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How Judaism reads the Torah, III

Writing with Scripture, the ancient sages of Judaism made use of Scripture by making Scripture their own, and making themselves into the possession and instrument of Scripture as well, a reciprocal process in which both were changed, each transformed into the likeness and image of the other. This they did by effecting their own selections, shaping a distinctive idiom of discourse, all the while citing, responding to, reflecting upon, Scripture's own words in Scripture's own context and for Scripture's own purpose : the here and now of eternal truth. And the rabbis of the first six centuries A.D. through the compilation presented here not only wrote with Scripture, but set forth a statement that was meant to be coherent and proportioned, well-crafted and well-composed. Since the statement concerned the distinctively-theological question of God's and Israel's relationship with one another, we must classify the writing as theological and find out how, in the compilation before us, their theological structure accomplished the authorship's goals. This anthology aims at doing just that. It presents a complete account of how the classical Midrash-text treat a theme of urgent interest to the world today : how Judaism writes with Scripture about the issues of religion that confront all the faithful.

09/1993

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Religion

Conjugal Love and the Ends of Marriage

The importance of conjugal love in marriage, allegedly overlooked by pre-conciliar marriage doctrine, is strikingly emphasized by present-day Catholic Church documents. The stable incorporation of conjugal love into Catholic marriage doctrine finds its roots in the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the modern world, Gaudium et spes. During the elaboration of the chapter on marriage and the family in Gaudium et spes, it was observed that its third conciliar draft, textus recognitus, contained ideas which are similar to what Dietrich von Hildebrand and Herbert Doms had pronounced during the 1930s. Some theologians and canonists, in fact, have opined that these authors paved the way for the personalist treatment of marriage in this century by underlining the importance of conjugal love. Others have even asserted that the Gaudium et spes doctrine on marriage is the confirmation of Doms's thought. What accounts for the shift towards an emphasis on conjugal love in the theological presentation of marriage ? What did these two authors understand by it and how did they articulate the matrimonial ends ? How were their ideas received by the theologians and by the Church ? To what extent and in what ways are their ideas reflected in the conciliar document ? This book probes these questions which are fundamental to understanding the evolution of the Catholic doctrinal presentation of marriage.

04/1998

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Littérature française

Wheelchair hop on hop off

Clotilde recounts her daily life during her studies with her chronic disease, often flanked by her trustworthy wheelchair. It's not always easy to manage studies, hospitalizations, internships, and outings in a wheelchair, all of which are ­affected by the uncertainties of a chronic disease ! Despite the moments of discouragement and the many obstacles, it is with humour, optimism and determination that the young woman continues to lead her life, which she shares with us through her encounters and days of varying fitness. This book is an ­invitation to change one's view of the wheelchair and disability by discovering its joys and sorrows !

09/2021

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Religion

The History of German Lutheran Congregations in England, 1900-1950

Between 1900 and 1950, the development of German congregations in England was characterised by sudden unprecedented changes. Growth was followed by decline, marginalisation by expansion. The situation during and after World War I contrasted sharply with that during and after World War II. Being drawn into the German Church struggle German congregations in England experienced the conflict between nationalistic and ecumenical attitudes. They were challenged in particular by Bonhoeffer's theological stance and became a meeting-place for different cultural, political and spiritual traditions. World War II saw a new emphasis on the ministry among German-speaking refugees, as well as among civilian internees and military prisoners.

08/1987

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On 'Nominal Non-Predicating' Adjectives in English

The study tries to show - on the basis of a large collection of data - that the labelling of adjectives such as environmental, nuclear, linguistic, urban as 'nominal, non-preicating' does not adequately account for observable language behaviour. 'Lexicalized' terms such as polar bear behave like unitary nouns, but otherwise these adjectives can well be found in predicative position ; they may also accept adverbial modification. Various syntactic tests demonstrate that attempts to explain predicative occurrences as resulting from ellipsis, from Head Noun Deletion, fail in a large number of cases. The conclusion reached in this thesis is that the adjectives in question cannot generally be considered 'attributive-only'.

12/1987

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Gestion

(Re)invent your business model. With the Odyssée 3.14 method

Innovation is the new business imperative. Every company, big or small, and regardless of its industry, is trying to find the magic formula for innovation. Odyssey 3. 14 offers an original approach through invitation to a real journey that combines innovation and strategy. Starting with the 3 pillars that make up the business model, this approach recommends 14 directions to consider for inventing or reinventing the business model. Odyssey 3. 14 is the result of over ten years of research, consulting and teaching by the three authors. They have thoroughly analysed over 80 companies that have successfully invented or reinvented their business models. 15 new business cases : Hello Fresh, Ticket restaurant - Endered, EdemMcCallum, Zample, Lemonade, Jonhson & Jonhson Velcade responses, Nickel account, Tesla, Recycle bank, Uber, Anticafé, Desso, Salesforce. com, Xiaomi, Redbus.

02/2022

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Autres langues

If I didn't have you. Avec 1 CD audio MP3

Xiaoming is a pickpocket. He is really good at stealing. But he only steals from rich people. He never touches those who are poor, and doesn't let other thieves steal from poor people either. Xia Yu is a college freshman. She lost her purse at a railway station. Xiaoming got the purse back for her from the thief. Another time, a thief stole an old woman's wallet on a bus. Xiaoming stole the wallet back from the thief and put into the lady's jacket unobserved. More surprisingly, when Xiaoming is falling in love with Xia Yu, he lands into a big trouble alter stealing a wallet from a very rich man. Will Xiaoming the pickpocket win the love of Xia Yu, a pretty college student ?.

10/2014

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Nikolaj Gumilev and Neoclassical Modernism

Nikolaj Gumilev occupies a paradoxical place within the history of Russian modernism. Although he is well known as the founder of Acmeism and is regarded as an important poet and critic, much of his work is difficult to reconcile with prevailing concepts of modernism. The present study seeks to explain this marginal position by reinterpreting Gumilev's work within the broader context of a modernist aesthetic of order, or "neo-classical modernism." The term refers to an aesthetic line within modernism that sought to reconcile certain features of traditional rhetoric - in particular the triadic style system - with modernist strategies of innovation. Although primarily devoted to Gumilev, the study also touches on Russian and French writers adhering to comparable aesthetic values, among them Annenskij, Kuzmin, Gautier, Leconte de Lisle, Valéry and Gide.

03/1993

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Décoration

Tome de référence des catalogues. Guide de recherche philatélique, Edition 2019

Depuis 1840, plus de 700 000 timbres ont été émis par plus de 1000 pays, territoires ou administrations postales. Mais quels sont tous ces pays ? Où se situent-ils ? Parmi eux, lesquels existent encore et lesquels ont "disparu" ? Depuis quand ou pendant combien de temps ont-ils émis des timbres ? Quelles légendes, surcharges ou monnaies permettent d'identifier leurs timbres ? Quels autres pays ont utilisé leurs timbres, par exemple en les surchargeant ? Que sont devenus les pays "disparus" ? C'est autant de questions auxquelles cet ouvrage de recherche philatélique se propose de répondre. Plus de 5200 légendes, surcharges ou monnaies utilisant des caractères romains, celtiques, grecs ou cyrilliques ou encore des symboles ou des nombres sont listées par ordre alphabétique. Chacune renvoie à l'un des 1024 pays ou administrations postales émettant ou ayant émis des timbres, lesquels apparaissent dans la même liste alphabétique sous la forme d'encadrés où sont rassemblées des informations essentielles sur les émissions postales du pays. Véritable Guide de Recherche Philatélique, le Tome de Référence des Catalogues est un complément indispensable aux catalogues philatéliques et un outil unique de travail et de recherche pour assister le philatéliste dans l'identification et la recherche de nouveaux timbres et l'organisation de sa collection. / Since 1840, over 700,000 stamps have appeared in over 1,000 different countries, territories or postal authorities. But what are all these countries ? Where are they located ? Which ones are "dead" and which ones are still "alive"? When and for how long had stamps been issued in these countries ? What are all the inscriptions (legends, overprints, currencies...) that allow these stamps to be identified ? What other countries have possibly used the same stamps, for instance by overprinting them ? What happened to the "dead ountries"? This book provides the answers to all these questions. Over 5200 legends, overprints or currencies using either Roman, Gaelic, Greek or Cyrillic letters or even symbols or numbers are listed alphabetically. Each such inscription is heading to the name of the 1024 countries, territories or postal authorities which have issued or continue to issue stamps today. These "countries" are inserted as shaded sections in the same alphabetical list where essential data on the country and its postal activity are summarized. The Handbook of Philatelic Research is a complement to the philatelic catalogues and a unique tool that will assist the stamp collector in stamp identification, search for new stamps and organisation of the collection.

03/2019

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Comics

Thor l'Intégrale : 1969

Des allées légendaires d'Asgard aux rues sombres de New York, voici Thor, le dieu du Tonnerre ! Fils et digne héritier d'Odin, le souverain de l'Olympe scandinave, il est l'un des fondateurs des Avengers, les plus grands héros de la Terre. Ce volume de Thor : l'intégrale rassemble les épisodes Mighty Thor (1966) 160 à 171, tous parus en 1969 et signés Stan Lee et Jack Kirby.

11/2018

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Languages of Exile

Languages of Exile examines the relationship between geographic and linguistic border crossings in twentieth-century literature. Like no period before it, the last century was marked by the experience of expatriation, forcing exiled writers to confront the fact of linguistic difference. Literary writing can be read as the site where that confrontation is played out aesthetically – at the intersection between native and acquired language, between indigenous and alien, between self and other – in a complex multilingual dynamic specific to exile and migration. The essays collected here explore this dynamic from a comparative perspective, addressing the paragons of modernism as well as less frequently studied authors, from Joseph Conrad and Peter Weiss to Agota Kristof and Malika Mokeddem. The essays are international in their approach ; they deal with the junctions and gaps between English, French, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and other languages. The literary works and practices addressed include modernist poetry and prose, philosophical criticism and autobiography, DADA performance, sound art and experimental music theatre. This volume reveals both the wide range of creative strategies developed in response to the interstitial situation of exile and the crucial role of exile for a renewed understanding of twentieth-century literature.

10/2013

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How Judaism reads the Torah I / II

Writing with Scripture, the ancient sages of Judaism made use of Scripture by making Scripture their own, and making themselves into the possession and instrument of Scripture as well, a reciprocal process in which both were changed, each transformed into the likeness and image of the other. This they did by effecting their own selections, shaping a distinctive idiom of discourse, all the while citing, responding to, reflecting upon, Scripture's own words in Scripture's own context and for Scripture's own purpose : the here and now of eternal truth. And the rabbis of the first six centuries A.D. through the compilation presented here not only wrote with Scripture, but set forth a statement that was meant to be coherent and proportioned, well-crafted and well-composed. Since that statement concerned the distinctively-theological question of God's and Israel's relationship with one another, we must classify the writing as theological and find out how, in the compilation before us, theirtheological structure accomplished the autorship's goals. This anthology aims at doing just that. It presents a complete account of how the classical Midrash-text treats a theme of urgent interest to the world today : how Judaism writes with Scripture about the issues of religion that confront all the faithful.

10/1993

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Conflict and Classification

The dialogues of the mid-Victorian novelist, Anthony Trollope, are particularly permeable to modern psycholinguistic terminology as used by the Palo Alto school, especially by Paul Watzlawick in Pragmatics of Human Communication. We have classified Trollope novels into pleasant and unpleasant, using Barchester Towers and He Knew He was Right as respective examples of normogenic personal and social conflict, and schizophrenia-induced hubris. We have cast seven dialogues in graphic form : first according to the semiotic system by Carlos E. Sluzki and Janet Beavin, and then in the more comprehensive form of Klaus Muderbach's Interaction Notation. The question is posed whether a semiotic notation can show differentiation between psychotic and normogenic behavior, with reflections on how to define each.

10/1991

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Histoire internationale

Each Child Is My Only One

In Each Child Is My Only One : Lotte Carlebach-Preuss, the Portrait of a Mother and Rabbi's Wife, Miriam Gillis-Carlebach, the daughter of Rabbi Dr. Joseph Zvi Carlebach (1883–1942), last Chief Rabbi of Hamburg and its surroundings, describes her childhood in the lively household of a rabbi's family with nine children, focusing on the special personality of her mother, Lotte Carlebach, née Preuss (1900–1942). The book starts with the history of the Preuss family, goes on to describe the marriage of Lotte to Joseph Carlebach, and portrays in detail their dynamic family life – until their deportation with their four youngest children to a Latvian concentration camp in 1942. The book is composed of two main parts. In the first section the reader learns about the events up to 1938, both inside and outside the Carlebach home ; the second section covers the years 1938–1941, in which there was a lively correspondence mainly between the mother and those of her children who succeeded in emigrating from Nazi Germany. This part concludes with several testimonies portraying the special personalities of Rabbi Carlebach and his wife and their devotion to the unfortunate who benefited from their unbounded assistance and altruism during the Holocaust. Many photographs are included in the book, several of them taken by Lotte Carlebach herself. The book is a unique and personal testimony about Jewish life in Germany during the years of persecution that relentlessly led to the conflagration of the Holocaust.

05/2014

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BD tout public

Varicia Nueva. Et autres histoires

Sur une planète baroque vont se retrouver plus ou moins malgré eux de nombreux personnages hauts en couleur. Une aventurière mystérieuse fuyant la terre, un chat philosophe retiré du monde, Valérie Giscard-d'Estaing, des escorts-girls à têtes de brocoli, Albert Camus... Tout ce beau monde va devoir cohabiter et s'entraider pour réussir sa quête. Varicia Nueva est un récit initiatique au carré, mélangeant en toute modestie Homère et le roman de gare. Recueil d'histoires de bandes dessinées à trois mains au croisement des genres, Varicia Nueva (et autres histoires) propose une série de récits de science-fiction « pulp & pop ». Dessin en ligne claire, photo-montage, dessin numérique, le livre proposera de nombreuses histoires courtes, scénettes, jeux et chansons qui complèteront cet univers absurde et coloré. Le livre sera muni d'une découpe en forme de losange sur la couverture.

09/2018

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Sociologie

Experiencing Same-Sex Marriage

This book provides an understanding of how the legal and cultural debates and advances and limitations on same-sex marriage are experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people, same-sex couples, and their social networks. Using data collected from hundreds of GLBT people, same-sex couples, and their social networks over the past decade, the book examines the following topics : same-sex marriages' impact on how GLBT individuals view their relationships and community ; same-sex couples' decision making regarding whether to marry or not ; the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their families-of-origin regarding same-sex marriage ; the same-sex marriage experiences of understudied members of the GLBT community ; and the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their social networks in locations with restrictions against legally recognized same-sex marriage. These findings are examined through the lens of the social scientific study of relationships. They are based on a communication studies perspective on personal relationships, and therefore emphasize communication concepts and theories relevant to the understanding of same-sex marriage experiences.

01/2014

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Vins, alcools, boissons

Un thé au bord du lac. Avec 1 porte sachet, 1 tasse, 1 boule à thé

" Il y a quelque chose dans la nature du thé qui nous mène dans un monde de contemplation tranquille de la vie ", Nicolas Bouvier. Découvrez dans ce coffret : Une ravissante tasse à thé avec son couvercle pour garder la boisson au chaud. Un personnage porte-sachet en silicone pour maintenir l'infusette le temps de l'infusion. Une boule à thé idéale pour diffuser le parfum. Un livret de 48 pages qui vous fera découvrir tous les secrets du thé : Les vertus bienfaisantes du thé comme plante médicinale avec ses six cents composants. La cérémonie du thé, un moment sacré : tout l'art de la préparation du thé pour une dégustation optimale, un moment propice à la méditation. Les six couleurs du thé et leur palette infinie de saveurs : thés verts, jaunes, blancs, bleu-vert, rouges et noirs. Leurs procédés de fabrication et leurs grands crus. Des recettes santé et beauté à base de thé.

10/2019

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Fer forgé

Ancient Bronzes

This beautiful publication presents a collection of exquisite ancient bronzes from the Wadsworth Atheneum that were collected by John Pierpont Morgan. It accompanies aspecial exhibition of the bronzes at Bowdoin College. This fully illustrated catalogue presents highlights of the ancient bronzes that were collected by J. Pierpont Morgan and are currently in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum. Purchased between 1904 and 1916, the bronzes were given to the museum by Morgan's son in 1917. Morgan was a passionate collector and spent years of his life acquiring exquisite works of art. He had a discerning eye and discriminating taste, and his driving motivation was to find works of quality and beauty. His Greek and Roman bronzes include a range of figure and vessel types : males and females, gods and mortals, humans and animals and hybrid mythological creatures, free-standing statuettes, and furniture embellishments. This is the first exhibition and publication to consider the bronzes as a group. Morgan chose each work of art for its exquisite craftsmanship, its quality of composition and execution, and its preservation. These objects represent the very best of ancient Mediterranean bronze sculpture, with carefully rendered clothing, hair, and fur, and adorned with inlays of silver and other luxury materials. Showcasing different types of objects and figures that were made in bronze in the ancient world, this exhibition and book demonstrate the high level of quality that these works of art could achieve. The bronzes are important not only for their provenance and place in America's 'Gilded Age', but also as highly significant individual works of art that represent the best of ancient bronzeworking. New high-resolution photography of each work of art will allow readers to appreciate their intricate details of craftsmanship, including copper and silver inlay. This focused publication will also present current research on these exceptional objects to help readers better understand how they were made and what they represented in an ancient context.

03/2023

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Religion

The Second Story of Creation (Gen 2:4-3:24)

The two creation stories in Genesis 1-3 have been subject of intense study since the beginning of critical research on the Pentateuch in the eighteenth century. Even today, they continue to vex the biblical commentators. This work attempts to study one of these creation stories, namely the Eden Story narrated in Gen 2 : 4-3 : 24. This story graphically describes the first couple's installation in the Garden of Eden and their expulsion from it. These two themes have prompted some scholars to consider this story as a summary of Israel's history until the tragedy of exile and a prologue to the literary composition commonly called Enneateuch (Genesis - 2 Kings). Such a hypothesis is based on the premise that both Eden story and Israel's history have the same end : expulsion. The reason for such an end in both is disobedience. The study takes up this hypothesis and examines its viability. Furthermore, this work attempts to bring out the biblical message of this story. Gen 2-3 is an expression of Israel's faith resulting from its history with Yahweh and from its encounter with the surrounding cultures, and it intends to articulate a religious and anthropological identity for Israel.

11/2010

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Monographies

Arts du Nigéria Central revisités. Mumuye et peuples environnants

In previous studies, Jan Strybol pointed out that sculpture in Northern Nigeria - contrary to what is generally assumed - flourished. Wood sculptures could be found just about everywhere, with the exception of a part of the Far North. In this study, the author first examines the sculptural traditions of a number of peoples in Central Nigeria, in particular from the Jos Plateau and from the valley of the Middle Benue to the source area of the Taraba River. These peoples can be described as non-centralized communities where mainly art in perishable materials was produced by part-time specialists, in contrast to the centralized empires in the South (Ife, Benin) where full-time specialists created complex works of art in durable materials (stone, bronze, iron). Perhaps the most well-known ethnic group in the Middle Benue region among aficionados of African art are the Mumuye. Since the end of the last century, the traditional rites of the Mumuye have rapidly disappeared as a result of the advance of the world religions and with them the Mumuye sculpture so much admired in Europe and America. In addition to wood sculpture, Jan Strybol also pays attention to objects in bronze, iron, terracotta and other materials. Until now, these art forms have been very underexposed and have now almost completely disappeared. Finally, the author also elaborates on some artistic achievements of a number of little-known residual groups within the Mumuye territory, which can boast a rich art tradition.

05/2023

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Histoire mondiale

Operation Al-Aqsa flood. 75 years of war between Israel and Palestine

Why is the conflict between Israel and Palestine still unresolved ? What are the Israeli and Palestinian strategies and how have they evolved over the past 75 years ? What are the relations between Israel, Palestine and its neighbors ? Why did Operation Deluge Al Aqsa take place ? What has happened on the ground since October 7 ? What is the impact of this conflict on our security ? What are the possible options for Israel and Palestine in the coming years ? Following on from his best-selling books Putin, the Master of the Game, Operation Z and Ukraine Between War and Peace, which won international acclaim for their analysis, Jacques Baud revisits the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its origins, analyzes the "Deluge Al Aqsa" operation of October 7, 2023, and in particular its impact on the region and Western countries, and explains the workings of Israeli intelligence services in matters of terrorism. Colonial Jacques Baud is a former member of the Swiss Strategic Intelligence, a specialist in Eastern Europe and former head of Doctrine of the United Nations Peace Operations. Within NATO, hewas involved in programs in Ukraine, including after the Maidan Revolution of 2014 and 2017. He is the author of several books on intelligence, war and terrorism, including Putin, Game master ? , Governing by Fake News and The Navalny Affair, all published by Max Milo.

03/2024

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Critique littéraire

Études anglaises - N°1/2014

Claire Vial : Clothing the debate : textiles, text-isles and the economy of gift-giving in four Middle English Breton lays Textiles, both as clothes and elements of the codified knightly costume, play a major structuring role in the Breton lays. Whether embodied in recurring poetic motives or staged in descriptive pauses, these text-isles, or recognisable textual islands, contribute to the spiralling aesthetic of the Breton lays with issues of their own, involving narrative and character development, processes of social signposting and potential theatricality. Pièces d'étoffes, vêtements, éléments du costume chevaleresque... sont dotés d'une fonction structurante majeure dans les lais bretons en moyen-anglais. Sous la forme de motifs poétiques itératifs ou de pauses descriptives singulières, ces îlots textuels récurrents participent de l'esthétique en spirale caractéristique des lais anglais, qu'ils enrichissent de problématiques qui leur sont propres, liées au développement des personnages et de l'intrigue, à l'affichage du statut social et aux effets de théâtralité. Denis LAGAE-DEVOLDERE : "Nothing of what is writ" (4. 2. 199) : silenced texts in Measure for Measure Focussing on an aspect often neglected by critics, this paper suggests a word-by-word exploration into the trajectory of the various written texts, letters or "writs" in Measure for Measure. With the New Historicism notion of negotiable, volatile authority/auctoriality, this is an attempt at probing into the political and dramatic consequences of the letter-writing activity and its implications on the ever slippery notion of truth. Such "writs" are turned into instruments of manipulation, and deceit, which defy reason, and call for what one could call blind faith, from both the characters on stage and the off-stage audience. En s'intéressant à un aspect souvent négligé par la critique, cet article propose une analyse détaillée de la trajectoire des messages écrits dans Measure for Measure. Il examine les conséquences dramatiques et politiques de l'activité d'écriture frénétique, notamment celle du Duc Vincentio, producteur de textes à la fois vrais et faux, lus ou tus, à suivre à la lettre ou à lire à l'envers. On verra ainsi comment Shakespeare utilise la chose écrite et l'événement d'écriture pour en faire un signifiant dramatique qui est bien plus qu'un procédé? : par-delà les notions d'autorité et d'auctorialité ainsi mises à mal, les textes de Measure for Measure interrogent le concept de connaissance et celui de vérité, explicitement décliné dans sa version plurielle, et invitent les personnages comme les spectateurs à un acte de foi dramatique. Guyonne Leduc : The dramatic import of letters within letters in Frances Burney's Evelina (1778) That no attention has been paid to the rather numerous letters within letters in this epistolary novel might seem surprising for any critic studying Evelina. Yet a careful reading of those letters within letters, that seem to pass unnoticed in a novel where sight is the most important of the five senses and where the (mis) interpretation of signs is central, proves rewarding if only from a dramatic viewpoint. Indeed, some of those (enclosed, copied, mentioned, commented upon, etc.) letters within the letters collected by the "editor" trigger not just one of the two plots (the quest for Evelina's name and, at least, social identity) but also changes in geographical places, new turns in the two plots (the second one being the love plot), a comic episode, etc. If some of them thwart the reader's expectations, all of them make it possible to approach one of the key issues broached in the novel. Les lettres dans les lettres, pourtant assez nombreuses dans ce roman épistolaire, n'ont pas retenu l'attention, ce qui peut paraître étonnant pour quiconque étudie Evelina. Pourtant, une lecture minutieuse de ces lettres dans les lettres, qui semblent passer inaperçues dans un roman où la vue est le plus important des cinq sens et où l'interprétation (erronée) des signes est centrale, s'avère fructueuse, ne serait-ce que du point de vue dramatique. En effet, quelques-unes de ces lettres (incluses, recopiées, mentionnées, commentées, etc.) dans les lettres collationnées par l' "éditeur" déclenchent, non seulement l'un des deux intrigues (la quête du nom et de l'identité, au moins sociale, d'Evelina), mais aussi des changements géographiques, des tournants dans les deux intrigues (la seconde étant l'intrigue amoureuse), un épisode comique, etc. Si certaines déçoivent les attentes du lecteur, toutes permettent d'aborder l'une des questions-clés traitées dans le roman. Jean-François BAILLON : Tableaux vivants, still lives : tracing Terence Davies in The House of Mirth (2000) This article attempts to trace the presence of Terence Davies as author of The House of Mirth through three distinct but concurrent strategies. First, the recurrent use of symmetrical patterns at every level appears to link the film to Davies's previous output and signals the presence of a mega-narrator. Secondly, the structuring reference to classical Hollywood melodrama can be referred both to Davies's previous films and to his own personal taste. It is also a way for him to claim his attitude to the source material as fundamentally cinematic. Lastly, self-referential scenes at key moments in the narrative foreground the nature of the film as artefact. Cet article tente de repérer les traces de la présence de l'auteur Terence Davies dans The House of Mirth au moyen de trois procédures distinctes mais convergentes. D'abord, l'usage récurrent de figures symétriques à tous les niveaux relie le film à la production antérieure de Davies et signale la présence d'un méga-narrateur. Ensuite, la référence structurante au mélodrame hollywoodien classique renvoie aussi bien aux films précédents de Davies qu'à son propre goût personnel. C'est aussi pour lui un moyen de revendiquer l'essence profondément cinématographique de son attitude envers le texte-source. Enfin, quelques scènes autoréférentielles situées à des moments clés du récit mettent en avant la nature du film comme artifice. Antoine CAZE : Helen in Egypt et Trilogy : les écritures de guerre de H. D. Toute l'oeuvre de H. D. s'enracine dans l'expérience de la guerre. Cet article ­s'attache à montrer comment cette condition première de l'écriture conduisit la poète américaine à inscrire les grandes séquences poétiques que sont Helen in Egypt et Trilogy dans l'intervalle qui à la fois relie et sépare les modes épique et lyrique. En dépit de l'ordre de composition de ces deux recueils - le premier étant postérieur de dix ans au second - la récriture du mythe qu'est Helen in Egypt, transposant l'épopée sur un mode lyrique, est ici envisagée comme le creuset dans lequel se forge l'écriture de Trilogy : événement traumatique à maints égards pour H. D. , la guerre dont se nourrit son imaginaire ne peut en effet être abordée qu'à rebours du temps, dans une logique de l'après-coup (Nachträglichkeit) que rejoue ici la relation entre mythe antique et histoire contemporaine. La voix à la fois transpersonnelle et intime que crée H. D. dans Trilogy - celle d'une "communauté lyrique" - peut alors être comprise comme la tentative d'une médiation qui lui permettrait d'articuler le trauma. H. D. 's entire oeuvre is premised upon the experience of the war. In this article, I attempt to show that such a seminal condition for her writing led H. D. to pitch the tone of her war-related poetic sequences-Helen in Egypt and Trilogy-in the middle ground between the epic and the lyric. In spite of the chronological order of composition of these two books, the first written some ten years after the second, I contend that H. D. 's re-writing of the Helen story, transposing it from the epic to the lyric, can be understood as the crucible in which the materials for Trilogy are melted. For indeed, H. D. can deal with the traumatic event of the war, which so deeply affected her imagination, only by going against the current of time, according to a logic of the aftershock (Nachträglichkeit) which is structurally implicit in the way she intertwines Greek myth with twentieth-century history. The poetic persona which H. D. creates as a speaker in Trilogy, both transpersonal and intimate, may thus be seen as an attempt on her part to mediate and articulate trauma. Yves FIGUEIREDO : De Mount Auburn à Central Park : aux origines du park movement Le park movement américain a été très largement étudié et historicisé depuis les années 1970, mais ses origines ont fait l'objet de peu d'études. Il serait le produit de l'action combinée de trois facteurs : urbanisation et industrialisation, développement du tourisme et des loisirs, renouveau du regard sur la nature. Cet article examine les limites de ces interprétations sur la période précédant immédiatement la création des premiers parcs et étudie l'apport des cimetières paysagers au développement du park movement. The American park movement has been extensively studied and historicized since the beginning of the 1970s, but its origins have been little documented or analyzed. It is understood as resulting from the combined action of three factors : urbanization and industrialization, development of tourism and leisure, evolving perceptions of nature. This paper examines the limits of such interpretations on the period immediately preceding the foundation of the first parks and studies the contribution of rural cemeteries to the park movement. Andrew DIAMOND : Cutting through the "Fog of War" : World War II and the fracturing of the New Deal order in the urban North While the New Deal created a new relationship between ordinary citizens and the federal government with its work relief programs, welfare system, and laws protecting organized labor, this relationship began to sour in a northern wartime context marked by massive black migration, widespread racial conflict, and increasingly militant civil rights organizations. Pressured by black mobilization and the outbreak of violent civil disorders in major war production centers between 1941 and 1943, federal, state, and city authorities moved to create a range of race relations organizations devoted to fighting racial discrimination and fostering interracial cooperation. These organizations, some which were of a quasi-official nature, quickly became fixtures on the local political scene, playing active roles in countering the campaigns of whites to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods and to retain the privileges of whiteness at work. What follows constitutes an attempt to understand how white residents and workers perceived and responded to these new race relations organizations. I will argue that in the eyes of average white residents and workers whose interests seemed to run up against them, the proliferation of these organizations worked to recast the role of the state from protector of the working man to protector of black rights, thereby fracturing the young New Deal order. Le New Deal a mis en place une nouvelle relation entre les citoyens ordinaires et le gouvernement fédéral grâce à ses programmes de création d'emplois, son système d'assistance sociale et ses lois protégeant les droits des ouvriers. Mais cette relation commença à se détériorer dans le contexte de la mobilisation du Nord pour la guerre, caractérisé par une migration massive des Noirs, des conflits raciaux fréquents et des organisations noires de droits civiques de plus en plus militantes. Sous la pression des organisations de défense des droits civiques et des troubles violents qui éclatèrent dans les grands centres de production militaire entre 1941 et 1943, les autorités fédérales, ainsi que celles des Etats et des municipalités créèrent toute une série d'organisations chargées de lutter contre la discrimination raciale et de promouvoir la coopération interraciale. Ces organisations, dont certaines étaient quasi-officielles, devinrent rapidement des éléments essentiels de la scène politique locale, et jouèrent un rôle actif pour contrer les campagnes des Blancs visant à maintenir les Noirs en dehors de leurs quartiers et à conserver sur leur lieu de travail les privilèges attachés à la peau blanche. Cet article essaie de comprendre comment les habitants et les ouvriers blancs des villes du Nord ont perçu ces nouvelles organisations chargées des relations interraciales. Il défend l'idée selon laquelle, aux yeux des habitants et ouvriers blancs ordinaires dont les intérêts se heurtaient aux objectifs de ces organisations, leur prolifération a contribué à transformer leur vision du rôle de l'Etat du protecteur du travailleur en protecteur des droits des noirs.

05/2014

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Cerveau et psychologie

Transcultural Dictionary of Misunderstandings. European and Chinese Horizons

The Transcultural Dictionary of Misunderstandings. European and Chinese Horizons is the result of an initiative which forges a radically new path for promoting transcultural understanding by studying culture-bound keywords. The stimulating idea is to create and address with intention that which is generally held to be by all means avoided : namely, misunderstandings. The experiment starts with a level of communication that is not political per se but cultural. Cultures have no rigid borders like nation-states. They are more dynamic and meandering, open to influence, and translatable. Like cultures themselves, keywords are saturated with history, long-term experience, values, and collective emotions. They carry a load of tacit knowledge and implicit axioms that have the advantage of not having to be unpacked, explained, or spelled out. Working through various semantic layers of keywords on both sides helps to create a more transparent language for transcultural dialogue. The creation of such a language is the effect of producing, exchanging, and working through misunderstandings on both sides. Within the framework of transcultural dialogue, misunderstandings turn out to be an innovative tool for mutual learning by seeing oneself through the eyes of the other. It is high time for researchers in various parts of the world to join forces and translate basic concepts from one language and culture into another. Every translation is a transformation, marking similarities and differences which can lead to an uncovering of new ideas, values, and cultural practices. This unconventional dialogue is a great source of inspiration because it works through hardened assumptions and misrepresentations, unsettles schematic thinking, and leads to unexpected insights and new points of contact. Aleida Assmann Professor of English Literature and Literary Theory, University of Konstanz, Germany

07/2022

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Littérature étrangère

Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener

Découvrez en VO de nouvelles aventures de Agatha Raisin, avec des traductions en marge pour vous aider à bien comprendre le texte original. When a series of mysterious assaults on the town's finest gardens is followed by a shocking murder, Agatha gets her wish. Seizing the moment, she immediately starts yanking up village secrets by their roots and digging up details about the victim-who, as it turns out, may just have some hidden dirt of her own...

02/2022

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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

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Histoire de France

«Die Welt war meine Gemeinde»- Willem A. Visser ’t Hooft. A Theologian for Europe between Ecumenism and Federalism

Willem A. Visser 't Hooft (1900–1985), Dutch pastor and theologian, was one of the most significant personalities in the Protestant Ecumenical movement. Deeply influenced by Karl Barth, and filled with a strong Ecumenical spirit, he was closely involved in the founding of the World Council of Churches, of which he was elected General Secretary. During the Second World War, many Protestants became convinced of the need for an international political system which, beside uniting the nations and peoples of Europe, would guarantee them fundamental freedoms and mutual respect for their historical, cultural and confessional traditions. The directors of the WWC were strongly committed to federalism, partly because of the political traditions of the states from which their member churches originated (Switzerland ; Great Britain and its Commonwealth ; the United States), and partly because of their conviction that a simple confederation of states, based on the model of the League of Nations, would be completely incapable of containing national ambitions. In spring 1944, Visser 't Hooft welcomed into his Geneva home the representatives of the European Resistance, who, under the leadership of Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi, signed the International Federalist Declaration of the Resistance Movements. These historic transnational encounters, aimed not only at coordinating military action or seeking diplomatic contacts but at exploring ways to "build" peace and re-establish the future of the Continent on new foundations, marked a profound break with the past.

12/1985

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Sciences de la terre et de la

The Biomechanics of Insect Flight. Form, Function, Evolution

From the rain forests of Borneo to the tenements of Manhattan, winged insects are a conspicuous and abundant feature of life on earth. Here, Robert Dudley presents the first comprehensive explanation of how insects fly. The author relates the biomechanics of flight to insect ecology and evolution in a major new work of synthesis. The book begins with an overview of insect flight biomechanics. Dudley explains insect morphology, wing motions, aerodynamics, flight energetics, and flight metabolism within a modern phylogenetic setting. Drawing on biomechanical principles, he describes and evaluates flight behavior and the limits to flight performance. The author then takes the next step by developing evolutionary explanations of insect flight. He analyzes the origins of flight in insects, the roles of natural and sexual selection in determining how insects fly, and the relationship between flight and insect size, pollination, predation, dispersal, and migration. Dudley ranges widely - from basic aerodynamics to muscle physiology and swarming behavior - but his focus is the explanation of functional design from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. The importance of flight in the lives of insects has long been recognized but never systematically evaluated. This book addresses that shortcoming. Robert Dudley provides an introduction to insect flight that will be welcomed by students and researchers in biomechanics, entomology, evolution, ecology, and behavior.

01/2000

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Russie

Cahiers du monde russe n°63/1 - Les vies de la science sous

Dossier Les vies de la science sous le socialisme tardif, 1945-1991 The lives of late Soviet science, 1945-1991 Grégory DUFAUD, Ksenia TATARCHENKO Les vies de la science sous le socialisme tardif, 1945-1991, Introduction Grégory DUFAUD, Ksenia TATARCHENKO The lives of late Soviet science, 1945-1991, Introduction Marc ELIE Tournant dans l'irrigation soviétique : la controverse sur le drainage, 1947-1950 Timm SCHÖNFELDER The good, the bad, and the pochvoved : Viktor Kovda, Soviet soil science, and the agromeliorative complex Jean-Philippe MARTINEZ Trajectoires internationales de physiciens soviétiques : la diplomatie comme compromis avec leurs autorités Sophie COURE East-West scientific collaboration face-to-face with dissidence : The logic of the International Committee of Mathematicians in Defence of Plyushch and Shikhanovich Galina ORLOVA De-mobilized atoms as boundary objects : The short lives of isotopes in the USSR Forum Les statistiques de la Terreur Alessandro STANZIANI Avant-propos Oleg KHLEVNIUK ??? ? ??? ? ??? : ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? Stephen G. WHEATCROFT Towards a more critical understanding of the statistical indicators of Soviet repression and what they tell us Mikhail NAKONECHNYI The devil is in the (statistical) details : Why does the quantitative history of Russian Civil War incarceration still matter in 2021 ? Oleg BUDNITSKII In parentheses : Extrajudicial executions during the Great Patriotic War Varia Mihail POGORELOV ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ?? : ??? ? ?? "? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ??? ? ?? " , 1928 - 1934 ?? .

04/2022

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Gestion

Development Program Monitoring and Evaluation System Effectiveness

This book is a contribution to the building of a knowledge base for the effectiveness of M&E-Systems in the field of development management. The primary focus is to contribute to the clarification of what rigorous frameworks would apply to understand and meaningfully measure M&E-System effectiveness. The book has the aim of translating outcomes from Dr. Ba's thesis research on M&E-System effectiveness into an actionable contribution to better reach development practitioners and managers. The book is mainly devoted to development managers and M&E experts who wish to find superior ways of managing M&ESystems for improved decision-making and measured risk-taking in moving development policies and programs towards the greater freedom and welfare of people mainly in Africa. The book focuses on M&E-System effectiveness and how it influences the dynamic capabilities of development organizations and institutions in managing development programs and projects. The book presents the challenges in seeking an effective M&E-System, examines the gaps and limits in assessing it, and finally proposes ways to rigorously measure its effectiveness. The book may also contribute to the scientific and professional discussions on what would be the meaningful framework to better understand the success factors that underlie an effective M&E-System and also how they help improve development management.

06/2019

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Beaux arts

Chronopoétique. Edition bilingue français-anglais

Né en Sologne en 1962, Olivier Leroi a suivi une formation de forestier à Meymac en Corrèze puis débuté très tôt un parcours artistique autonome avant d’intégrer, une quinzaine d’années plus tard, l’Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques, dirigé par Pontus Hulten. Eclairé par cette nouvelle expérience, il a travaillé le dessin, la sculpture et la vidéo dont le fil rouge est la relation au milieu. L’oeuvre, fondée sur l’économie du geste et sur une observation affinée qui se joue des échelles, s’apparente à une opération de dévoilement de la réalité dans ses dimensions sensibles et cognitives. Au cours de ses voyages, Olivier Leroi réalise des «oeuvres vécues» avec les habitants des lieux traversés et en témoigne par des photographies et des performances filmées : Première neige au pays dogon (Mali), El Zorro blanco (Mexique), La brigade de Chambord ou encore Bruno, l’âne et les papillons. Cet ouvrage a donc été conçu comme un voyage, on pourrait dire un «forage» dans une oeuvre qui se développe depuis une trentaine d’années. Born in Sologne in 1962, Olivier Leroi trained as a forest ranger in Meymac ire Corrèze then began his own artistic research before joining the Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques, under Pontus Hulten, fifteen years later. Enlightened by this new experience, he developed his artistry in drawing, sculpture and video, the common theme of which has always been our relationship to our environment. Founded on economy in application and a refined sense of observation that plays with scale, his work unveils the sensitive, cognitive and emotional dimensions of reality. During his travels, Olivier Leroi has created lived works with the inhabitants of the various places file has visited, and has recorded them in photography and filmed performances : Première neige au pays dogon (First snow in Dogon lands) (Mali). El Zorro blanco (White Zorro) (Mexico). La brigade de Chambord (The Chambord brigade) (Chambord, France), Un drapeau pour l’antarctique, base Dumont d’Urville (A flag for Antarctica, Dumont d’Urville base) (South Pole) Bruno, lune et les papillons (Bruno, thé donkey and the butterflies) (southern France). This work has been de vised as a journey or exploration of his work over the past thirty years.

10/2015