Gilles Bertrand's Books

Essays Critical and Clinical

By: Gilles Deleuze

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The final work of the late philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) includes essays on such diverse literary figures as Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, D.H. Lawrence, Lewis Carroll, and others, along with philosophers Plato, Spinoza, Kant, and others. Taken together, these 18 essays--all newly revised or published here for the first time--present a profoundly new approach to literature. 216 pp. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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0860916146

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Criticisms of Classical Political Economy

Menger, Austrian Economics and the German Historical School

By: Gilles Campagnolo

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Criticisms of Classical Political Economy

Menger, Austrian Economics and the German Historical School

By: Gilles Campagnolo

The role of the German Historical School and of Carl Menger (founder of the Austrian School) is appraised in this new book. This important period of the history of economics is vital to understand how the discipline developed over the next half-century. Gilles Campagnolo has produced an impressive original work which makes use of rarely seen research by Carl Menger and as such this book will be of interest across several discplines, including history of economic thought, economic methodology, philosophy of science and the history of ideas.

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Taylor & Francis

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113409860X

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Retraites : en attendant le vrai rendez-vous

By: Gilles Bridier

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Retraites : en attendant le vrai rendez-vous

By: Gilles Bridier

Nicolas Sarkozy candidat à l’élection présidentielle avait affirmé qu’il ne toucherait pas au système des retraites. Mais la crise économique a rebattu les cartes. Le Président de la République engagea une réforme qui réussit à liguer contre elle tous les syndicats pour une fois réunis. On leur avait promis une négociation, voilà qu’on leur soumettait un projet tout ficelé. Pour eux, la fin de la retraite à 60 ans n’était « pas acceptable ». Pour le gouvernement, le cœur de la réforme n’était « pas négociable ». Cet ouvrage expose les enjeux de cette réforme et apporte des éclairages sur la façon dont elle fut présentée et menée par l’Elysée et le gouvernement. Il souligne également les limites d’un projet qui, au plan financier, sera rendu obsolète à échéance de dix ans. Et l’obligation d’envisager d’ores et déjà une nouvelle réforme en profondeur qui ne se limite pas à un report des bornes d’âge.

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2313002047

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9782313002049

Pudlo Paris, 2007-2008

By: Gilles Pudlowski

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Pudlo Paris, 2007-2008

By: Gilles Pudlowski

Created by France's most respected food writer and critic, Gilles Pudlowski, thePudlo Parisguide to restaurants, cafes, bars, and gourmet shops is now available in English for the first time in its 17-year history. ThePudlois considered by discerning Parisians as the most informed, sophisticated, and up-to-date restaurant guide published today. Organized by arrondissement, the guide describes almost 1,000 restaurants in every neighborhood of Paris, ranging from Grandes Tables–the paragons of the French culinary scene–to restaurants that give unusually good value for the price. ThePudloalso lists almost 300 bars, pubs, wine bars, tea salons, and cafes. And–a priceless bonus for the culinary traveler–descriptions of almost 300 specialty gourmet shops. Gilles Pudlowski has singled out 21 of his personal favorites; 185 restaurants in settings of historical significance; 93 establishments he judges as giving especially good value for price; and 144 places where a meal costs less than 30 euros. You’ll also find a Listing of Establishments by Rating and an alphabetical index singling out establishments with terrace or garden, those open on Sunday, and those open past 11 PM. Each review in the Pudlo is updated and rewritten annually by Mr. Pudlowski. The Little Bookroom will continue to be the English-language publisher worldwide for upcoming editions ofPudlo Parisas well asPudlo France(to be published in March 2008). InPudlo Paris 2007-2008you’ll find: reviews of 32 Grand Restaurants–the paragons of the city’s culinary scene; reviews of 965 Good Restaurants & Others–worthwhile venues in every neighborhood; and reviews of 41 of the top international restaurants. Short profiles of 313 Shops selling: Kitchenwares/Tabletop, Bread & Baked Goods, Wine, Cured Meat & Sausage, Chocolate, Candy/Sweets, Cutlery, Groceries, Cheese, Ice Cream, Fine Groceries, Books, Pastries, Fruit & Vegetables, Coffee, Regional Products, Prepared Food, Tea. Descriptions of 281 casual venues throughout Paris (“Rendez-vous”): Bars, Pubs, Wine Bars, Cafes, Creperies, Tea Salons, Brasseries. And, prized for being the most up-to-date of the restaurant guides, 141 venues make their first appearance in Pudlo Paris 2007-2008. Also noted: outdoor dining; open on Sunday; open after 11PM; children’s menus; air conditioning; and all prix fixe and a la carte prices.

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New York Review of Books

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1892145480

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How Could I Believe in Santa Claus?

Philosophy in Everyday Life - Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

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How Could I Believe in Santa Claus?

Philosophy in Everyday Life - Essais - documents

By: Gilles Vervisch

How to be yourself at a party where you don’t know anyone? (Does the self exist?) Why does Grandma put a cap and a plaid sweater on her Yorkie? (Do animals have a reason?) How could I have stayed with such a stupid guy for so long? (Do we only desire things that we consider good?) When we hear “philosophy,” we sometimes think of incomprehensible or boring books. The very names of the authors are unpronounceable: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger. Living or dead, they often look like zombies. They are in their own world and use words that we do not always understand, like “idiosyncrasy,” “ontological,” or “transcendental.” In this book, we hope to remove these prejudices. Philosophy is not boring; it allows us to understand complex things in a simple way, and therefore it is never far from everyday life. It speaks to everyone. It is for everyone. Born in 1974, from Rouen, Gilles Vervisch is a teacher and a professor of philosophy.

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Max Milo

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2315011779

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Keynes and His Battles

By: The late Gilles Dostaler

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Keynes and His Battles

By: The late Gilles Dostaler

This fascinating book is the first to bring together and examine all aspects of the life and work of one of the most influential thinkers of the last century, John Maynard Keynes, whose theses are still hotly debated. It combines, in an accessible, unique and cohesive manner, analytical, biographical and contextual elements from a variety of perspectives. Gilles Dostaler studies in detail the battles that Keynes led on various fronts - politics, philosophy, art, and of course economics - in the pursuit of a single and lifelong goal: to radically transform society to create a better world, a world pacified and freed from the neurotic pursuit of financial wealth and economic rentability, with art at its pinnacle. Containing detailed presentations of the Bloomsbury group and the political history of Great Britain, Keynes and his Battles is an essential reference to this most important of 20th century figures whose central message remains as topical today as it ever was. The study also contains a unique chronology of Keynes¿s life and historical events, portraits of Keynes by his friends and contemporaries, as well as a full bibliography of all his books, chapters contributed to books, journal articles and reviews. Scholars, students and researchers of economics - the history of economic thought in particular - political science, sociology, history, philosophy and the history of arts will find this an absorbing and revealing work. The book should also interest journalists, decision makers in society and all those who are preoccupied by the problems of our time.

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178100837X

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The Age of Algorithms

By: Serge Abiteboul,Gilles Dowek

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The Age of Algorithms

By: Serge Abiteboul,Gilles Dowek

Algorithms are probably the most sophisticated tools that people have had at their disposal since the beginnings of human history. They have transformed science, industry, society. They upset the concepts of work, property, government, private life, even humanity. Going easily from one extreme to the other, we rejoice that they make life easier for us, but fear that they will enslave us. To get beyond this vision of good vs evil, this book takes a new look at our time, the age of algorithms. Creations of the human spirit, algorithms are what we made them. And they will be what we want them to be: it's up to us to choose the world we want to live in.

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110860031X

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The Tyranny of Utility

Behavioral Social Science and the Rise of Paternalism

By: Gilles Saint-Paul

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The Tyranny of Utility

Behavioral Social Science and the Rise of Paternalism

By: Gilles Saint-Paul

The general assumption that social policy should be utilitarian--that society should be organized to yield the greatest level of welfare--leads inexorably to increased government interventions. Historically, however, the science of economics has advocated limits to these interventions for utilitarian reasons and because of the assumption that people know what is best for themselves. But more recently, behavioral economics has focused on biases and inconsistencies in individual behavior. Based on these developments, governments now prescribe the foods we eat, the apartments we rent, and the composition of our financial portfolios. The Tyranny of Utility takes on this rise of paternalism and its dangers for individual freedoms, and examines how developments in economics and the social sciences are leading to greater government intrusion in our private lives. Gilles Saint-Paul posits that the utilitarian foundations of individual freedom promoted by traditional economics are fundamentally flawed. When combined with developments in social science that view the individual as incapable of making rational and responsible choices, utilitarianism seems to logically call for greater governmental intervention in our lives. Arguing that this cannot be defended on purely instrumental grounds, Saint-Paul calls for individual liberty to be restored as a central value in our society. Exploring how behavioral economics is contributing to the excessive rise of paternalistic interventions, The Tyranny of Utility presents a controversial challenge to the prevailing currents in economic and political discourse.

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1400838894

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Dark Matter Credit

The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France

By: Philip T. Hoffman,Gilles Postel-Vinay,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

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Dark Matter Credit

The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France

By: Philip T. Hoffman,Gilles Postel-Vinay,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of banking Prevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed to grow rich long before the diffusion of banks. Dark Matter Credit draws on centuries of cleverly collected loan data from France to reveal how credit abounded well before banks opened their doors. This incisive book shows how a vast system of shadow credit enabled nearly a third of French families to borrow in 1740, and by 1840 funded as much mortgage debt as the American banking system of the 1950s. Dark Matter Credit traces how this extensive private network outcompeted banks and thrived prior to World War I—not just in France but in Britain, Germany, and the United States—until killed off by government intervention after 1918. Overturning common assumptions about banks and economic growth, the book paints a revealing picture of an until-now hidden market of thousands of peer-to-peer loans made possible by a network of brokers who matched lenders with borrowers and certified the borrowers’ creditworthiness. A major work of scholarship, Dark Matter Credit challenges widespread misperceptions about French economic history, such as the notion that banks proliferated slowly, and the idea that financial innovation was hobbled by French law. By documenting how intermediaries in the shadow credit market devised effective financial instruments, this compelling book provides new insights into how countries can develop and thrive today.

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0691182175

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Computation, Proof, Machine

Mathematics Enters a New Age

By: Gilles Dowek

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Computation, Proof, Machine

Mathematics Enters a New Age

By: Gilles Dowek

Computation, calculation, algorithms - all have played an important role in mathematical progress from the beginning - but behind the scenes, their contribution was obscured in the enduring mathematical literature. To understand the future of mathematics, this fascinating book returns to its past, tracing the hidden history that follows the thread of computation.

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0521118018

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The European Account Preservation Order Regulation

A Commentary

By: Gilles Cuniberti,Sara Migliorini

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The European Account Preservation Order Regulation

A Commentary

By: Gilles Cuniberti,Sara Migliorini

The European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) Regulation provides a protective measure for creditors wishing to freeze the bank account of their debtor, preventing the transferral or withdrawal of funds. Courts can issue freezing measures over bank accounts located in other member states, thereby establishing a new remedy for cross-border debt recovery in Europe. This book provides a detailed article-by-article commentary of the EAPO Regulation. It describes its legislative history and structure and carries out a critical analysis of its provisions and recitals, focusing on the practical implementation of the instrument. The commentary also provides additional focus on the interplay between the EAPO Regulation and the existing EU instruments and framework, and examines specific issues that the implementation of the Regulation might raise in member states. This is an important resource tool for practitioners, legal scholars and students interested in the theoretical and practical implications of the EAPO Regulation.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316879852

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9781316879856

Numerical Probability

An Introduction with Applications to Finance

By: Gilles Pagès

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Numerical Probability

An Introduction with Applications to Finance

By: Gilles Pagès

This textbook provides a self-contained introduction to numerical methods in probability with a focus on applications to finance. Topics covered include the Monte Carlo simulation (including simulation of random variables, variance reduction, quasi-Monte Carlo simulation, and more recent developments such as the multilevel paradigm), stochastic optimization and approximation, discretization schemes of stochastic differential equations, as well as optimal quantization methods. The author further presents detailed applications to numerical aspects of pricing and hedging of financial derivatives, risk measures (such as value-at-risk and conditional value-at-risk), implicitation of parameters, and calibration. Aimed at graduate students and advanced undergraduate students, this book contains useful examples and over 150 exercises, making it suitable for self-study.

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3319902768

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The Black Hole of Public Administration

By: Ruth Hubbard,Gilles Paquet

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The Black Hole of Public Administration

By: Ruth Hubbard,Gilles Paquet

In The Black Hole of Public Administration experienced public servant Ruth Hubbard and public administration iconoclast Gilles Paquet sound a wake-up call to the federal public service. They lament the lack of "serious play" going on in Canada's public administration today and map some possible escape plans. They look to a more participatory governance model -"open source" governing or "small g" governance - as a way to liberate our public service from antiquated styles and systems of governing. --

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0776607421

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Economic Exchange and Social Organization

The Edgeworthian foundations of general equilibrium theory

By: Robert P. Gilles

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Economic Exchange and Social Organization

The Edgeworthian foundations of general equilibrium theory

By: Robert P. Gilles

This book aims to develop an institutional approach to general economic equi librium. Thus far, institutional economics has essentially been confined to purely verbal discourse. Here I argue the case that general equilibrium theory forms a well rounded basis for the development of an institutional economic the ory. The fundamental economic trade mechanism underlying this refocusing is that of the Edgeworthian barter mechanism modelled through the equilibrium notion of the core of an economy. There is an extensive literature that links the core with the Walrasian price mechanism, which is explored in this book. Next I develop an alternative model of explicitly nonsovereign trade in the setting of an institutionally structured economy. In this book the core and several of its extensions are considered to be descriptions of the equilibrium allocations resulting from institutionalized barter processes, thereby providing a basis of an institutionally based economic theory. Traditionally finite economies have been assessed as the most natural represen tations of real life economies, in particular of market economies. Many funda mental insights have been developed. In the first half of the book I summarize the most influential and important results in the literature on finite economies regarding the relationship of the Walrasian model of a perfectly competitive market system and the Edgeworthian theory of individually based, pure barter processes. I use the axiomatic method as the main methodological framework according to which I construct my models.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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146131285X

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The Mountain

A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present

By: Bernard Debarbieux,Gilles Rudaz

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The Mountain

A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present

By: Bernard Debarbieux,Gilles Rudaz

From the Enlightenment to the present day, and using a variety of case studies from all the continents, the authors show us how our ideas of and about mountains have changed with the times and how a wide range of policies, from border delineation to forestry as well as nature protection and social programs, have been shaped according to them. A rich hybrid analysis of geography, history, culture, and politics."--Jacket.

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University of Chicago Press

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022603111X

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What Is Philosophy?

By: Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari

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What Is Philosophy?

By: Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari

Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited publication of What Is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's career. Deleuze and Guattari differentiate between philosophy, science, and the arts, seeing as means of confronting chaos, and challenge the common view that philosophy is an extension of logic. The authors also discuss the similarities and distinctions between creative and philosophical writing. Fresh anecdotes from the history of philosophy illuminate the book, along with engaging discussions of composers, painters, writers, and architects. A milestone in Deleuze's collaboration with Guattari, What Is Philosophy? brings a new perspective to Deleuze's studies of cinema, painting, and music, while setting a brilliant capstone upon his work.

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Columbia University Press

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0231530668

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The Way We Think

Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden Complexities

By: Gilles Fauconnier,Mark Turner

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The Way We Think

Conceptual Blending And The Mind's Hidden Complexities

By: Gilles Fauconnier,Mark Turner

In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition -- the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works.

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Basic Books

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0786725575

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Difference and Repetition

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Difference and Repetition

By: Gilles Deleuze

Since its publication in 1968, "Difference and Repetition", an exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most important works. The text follows the development of two central concepts, those of pure difference and complex repetition. It shows how the two concepts are related, difference implying divergence and decentring, repetition being associated with displacement and disguising. The work moves deftly between Hegel, Kierkegaard, Freud, Althusser and Nietzsche to establish a fundamental critique of Western metaphysics, and has been a central text in initiating the shift in French thought - away from Hegel and Marx, towards Nietzsche and Freud.

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A&C Black

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0826477151

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Dialogues II

By: Gilles Deleuze,Claire Parnet

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Dialogues II

By: Gilles Deleuze,Claire Parnet

French journalist Claire Parnet's famous dialogues with Gilles Deleuze offer an intimate portrait of the philosopher's life and thought. Conversational in tone, their engaging discussions delve deeply into Deleuze's philosophical background and development, the major concepts that shaped his work, and the essence of some of his famous relationships, especially his long collaboration with the philosopher Félix Guattari. Deleuze reconsiders Spinoza, empiricism, and the stoics alongside literature, psychoanalysis, and politics. He returns to the notions of minor literature, deterritorialization, the critical and clinical, and begins a nascent study of cinema. New to this edition is Deleuze's essay "Pericles and Verdi," which reflects on politics and historical materialism in the work of the influential French philosopher François Châtelet. An enduring record of Deleuze's unique personality and profound contributions to culture and philosophy, Dialogues II is a highly personable account of the evolution of one of the greatest critics and theorists of the twentieth century.

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Columbia University Press

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0231141351

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The 2017 French Presidential Elections

A Political Reformation?

By: Jocelyn Evans,Gilles Ivaldi

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The 2017 French Presidential Elections

A Political Reformation?

By: Jocelyn Evans,Gilles Ivaldi

Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the 2017 presidential elections represents one of the most important disruptions to French political life since the establishment of the Fifth Republic. This book analyses the political opportunities enabling a neophyte to conquer the Elysée, and the conditions leading to the unprecedented presidential runoff between this centrist EU enthusiast and pro-globalization candidate and the nationalistic/populist alternative embodied by Marine Le Pen. The book begins by considering trends in party competition and presidentialism in modern France, notably presidential primaries and their impact on party competition. It then moves to considering the role traditional explanatory factors in elections, namely policies and voter profiles, played in the result. Finally, it examines the dynamics of President Macron’s success in the legislatives, and how he dominated the traditional party blocs. This book will appeal to students of French politics as well as those interested in electoral behaviour and European political systems.

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3319683276

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Economic Thought Since Keynes

A History and Dictionary of Major Economists

By: Michel Beaud,Gilles Dostaler

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Economic Thought Since Keynes

A History and Dictionary of Major Economists

By: Michel Beaud,Gilles Dostaler

Economic Thought Since Keynes provides a concise overview of changing economic thought in the latter part of the twentieth century. Part 1 gives an analysis of topics including: * Keynes and the General Theory, * the triumph of interventionism, * the neoclassical synthesis, * the resurgence of liberalism. Part 11 gives a concise biography of the 150 most influential economists since Keynes. This invaluable book will be a useful reference tool for anyone teaching or studying economics.

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Routledge

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1134711514

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Rethinking Southern Violence

Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884

By: Gilles Vandal

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Rethinking Southern Violence

Homicides in Post-Civil War Louisiana, 1866-1884

By: Gilles Vandal

Vandal (history and political science, U. de Sherbrooke, Canada) analyzes the statistics of nearly 5,000 homicides over an 18-year period, as well as other sources, to provide a picture of the level of physical violence in Louisiana after the Civil War. Some of the themes addressed include rural versus urban patterns of violence; homicides in a gender perspective; and the black response to white violence. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Ohio State University Press

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081420838X

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Decorative Games

Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work of Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)

By: Jean-François Bédard,Gilles-Marie Oppenord

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Decorative Games

Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work of Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)

By: Jean-François Bédard,Gilles-Marie Oppenord

This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). For the first time, this publication reproduces in their initial state the embellishments Oppenord drew over the first French edition of Cesare Ripa's Iconologia. In lieu of a haphazard succession of sketches, it reveals Oppenord's fascinating interplay between text, engraved and drawn images, one patterned on the art of conversation and the linguistic games cultivated in elite Parisian circles.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1611490081

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Conflict of Laws: A Comparative Approach

Text and Cases

By: Gilles Cuniberti

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Conflict of Laws: A Comparative Approach

Text and Cases

By: Gilles Cuniberti

The Conflict of Laws, also known as private international law, is a field of the greatest importance in an increasingly globalized world. The analysis of any legal issue, in a case involving more than one country, must start with an assessment of which court could potentially hear the case and which law it would apply

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1785365940

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Gratoony the Loony

The Wild, Unpredictable Life of Gilles Gratton

By: Gilles Gratton,Greg Oliver

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Gratoony the Loony

The Wild, Unpredictable Life of Gilles Gratton

By: Gilles Gratton,Greg Oliver

One of hockeyÕs most colourful characters, from hockeyÕs most colourful era, tells all Gilles Gratton was not a typical pro hockey player. He refused to don his equipment and man his net if the planets were not properly aligned. He skated naked at practice. He created one of hockeyÕs most famous goalie masks based on his astrological sign. He fought with coaches and management, speaking his mind to his detriment. Sex, drugs, and rock ÕnÕ roll ruled his life, not stopping pucks. Truthfully? He never really wanted to be an NHL goaltender; he wanted to be Tibetan monk. And so, he quit hockey to seek enlightenment. Now, in his autobiography, Gratton teams up with author Greg Oliver to tell his wild and at times, yes, loony story: from his early days in Montreal, where his brother Norm Gratton became an NHL player, too; through his stints with the OHAÕs Oshawa Generals, the Ottawa Nationals and Toronto Toros of the rogue WHA, and the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers in the NHL.

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A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By: Gilles Deleuze

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A Thousand Plateaus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By: Gilles Deleuze

Suggests an open system of psychological exploration to cut through accepted norms of morality, language, and politics

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Mathematical Problems in Image Processing

Partial Differential Equations and the Calculus of Variations

By: Gilles Aubert,Pierre Kornprobst

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Mathematical Problems in Image Processing

Partial Differential Equations and the Calculus of Variations

By: Gilles Aubert,Pierre Kornprobst

The updated 2nd edition of this book presents a variety of image analysis applications, reviews their precise mathematics and shows how to discretize them. For the mathematical community, the book shows the contribution of mathematics to this domain, and highlights unsolved theoretical questions. For the computer vision community, it presents a clear, self-contained and global overview of the mathematics involved in image procesing problems. The second edition offers a review of progress in image processing applications covered by the PDE framework, and updates the existing material. The book also provides programming tools for creating simulations with minimal effort.

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0387445889

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#09 The Planet of the Giant

By: Gilles Adrien,Alain Broders

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#09 The Planet of the Giant

By: Gilles Adrien,Alain Broders

An animated series based on the novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Developed for television by Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière, and Bertrand Gatignol. Directed by Pierre-Alain Chartier"--Copyright page.

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Inorganic Chemical Biology

Principles, Techniques and Applications

By: Gilles Gasser

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Inorganic Chemical Biology

Principles, Techniques and Applications

By: Gilles Gasser

Understanding, identifying and influencing the biological systems are the primary objectives of chemical biology. From this perspective, metal complexes have always been of great assistance to chemical biologists, for example, in structural identification and purification of essential biomolecules, for visualizing cellular organelles or to inhibit specific enzymes. This inorganic side of chemical biology, which continues to receive considerable attention, is referred to as inorganic chemical biology. Inorganic Chemical Biology: Principles, Techniques and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the current and emerging role of metal complexes in chemical biology. Throughout all of the chapters there is a strong emphasis on fundamental theoretical chemistry and experiments that have been carried out in living cells or organisms. Outlooks for the future applications of metal complexes in chemical biology are also discussed. Topics covered include: • Metal complexes as tools for structural biology • IMAC, AAS, XRF and MS as detection techniques for metals in chemical biology • Cell and organism imaging and probing DNA using metal and metal carbonyl complexes • Detection of metal ions, anions and small molecules using metal complexes • Photo-release of metal ions in living cells • Metal complexes as enzyme inhibitors and catalysts in living cells Written by a team of international experts, Inorganic Chemical Biology: Principles, Techniques and Applications is a must-have for bioinorganic, bioorganometallic and medicinal chemists as well as chemical biologists working in both academia and industry.

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111851002X

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Difference and Repetition

By: Gilles Deleuze,Paul Patton

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Difference and Repetition

By: Gilles Deleuze,Paul Patton

img src="http://www.continuumbooks.com/pub/images/impactslogo.gif" align="left" Since its publication in 1968, "Difference and Repetition", an exposition of the critique of identity, has come to be considered a contemporary classic in philosophy and one of Deleuze's most important works. The text follows the development of two central concepts, those of pure difference and complex repetition. It shows how the two concepts are related, difference implying divergence and decentring, repetition being associated with displacement and disguising. The work moves deftly between Hegel, Kierkegaard, Freud, Althusser and Nietzsche to establish a fundamental critique of Western metaphysics, and has been a central text in initiating the shift in French thought - away from Hegel and Marx, towards Nietzsche and Freud.

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1441180125

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The Mediterranean Region

Biological Diversity in Space and Time

By: Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf

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The Mediterranean Region

Biological Diversity in Space and Time

By: Jacques Blondel,James Aronson,Jean-Yves Bodiou,Gilles Boeuf

It is becoming clear that the Mediterranean region is one of the "hottest" of the biodiversity hotspots on the planet. There is also an increasing concern for the conservation, adaptive management, and restoration of the unique natural ecosystems and cultural landscapes that characterize this area. The region's biological and cultural heritage as well as its huge wealth of biodiversity is now at real risk. This brings a further urgency to the task of communicating detailed but readily accessible information on the Mediterranean biota, and an ecological, historical and evolutionary perspective to the changing contexts in which the region's flora and fauna continue to evolve. There is no other recent textbook devoted solely to Mediterranean evolutionary ecology, and a synthesis of the many recent advances is now overdue. This new work builds on the success and reputation of the first edition, although the text has been updated and expanded to document recent changes to biodiversity, new ecological and evolutionary insights, and the challenges for the future. These changes include the addition of two new chapters devoted to the Mediterranean Sea itself, and especially the coastal areas. Throughout the book, the pressing issues of global change (especially climate warming) are addressed, in conjunction with changing land use, and in terms of their potential impact on biota, communities, ecosystems, and landscapes.

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OUP Oxford

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0191574287

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NF-κB-Related Genetic Diseases

By: Gilles Courtois,Alessandra Pescatore,Jérémie Gautheron,Francesca Fusco,Matilde Valeria Ursini,Anna Senegas

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NF-κB-Related Genetic Diseases

By: Gilles Courtois,Alessandra Pescatore,Jérémie Gautheron,Francesca Fusco,Matilde Valeria Ursini,Anna Senegas

This book presents the diverse clinical, cellular and molecular manifestations of NF-KB-related genetic diseases. It shows that studying patient-related pathologies affecting the components of the NF-KB signaling pathway offers the opportunity to understand the various functions of NF-KB in humans, complementing studies performed with mouse models. In addition, people treating those patients acquire a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of the pathophysiological processes.

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Revolutionary Passions

Latin America, Middle East and India

By: Hamit Bozarslan,Gilles Bataillon,Christophe Jaffrelot

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Revolutionary Passions

Latin America, Middle East and India

By: Hamit Bozarslan,Gilles Bataillon,Christophe Jaffrelot

Europe has been the chief arena of revolutionary passions since the end of the eighteenth century. During this same period, and right up to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the non-European world, too, has resonated with coup attempts and revolutionary turmoil. How does one begin to understand these revolutionary passions? To what extent are they influenced by European matrices? Have these revolutions also themselves resulted in ‘exportable models’? Three French writers look at three continents—Latin America, the Middle East and India and interrogate the revolution, with reference to and dialogue with the definitive work of Francois Furet, who wrote The Passing of an Illusion: The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century. Interestingly, the original French book Passions révolutionnaires was written in 1995, just after the fall of the Berlin wall. Whether nationalist, religious, proletarian, international, anti-colonial or simply liberty and equality, whether violent or fought passively, the Revolution as a concept and a fact, whether past, present or future, remains a critical reference point for our societies.

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Routledge

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1351378090

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Mental Spaces

Aspects of Meaning Construction in Natural Language

By: Gilles Fauconnier

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Mental Spaces

Aspects of Meaning Construction in Natural Language

By: Gilles Fauconnier

Mental Spaces is the classic introduction to the study of mental spaces and conceptual projection, as revealed through the structure and use of language. It examines in detail the dynamic construction of connected domains as discourse unfolds. The discovery of mental space organization has modified our conception of language and thought: powerful and uniform accounts of superficially disparate phenomena have become available in the areas of reference, presupposition projection, counterfactual and analogical reasoning, metaphor and metonymy, and time and aspect in discourse. The present work lays the foundation for this research. It uncovers simple and general principles that lie behind the awesome complexity of everyday logic.

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0521449499

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Thrombosis and Anti-Thrombotic Therapy

By: Gilles Lugassy,Benjamin Brenner,Sam Schulman,Meyer Samama,Marc Cohen

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Thrombosis and Anti-Thrombotic Therapy

By: Gilles Lugassy,Benjamin Brenner,Sam Schulman,Meyer Samama,Marc Cohen

Written by a team of acknowledged specialists, Thrombosis and Anti-Thrombotic Therapy provides a comprehensive guide to the main advances in thrombosis, its pathogenesis, clinical features, prevention, and therapy. In addition to summarizing the clinical studies of heparins and heparinoids, the authors also review the current approaches to heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and venous thrombosis. Specific topics include acquired hypercoagulable states, selective inhibitors of coagulation factors, and thrombosis and cancer.

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MIT Press

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1841840645

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EPZ Thousand Plateaus

By: Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari

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EPZ Thousand Plateaus

By: Gilles Deleuze,Félix Guattari

‘A rare and remarkable book.' Times Literary Supplement Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII. He is a key figure in poststructuralism, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Félix Guattari (1930-1992) was a psychoanalyst at the la Borde Clinic, as well as being a major social theorist and radical activist. A Thousand Plateaus is part of Deleuze and Guattari's landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia - a project that still sets the terms of contemporary philosophical debate. A Thousand Plateaus provides a compelling analysis of social phenomena and offers fresh alternatives for thinking about philosophy and culture. Its radical perspective provides a toolbox for ‘nomadic thought' and has had a galvanizing influence on today's anti-capitalist movement. Translated by Brian Massumi>

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0826476945

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Scotland and Europe, Scotland in Europe

By: Gilles Leydier

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Scotland and Europe, Scotland in Europe

By: Gilles Leydier

The aim of the book is to explore the long-standing and multi-faceted relationship between Scotland and the societies and cultures of the European continent, in various epochs and from a large diversity of view points and problematics. The book collects most of the contributions from the IVth annual conference of the Société Française d’Etudes Ecossaises, held in Toulon in October 2005. This international conference gathered fifty European academics, working in a wide range of research fields, from social history to art history, from language to literature, from politics to civilisation and cultural studies. The interdisciplinary ambition and cross-cultural perspective of the conference are reflected in the volume. The book is divided into four main sections: links with Europe, visions of Europe, voices in Europe, and current political issues within the European Union. It illustrates the richness and complexity of the dialogue between Scotland and the continent over the centuries, and underlines the open, fluid and dynamic character of the Scottish identity.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443807044

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Logique Du Sens

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Logique Du Sens

By: Gilles Deleuze

Considered one of the most important works of one of France's foremost philosophers, and long-awaited in English, "The Logic Of Sense" is an essay in literary and psychoanalytic theory, and philosophy, and helps to illuminate such works as "Anti-Oedipus".

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Columbia University Press

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0231059833

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Revolution Unending

Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present

By: Gilles Dorronsoro

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Revolution Unending

Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present

By: Gilles Dorronsoro

Having traveled and researched in Afghanistan since 1988, Gilles Dorronsoro has developed a rich and nuanced understanding of the country's history and people. In Revolution Unending he draws on his extensive firsthand experience to consider the political, historical, economic, and ethnic factors that will influence Afghanistan's future. He argues that U.S. optimism about Afghanistan following Western intervention and recent elections fails to appreciate the divisions that continue to define the country. While not underestimating the oft-cited "ethnic factor" in Afghan politics, especially Pashtun dominance, Dorronsoro argues that class and the competition for employment and education are key factors in explaining the country's recent past. The 1990s saw the triumph of religious authorities (the ulema) and the marginalization of the traditional elites. With coalition intervention in 2001 and the subsequent deposition of the ulema-dominated Taliban, the educated elites are back in power. However, as Dorronsoro argues, patching up the country by means of short-term ethnic alliances and a new division of the spoils will only perpetuate the schisms in society. The Afghan civil war, Dorronsoro suggests, is set to continue and perhaps worsen over time.

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