que, par ce "jeu", s'installe un nouvel ordre amoureux. La polémique enfle, orchestrée par les médias. Elle traverse et divise les familles, les partis, les religions. Elle s'exporte aux US. Les politiques s'en mêlent jusqu'au plus haut sommet de l'Etat. C'est alors qu'un "chevalier blanc" inattendu va surgir pour la reconquête du territoire amoureux.
03/2022
Sociologie
The Influence of Communication on Physiology and Health
There is a significant amount of research that substantiates the connection between social support/relationships and the development, onset, and/or recovery of several physical diseases/illnesses. Research has shown, for example, that an unhappy marriage can increase the likelihood of becoming ill by 35% while stressful communication can lead to an increase in cardiovascular reactivity which in turn increases the risk of coronary heart disease and premature mortality. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the influences of communication on physiology and physical health status occurring in a variety of contexts, from families, interpersonal relationships, and public speaking to sport fandom, affection, fear, and the escalation of conflict. It offers a broad and up-to-date review of the relevant literature in this area of study.
04/2014
Histoire de France
The Borders of Schengen
Currently, we are witnessing a "border game" with participants on a global scale. The massive movement of illegal immigrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe over the last few months has led political leaders, activists' movements and anonymous citizens to rethink practices and discourses. The media have multiplied news stories about mobilization initiatives that go well beyond the sphere of the state and even operate on the fringes of the law. Nationalism and identity issues have found their way onto the EU and its member-states' agenda while the international community argues about the urgency to collaborate to address one of the greatest problems seen in Europe since the Second World War. Schengen borders have been suffering reconfigurations on an almost daily basis and Schengen has even been temporarily suspended in some countries, with the ghost of the end of the Union hovering over Europe. The series of multidisciplinary texts collected in this book offer the reader a variety of perspectives on the understanding of the Schengen area. Broadly speaking, this volume includes reflections on subjects that embrace the debates on the concept and practices of the free movement of persons within Europe, the security dimension of the European Union, illegal immigration and migration management, human rights and the role of various players and interests. This is the book to read if you wish to understand the latest developments in the Schengen area on its 30th anniversary.
09/1993
Sciences de la terre et de la
Dinosaur imagery. The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art, The Lanzendorf Collection
"Paleo-art resides in many of the world's great Natural History Museums, but the most notable collection characterizing the present state of dinosaur art is that of John Lanzendorf. It would be impossible to collect all of the dinosaur artwork being produced today; if it could be done, John would be the one to do it. Highly respected by the artists he supports and the scientists he associates with, John has built an awe-inspiring collection that is representative of the genre and is the envy of many museums. As we move into a new millennium, his collection is the most appropriate source for documenting the marriage of the creative talents of artists and scientists."
The art of natural history is both compelling and emotive, often emblematic of society's view of our world. This same art also reflects the messages that scientists hope to send to a general audience as a part of their effort to influence how the public view and supports science. Art is both the medium and the message.
Dinosaur Imagery is a luxurious testimonial to the public fascination with dinosaurs, enriched by imagery that eloquently illustrates current scientific theories about dinosaur behavior, physiology, locomotion, and reproduction. The evidence for many of these hypotheses of dinosaur life is very good, and thus, the art of dinosaur depiction is rooted in scientific inquiry. The paintings and sculptures that illustrate dinosaur science are powerful, and museums and collectors vie for this art, paying top dollar to acquire it and display it. Dinosaur Imagery is a stunning fusion of superlative scientific inquiry and unparalleled artistic imagination. Regardless of back-ground, no person interested in dinosaurs should be without a copy of this book.
05/2000
Histoire internationale
National Heroes and National Identities. Scotland, Norway and Lithuania
This book investigates the concept of the heroic, questions what it is that makes the national hero an indispensable appendage to any possible interpretation of national identity, and asks why scholars stop short before coming to terms with this elusive phenomenon. It finds answers by following heroic traditions in Scotland, Norway and Lithuania from the early modern period to the twentieth century. The book argues that heroic traditions – prevailing trends in situating heroes in national history – owe much to the early modern state. Both national heroes and the nation state had been conceived with a similar moral political mindset that looked for new ways to identify sources for commonality. The confluence of political theory and Realpolitik attested to three classical types of polities, i.e. civitas popularis (democracy), regnum (kingship), and optimatium (aristocracy), as found at that time in Scotland, Norway and Lithuania respectively. The author shows the varied impact these patterns had on heroic traditions. The long record of national heroes in Scotland is explained as a vestige of the legacy of civic humanism, the continuing traditions of the heroic king-lines in Norway are seen as a result of long-standing absolutism, while the belated arrival of national heroes in Lithuania is excused by the country's aristocratic if at times oligarchic past.
02/1993
Comics Super-héros
House of X / Powers of X
Charles Xavier a un nouveau projet pour les mutants, que l'humanité ne peut refuser. Sur Krakoa, les X-Men et les autres porteurs du gène-X, pourront désormais vivre en paix sans crainte de persécution ou de mort ! Mais l'avenir et le passé de l'homo superior réservent des surprises... Quel est l'incroyable secret de Moira MacTaggert ? Avec les deux mini-séries jumelles House of X et Powers of X, Jonathan Hickman (Avengers : Time Runs Out, Secret Wars) crée un nouveau statu quo, le plus important depuis l'arrivée de Chris Claremont sur la série dans les années 70, ou celle de Grant Morrison dans les années 2000. Une oeuvre majeure que nous proposons dans un album MARVEL DELUXE très épais, ainsi que dans une gigantesque version ABSOLUTE agrémentée de 100 pages de bonus.
10/2021
Comics Super-héros
House of X ; Powers of X
Charles Xavier a un nouveau projet pour les mutants, que l'humanité ne peut refuser. Sur Krakoa, les X-Men et les autres porteurs du gène-X, pourront désormais vivre en paix sans crainte de persécution ou de mort ! Mais l'avenir et le passé de l'homo superior réservent des surprises... Quel est l'incroyable secret de Moira MacTaggert ? Avec les deux mini-séries jumelles House of X et Powers of X, Jonathan Hickman (Avengers : Time Runs Out, Secret Wars) crée un nouveau statu quo, le plus important depuis l'arrivée de Chris Claremont sur la série dans les années 70, ou celle de Grant Morrison dans les années 2000. Une oeuvre majeure que nous proposons dans un album MARVEL DELUXE très épais, ainsi que dans une gigantesque version ABSOLUTE agrémentée de 100 pages de bonus.
10/2021
Policiers
Kinds of love, kinds of death
Viré de la police parce qu'il était chez une femme au lieu d'épauler un collègue qui s'est fait descendre, Mitch Tobin se morfond, rongé par la culpabilité. Rembek, un mafioso, lui demande alors de retrouver le meurtrier de sa maîtresse. Celle-ci s'était enfuie en emportant un magot, qui a disparu. Pour mener sa tâche à bien, il devra enquêter dans l'entourage de Rembek et pénétrer dans l'univers secret de la mafia. Un boulot vraiment taillé sur mesure pour Tobin, mais qui ne va pas sans poser quelques problèmes moraux... La série Mitch Tobin est republiée dans des traductions revues et complétées.
01/2013
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
More than ever before Japan is committed to becoming a science and technology-oriented nation. With the challenge of the Asian economic crisis in the late 1 990s, there is pressure on the Japanese economy to change. Japan continues to turn to science and technology to safeguard its future, but there is more than one path to follow. A team of three leading scholars in the field explore the dynamic relationship between science, technology and Japanese society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and the well-being of the Japanese people. They ask if there is anything distinctively Japanese about Japanese science, in terms of both its development and application.
This book presents a synthesis of recent debates by juxtaposing competing views about the role and direction of science, technology and medical care in Japan. Much of the book looks at government policy, the role of the private sector, and the response of concerned citizens. Other topics discussed include computers and communication, quality control and the automobile industry, the aerospace industry, the environment, consumer electronics, changes in medical care, and the role of gender.
Part I explores the features of the Japanese model of research and development. It differentiates between basic and applied research and considers the question of cooperation versus competition in national R&D projects. Part 2 focuses on the relevance of science and technology to economic growth, and Part 3 examines the impact of globalisation on the flow of science and technology in and out of Japan. Part 4 critiques the concept of 'national interest', arguing that supposed national goals are often determined by powerful institutional or corporate groups with particular vested interests.
This book is an ideal introductory text for students in the sociology of science and technology, the history and philosophy of science, and Japanese studies. Up-to-date research and contemporary case studies make this an invaluable resource for readers interested in the nature of science and technology in the twenty-first century.
01/1999
Fantasy
L’esprit et l'épée Tome 2 : Les frères de l'esprit
Cinq années après y être entrée, la jeune Shaddam sort du couvent et rejoint Eltrân à Havrenly, une propriété vinicole à l'abri du courroux du grand maître Thoras et du roi. Eltrân et Shaddam se feront un allié en la personne du jeune prince Louraine, qui va les aider après avoir constaté le délabrement dans lequel le pouvoir actuel a conduit le pays. Shaddam, Louraine et Eltrân vont devoir surmonter bien des obstacles et unir leurs efforts pour contrecarrer les plans de Thoras. Pour tenter de changer le cours de l'histoire, ils devront aller au bout de leurs convictions, même s'ils devaient perdre leur belle amitié.
09/2021
