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Enchantment of the Virtual

Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy

By: Gilles Chatelet

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Enchantment of the Virtual

Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy

By: Gilles Chatelet

Collected essays, interviews, and reviews by the late French philosopher and mathematician. This rich collection brings together a set of newly translated essays, dialogues, and reviews by Gilles Châtelet (1944–1999). Châtelet was not only a philosopher, political theorist, theorist of individuation and of the magnification of human freedoms, but also a talented mathematician and an original theorist of the virtual, the diagram, and the gesture. With their characteristic ebullience and speculative agility in transporting concepts between different fields, Châtelet's polymath interrogations were an acknowledged inspiration to his fellow philosophers, including Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou. In the essays collected in this volume, Châtelet explores the articulation between mathematics and physical reality, algebra and geometry, romanticism and science, finite beings and the infinite manifestations of nature, and gesture and abstraction. The book also offers interviews with Châtelet and review articles in which he reckons with contemporaries including Badiou, Deleuze, Roger Penrose, and René Thom. The extensive introduction by Châtelet's former colleague Charles Alunni outlines the life and career of this “last romantic philosopher” and the continuing importance of his work for our understanding of the relationships between the mathematical and the physical, the abstract and the concrete, and scientific thinking and the politics of liberation.

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To Live and Think Like Pigs

The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

By: Gilles Chatelet

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To Live and Think Like Pigs

The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

By: Gilles Chatelet

A startlingly prescient treatise on the cybernetic automation of society and a burlesque satire of its middle-class celebrants. An uproarious portrait of the evils of the market and a technical manual for its innermost ideological workings, this is the story of how the perverted legacy of liberalism sought to knead Marx's “free peasant” into a statistical “average man”—pliant raw material for the sausage-machine of postmodernity. Combining the incandescent wrath of the betrayed comrade with the acute discrimination of the mathematician-physicist, Châtelet scrutinizes the pseudoscientific alibis employed to naturalize “market democracy” and the “triple alliance” between politics, economics, and cybernetics. A bestseller in France on its publication in 1998, this book remains crucial reading for any future politics that wants to replace individualism with individuation and libertarianism with liberation, this new translation constitutes a major contribution to contemporary debate on neoliberalism, economics, and capitalist subjectivation.

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0983216983

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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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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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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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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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0816614024

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Negotiations, 1972-1990

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Negotiations, 1972-1990

By: Gilles Deleuze

This text traces the intellectual journey of a man often acclaimed as one of the most important philosophers in France. A guide to Deleuze by Deleuze, it explains the life and work of this figure in contemporary philosophy, tying together the strands of his long and prolific career.

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0231075812

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Letters and Other Texts

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Letters and Other Texts

By: Gilles Deleuze

A posthumous collection of writings by Deleuze, including letters, youthful essays, and an interview, many previously unpublished. Letters and Other Texts is the third and final volume of the posthumous texts of Gilles Deleuze, collected for publication in French on the twentieth anniversary of his death. It contains several letters addressed to his contemporaries (Michel Foucault, Pierre Klossowski, François Châtelet, and Clément Rosset, among others). Of particular importance are the letters addressed to Félix Guattari, which offer an irreplaceable account of their work as a duo from Anti-Oedipus to What is Philosophy? Later letters provide a new perspective on Deleuze's work as he responds to students' questions. his volume also offers a set of unpublished or hard-to-find texts, including some essays from Deleuze's youth, a few unusual drawings, and a long interview from 1973 on Anti-Oedipus with Guattari.

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MIT Press

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1635901278

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To Live and Think Like Pigs

The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

By: Gilles Chatelet

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The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

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The Navier-Stokes Problem in the 21st Century

By: Pierre Gilles Lemarie-Rieusset

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The Navier-Stokes Problem in the 21st Century

By: Pierre Gilles Lemarie-Rieusset

Up-to-Date Coverage of the Navier–Stokes Equation from an Expert in Harmonic Analysis The complete resolution of the Navier–Stokes equation—one of the Clay Millennium Prize Problems—remains an important open challenge in partial differential equations (PDEs) research despite substantial studies on turbulence and three-dimensional fluids. The Navier–Stokes Problem in the 21st Century provides a self-contained guide to the role of harmonic analysis in the PDEs of fluid mechanics. The book focuses on incompressible deterministic Navier–Stokes equations in the case of a fluid filling the whole space. It explores the meaning of the equations, open problems, and recent progress. It includes classical results on local existence and studies criterion for regularity or uniqueness of solutions. The book also incorporates historical references to the (pre)history of the equations as well as recent references that highlight active mathematical research in the field.

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1315362732

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The Fold

By: Gilles Deleuze

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The Fold

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Foucault

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Foucault

By: Gilles Deleuze

Examines the philosophical foundations of Foucault's writings and discusses his views on knowledge, punishment, power, and subjectivation

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Anti-Oedipus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By: Gilles Deleuze,Felix Guattari

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Anti-Oedipus

Capitalism and Schizophrenia

By: Gilles Deleuze,Felix Guattari

An "introduction to the nonfascist life" (Michel Foucault, from the Preface) When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and "a work of heretical madness" by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media, and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person's unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What's more, those who suffer from mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society. More than twenty-five years after its original publication, Anti-Oedipus still stands as a controversial contribution to a much-needed dialogue on the nature of free thinking.

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Penguin

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0143105825

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9780143105824

Priceless Markets

The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870

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

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Priceless Markets

The Political Economy of Credit in Paris, 1660-1870

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

This pathbreaking book shows how credit markets functioned in Paris, through the agency of notaries, during a critical period of French history. Its authors challenge the usual assumption that organized financial markets—and hence the opportunity for economic growth—did not emerge outside of England and the Netherlands until the nineteenth century. Drawing on innovative research, the authors show that as early as the Old Regime, financial intermediaries in France were mobilizing a great tide of capital and arranging thousands of loans between borrowers and lenders. The implications for historians and economists are substantial. The role of notaries operating in Paris that Priceless Markets uncovers has never before been recognized. In the wake of this pathbreaking new study, historians will also have to rethink the origins of the French Revolution. As the authors show, the crisis of 1787-88 did not simply ignite revolt; it was intimately bound up in an economic struggle that reached far back into the eighteenth century, and continued well into the 1800s.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226348016

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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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Princeton University Press

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0691185050

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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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0231530668

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Foucault

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Foucault

By: Gilles Deleuze

Giles 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. In Foucault, Deleuze presents one of the most incisive and productive analyses of the work of Michel Foucault. This is a crucial examination of the philosophical foundations and principal themes of Foucault's work, providing a rigorous engagement with Foucault's views on knowledge, punishment, power, and the nature of subjectivity. Translated by Seßn Hand. >

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0826490786

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Under the Channel

By: Gilles Pétel

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Under the Channel

By: Gilles Pétel

An inter-city tale of changing identities that makes for no ordinary crime novel. 'Gilles Pétel unfurls the twists and turns of his deceptively simple tale with unwavering mastery' Livres Hebdo When the body of a Scotsman turns up on board a Channel Tunnel train at the Gare du Nord, Parisian detective Roland Desfeuillères finds himself in charge of a murder investigation. Roland decides to travel to London -and not just in order to progress the inquiry. It's also a chance to escape his troubled marriage. Arriving in a city gripped by the financial crisis, Roland immerses himself in the victim's hedonistic lifestyle, as he searches for the motive behind the crime. But the longer he walks in the dead man's shoes, the more Roland discovers about himself...

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Gallic Books

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190831382X

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Empiricism and Subjectivity

An Essay on Hume's Theory of Human Nature

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Empiricism and Subjectivity

An Essay on Hume's Theory of Human Nature

By: Gilles Deleuze

This title anticipates and explains the post-structuralist turn to empiricism. Presenting a reading of David Hume's philosophy, the work assists in understanding the progress of Deleuze's thought.

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Columbia University Press

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0231068131

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The Battle of Wagram

By: Gilles Lapouge

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The Battle of Wagram

By: Gilles Lapouge

A fascinating historical novel, ...Lapouge is clearly a passionate historian. --The Times

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Vintage

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0099657805

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To Live and Think Like Pigs

The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

By: Gilles Châtelet

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To Live and Think Like Pigs

The Incitement of Envy and Boredom in Market Democracies

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A startlingly prescient treatise on the cybernetic automation of society and a burlesque satire of its middle-class celebrants.An uproarious portrait of the evils of the market and a technical manual for its innermost ideological workings, this is the story of how the perverted legacy of liberalism sought to knead Marx's “free peasant” into a statistical “average man”—pliant raw material for the sausage-machine of postmodernity.Combining the incandescent wrath of the betrayed comrade with the acute discrimination of the mathematician-physicist, Châtelet scrutinizes the pseudoscientific alibis employed to naturalize “market democracy” and the “triple alliance” between politics, economics, and cybernetics.A bestseller in France on its publication in 1998, this book remains crucial reading for any future politics that wants to replace individualism with individuation and libertarianism with liberation, this new translation constitutes a major contribution to contemporary debate on neoliberalism, economics, and capitalist subjectivation.

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Letters and Other Texts

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Letters and Other Texts

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Dialogues II

By: Gilles Deleuze,Claire Parnet

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Dialogues II

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Negotiations, 1972-1990

By: Gilles Deleuze

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Les animaux malades du consensus

By: Gilles Châtelet

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Les animaux malades du consensus

By: Gilles Châtelet

En 1998 paraissait un essai singulier et prophétique, au titre sans appel: Vivre et penser comme des porcs. Celui-ci connut alors un retentissement considérable. L'année suivante, son auteur, Gilles Châtelet, se donnait la mort. L'un des premiers, le mathématicien et philosophe qu'il était avait su analyser avec rigueur le processus de domestication généralisée imposé par ce qu'il était alors convenu de nommer le " nouvel ordre mondial ". Ordre de la " démocratie-marché", qu'il qualifiait de "cyber mercantile" et contre lequel il appelait à la constitution d'un front du refus. Vivre et penser comme des porcs avait été précédé de nombreuses interventions, conférences et articles inédits ou devenus introuvables, sans lesquels il n'eût pas été possible. Nous les réunissons ici sous le titre de l'un d'entre eux: " Les Animaux malades du consensus". Il en résulte un recueil flamboyant, qui frappe par la pertinence et l'actualité de ses analyses.

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Nouvelles Editions Lignes

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2355260400

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