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Corsican Death

By: Marc Olden

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DIV With a handful of agents, Bolt takes on the crown prince of European smuggling Two French businessmen come to the United States to arrange an export deal. Normally the federal government would have no interest, but these Frenchmen are Corsican, and their product is the finest heroin in the world. For months the crime syndicate overseen by Count Napoleon Bonaparte Lonzu has stockpiled its smack, creating a worldwide shortage and sending demand through the roof. Now it is time to open the floodgates, and dump a colossal shipment of white heroin onto the United States. But the deal goes sour from the very start. Lanzu’s lieutenants run into John Bolt, a narcotics agent who makes the toughest Corsicans wilt. He only has a handful of operatives in his critically underfunded anti-drug detail, but Bolt will crack the Corsican syndicate if he has to cross the Atlantic to do it. Count Lanzu may have an army, but next to a determined American cop, every Napoleon looks small. /div

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The Beauty Kill

By: Marc Olden

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The Beauty Kill

By: Marc Olden

DIVOn the verge of death from two gunshot wounds, Bolt vows revenge They call him Black Beauty, because he is the most gorgeous thief the drug world has ever seen. Where some are content to make a living ripping off dime-bag hustlers, Black Beauty steals from big-time dealers, taking profits from international cartels to keep himself rich, well-dressed, and smiling. His latest score netted him $850,000, along with the twenty-two kilos of cocaine the money was intended to buy. To get it he killed four men, and left one narcotics agent to bleed to death in a parking lot. Before long, Black Beauty will wish he finished the job. John Bolt is too tough to let a pretty boy kill him. As soon as he’s strong enough to lift a .45, he’s coming after Black Beauty—even if he has to take vengeance from a wheelchair. /div

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1453260749

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Hate

The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and what it Means for Us)

By: Marc Weitzmann

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The Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism in France (and what it Means for Us)

By: Marc Weitzmann

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Finalist for the American Library in Paris Book Award From an award-winning journalist, a provocative, deeply reported exposé of the history and present crisis of anti-Semitism in France--and its dire message for the rest of the world.

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HarperOne

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0544649648

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Vanguardia

Socially engaged art and theory

By: Marc James Léger

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Vanguardia

Socially engaged art and theory

By: Marc James Léger

The avant garde is dead, or so the story goes for many leftists and capitalists alike. But in an era of neoliberal austerity, neocolonial militarism and ecological crisis, this postmodern view seems increasingly outmoded. Rejecting ‘end of ideology’ post-politics, Vanguardia delves into the changing praxis of socially engaged art and theory in the age of the Capitalocene. Covering the major events of the last decade, from anti-globalisation protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Maple Spring, Strike Debt and the Anthropocene, to the Black Lives Matter and MeToo campaigns, Vanguardia puts forward a radical leftist commitment to the revolutionary consciousness of avant-garde art and politics.

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Manchester University Press

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152613490X

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A Theory of Minimalism

By: Marc Botha

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A Theory of Minimalism

By: Marc Botha

The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history. Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism's influence was immediate, pervasive and lasting, significantly changing the way we hear music, see art and read literature. In The Theory of Minimalism, Marc Botha offers the first general theory of minimalism, equally applicable to literature, the visual arts and music. He argues that minimalism establishes an aesthetic paradigm for rethinking realism in genuinely radical terms. In dialogue with thinkers from both the analytic and continental traditions – including Kant, Danto, Agamben, Badiou and Meillassoux – Botha develops a constellation of concepts which together encapsulate the transhistorcial and transdisciplinary reach of minimalism. Illustrated by a range of historical, canonical and contemporary minimalist works of different media, from the caves of early Christian ascetics to Samuel Beckett's late prose, Botha offers a bold and provocative argument which will equip readers with the tools to engage critically with past, present and future minimalism, and to recognize how, in a culture caught between the poles of excess and austerity, minimalism still matters.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472526546

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The Cars of American Motors

An Illustrated History

By: Marc Cranswick

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The Cars of American Motors

An Illustrated History

By: Marc Cranswick

Though American Motors never approached the size of Detroit's Big Three, it produced a long series of successful cars that were distinctive, often innovative and in many cases influential. This history examines AMC's cars from the company's formation in 1954 through its absorption by Chrysler in 1987. The Gremlin, Pacer and Eagle vehicles are examined in detail, as are the AMC custom cars of George Barris and Carl Green. The text details AMC's 1980s involvement with the French firm Renault and the design legacy of that joint venture, which includes the Hummer. The evolution of Jeep is covered from the 1960s through the 2000s. Features include some 225 photographs; a listing of AMC / Rambler clubs, organizations and business entities, with contact details; tables of detailed specifications and performance data; data on technical devices, trim packages and all model variations; a comprehensive account of AMC / Rambler appearances in film, television and cartoons.

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McFarland

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0786485701

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Voluntary Servitude and the Erotics of Friendship

From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern France

By: Marc D. Schachter

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Voluntary Servitude and the Erotics of Friendship

From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern France

By: Marc D. Schachter

Focusing primarily on three early modern French authors, this book explores the erotics and politics of "voluntary servitude" in classical antiquity and the early modern period. These authors-Étienne de La Boétie, Michel de Montaigne, and Marie de Gournay-pursue related inquiries into voluntary servitude and self-control in marriage, friendship, pederasty and politics. Marc Schachter shows how Montaigne's intimate textual relationship with La Boétie provides him the opportunity to honor his beloved friend while transforming many of his ideas. Similarly, Marie de Gournay's editorial voluntary servitude to Montaigne provides her the occasion to authorize her own practice as a woman author and to engage critically with Montaigne's ideas even as she celebrates her friendship with him. Schachter's analyses are pursued particularly through the lens of Michel Foucualt's concept of governmentality which, like voluntary servitude, operates on three interrelated scales: self-control, control in interpersonal relationships, and political control. Schachter argues that thinking about the function of voluntary servitude through the lens of governmentality leads to a more nuanced understanding both of Foucault's late work and of the transformational possibilities offered by friendship and voluntary servitude in early modern France.

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Structure of Antigens

By: Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel

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Structure of Antigens

By: Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel

Structure of Antigens discusses a variety of topics dealing with the structural basis of antigenicity. Topics include the analytical methods used to elucidate the structure of antigens, the structure of antibodies, the principles underlying modern immunoassays and the measurement of antibody binding affinity, and physicochemical principles and methodological aspects. The book also considers major groups of antigens distinguished by their functional activity and biological role (e.g., drugs, autoantigens, snake toxins, allergens) or by their association with particular biological systems (e.g., antigens of microorganisms). Structure of Antigens will provide a current, useful, reference for researchers and graduate students in all fields of biological science who need an overview of antigenic specificity. VOLUME II

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0849388678

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Divine Likeness

Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family

By: Marc Cardinal Ouellet

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Divine Likeness

Toward a Trinitarian Anthropology of the Family

By: Marc Cardinal Ouellet

Marked by growing freedom and equality, today's families are also dogged by brokenness and loss of faith. And while the theology of marriage has developed remarkably under the impetus of the Second Vatican Council and Pope John Paul II, the theology of the family remains in its infancy, only beginning to meet the challenges of contemporary society. In Divine Likeness Marc Cardinal Ouellet points the way to a much-needed theology of the family grounded in the doctrine of the Trinity. Cardinal Ouellet understands family life to be a sacrament of Trinitarian communion, a crucial source for revealing and inspiring a new sense of God's presence in the faith community. This book will help theologians, pastors, and believers to develop fruitfully the legacy of Pope John Paul II, carrying forward the quest to let the Trinity and the family illuminate each other for the good of today's world.

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Breaking the Frames

Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies

By: Marc Singer

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Breaking the Frames

Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies

By: Marc Singer

Comics studies has reached a crossroads. Graphic novels have never received more attention and legitimation from scholars, but new canons and new critical discourses have created tensions within a field built on the populist rhetoric of cultural studies. As a result, comics studies has begun to cleave into distinct camps—based primarily in cultural or literary studies—that attempt to dictate the boundaries of the discipline or else resist disciplinarity itself. The consequence is a growing disconnect in the ways that comics scholars talk to each other—or, more frequently, do not talk to each other or even acknowledge each other’s work. Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies surveys the current state of comics scholarship, interrogating its dominant schools, questioning their mutual estrangement, and challenging their propensity to champion the comics they study. Marc Singer advocates for greater disciplinary diversity and methodological rigor in comics studies, making the case for a field that can embrace more critical and oppositional perspectives. Working through extended readings of some of the most acclaimed comics creators—including Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, and Chris Ware—Singer demonstrates how comics studies can break out of the celebratory frameworks and restrictive canons that currently define the field to produce new scholarship that expands our understanding of comics and their critics.

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University of Texas Press

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1477317104

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14 Days In July

By: Carl Baker,Marc Heberden

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14 Days In July

By: Carl Baker,Marc Heberden

1 July 1789, Paris, two weeks before the Revolution. France is undergoing a political upheaval unlike anything it has known before. Louis XVI is using savage mercenary forces and food blockages to bring the people to heel. The country is a powder keg, and Paris is the fuse. In the midst of the bloody chaos, shadowy people--including the sinister and brutal chief of the Paris police--discover that a young Parisian laundress, Michaele Duvallier, is in possession of the proof of a deadly, ancient secret that could shake France's monarchy to its core. September 1654, Burgundy, 135 years before the Revolution. A good-natured young man, an orphan, is mysteriously imprisoned with grotesque instructions to conceal his identity in such as way as to ensure he is to be forgotten for all time"--Amazon.com.

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Lulu.com

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069253203X

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Parties, Elections and Electoral Contests

Competition and Contamination Effects

By: Marc Guinjoan

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Parties, Elections and Electoral Contests

Competition and Contamination Effects

By: Marc Guinjoan

According to the Duvergerian theories, in the long run, only viable parties are expected to stand for elections. Non-viable parties should join a pre-electoral coalition with another party or withdraw from competition entirely. Why then do non-viable political parties throughout the world systematically continue presenting candidates? This book responds to this evident but unanswered question to create a general theory about deviations from the Duvergerian equilibrium. The author argues that, far from being just a random or irrational decision, the choice of political parties to present candidates when they do not expect to achieve representation can be explained by the overlap of electoral arenas, that generate opportunities for viable parties to present candidates where they are non-viable. In sum, political parties will take advantage of their viability in an arena to present candidacies in other arenas where they do not have chances to become viable. The building of this new theory on electoral contamination allows the construction of a new and more encompassing conceptual framework through which to make sense of what, until now, has been understood as disparate phenomena and contributes to a better understanding of political parties’ strategic behaviour.

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1317083709

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The best agent of Her Majesty

- The disintegration: Euro

By: Marc Lin

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The best agent of Her Majesty

- The disintegration: Euro

By: Marc Lin

With the theft of a deadly virus from one of the largest chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland, a fast-paced race against time begins. The blackmailers threaten to release the virus and thus seal the end of mankind. Clearly a case for Her Majesty's best agent, the Queen of England. This political thriller is suspenseful to the last word, the ending impossible to predict. In this story, truths are revealed that both media and politicians have been doing their best to cover up, deny and gloss over for years. This agent novel is confident, brisk and realistic. An unprecedented scenario that escalates into an unpredictable confusion as the story unfolds. The fronts remain opaque until the end of the story. Thrilling to the last word!

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epubli

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3756504867

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The Reconquest Of Montreal

Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City

By: Marc Levine

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The Reconquest Of Montreal

Language Policy and Social Change in a Bilingual City

By: Marc Levine

An examination of the nature of the linguistic transformation of Montreal and the role of public policy in promoting it.

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Temple University Press

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1439903808

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From Prognostics and Health Systems Management to Predictive Maintenance 2

Knowledge, Reliability and Decision

By: Brigitte Chebel-Morello,Jean-Marc Nicod,Christophe Varnier

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From Prognostics and Health Systems Management to Predictive Maintenance 2

Knowledge, Reliability and Decision

By: Brigitte Chebel-Morello,Jean-Marc Nicod,Christophe Varnier

This book is the second volume in a set of books dealing with the evolution of technology, IT and organizational approaches and what this means for industrial equipment. The authors address this increasing complexity in two parts, focusing specifically on the field of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM). Having tackled the PHM cycle in the first volume, the purpose of this book is to tackle the other phases of PHM, including the traceability of data, information and knowledge, and the ability to make decisions accordingly. The book concludes with a summary analysis and perspectives regarding this emerging domain, since without traceability, knowledge and decision, any prediction of the health state of a system cannot be exploited.

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1848219385

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Jesus as the Son of 1-2 Samuel’s David

An Intertextual Reading of the Gospel of Matthew

By: Marc Grønbech-Dam

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Jesus as the Son of 1-2 Samuel’s David

An Intertextual Reading of the Gospel of Matthew

By: Marc Grønbech-Dam

Although the Gospel of Matthew emphasizes Jesus as the son of David, no one has systematically investigated how 1-2 Samuel influence Matthew's portrayal of Jesus as the son of David. This work addresses that lacuna and shows how the sustained use of 1-2 Samuel in Matthew evokes the themes of mercy and righteousness as the hallmarks of a proper Davidic shepherd. The book's systematic intertextual and narrative approach offers another way to understand Matthew’s Christology and portrayal of the kingdom of heaven. It helps the reader appreciate the justice-focused nature of Jesus’ rule and its religious and political implications.

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BRILL

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9004693904

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The Quest for Unity

The Adventure of Physics

By: Étienne Klein,Marc Lachièze-Rey

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The Quest for Unity

The Adventure of Physics

By: Étienne Klein,Marc Lachièze-Rey

Contains revelations on how the quest for unity has driven all the great breakthroughs in science and shows how the Greeks searched for the fundamental element in all things.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019512085X

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A Mirror for History

How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

By: Marc Egnal

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A Mirror for History

How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

By: Marc Egnal

In this book, Marc Egnal argues that the arc of middle-class culture reflects the evolution of the economy from the near-subsistence agriculture of the 1750s to the extraordinarily unequal society of the twenty-first century. By using literature and art to explain the shifts in values over this lengthy span and highlighting class conflict within the American economy over time, Egnal offers particularly unique insights into the development of middle-class America. By delving into a myriad of fictional characters and their complex worlds, Egnal sheds light on an array of issues including the shifting roles of women in society, the resulting changes in masculinity, waning religious beliefs through the centuries, and a broad exploration of African American characters"--

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1621909042

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Henri Labrouste

Structure Brought to Light

By: Henri Labrouste,Corinne Bélier,Barry Bergdoll,Marc Le Cœur,Martin Bressani

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Henri Labrouste

Structure Brought to Light

By: Henri Labrouste,Corinne Bélier,Barry Bergdoll,Marc Le Cœur,Martin Bressani

Henri Labrouste is one of the few nineteenth-century architects consistently lionized as a precursor of modern architecture throughout the twentieth century and into our own time. The two magisterial glass-and-iron reading rooms he built in Paris gave form to the idea of the modern library as a collective civic space. His influence was both immediate and long-lasting, not only on the development of the modern library but also on the exploration of new paradigms of space, materials and luminosity in places of great public assembly. Published to accompany the first exhibition devoted to Labrouste in the United States--and the first anywhere in the world in nearly 40 years--this publication presents nearly 225 works in all media, including drawings, watercolors, vintage and modern photographs, film stills and architectural models. Essays by a range of international architecture scholars explore Labrouste's work and legacy through a variety of approaches.

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The Museum of Modern Art

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0870708392

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Project Management Guide

By: Marc Ducros,Gabriel Fernet

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Project Management Guide

By: Marc Ducros,Gabriel Fernet

The purpose of this book is to provide some understanding and guidelines on the way medium sized and large Projects in an international environment can be initiated and managed. Its content is based on the collective experience of the authors obtained during the last forty years with an International Oil & Gas Company, with the rest spent with engineering and construction contractors.

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Editions TECHNIP

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2710809524

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Differential Geometry Applied To Dynamical Systems (With Cd-rom)

By: Jean-marc Ginoux

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Differential Geometry Applied To Dynamical Systems (With Cd-rom)

By: Jean-marc Ginoux

This book aims to present a new approach called Flow Curvature Method that applies Differential Geometry to Dynamical Systems. Hence, for a trajectory curve, an integral of any n-dimensional dynamical system as a curve in Euclidean n-space, the curvature of the trajectory — or the flow — may be analytically computed. Then, the location of the points where the curvature of the flow vanishes defines a manifold called flow curvature manifold. Such a manifold being defined from the time derivatives of the velocity vector field, contains information about the dynamics of the system, hence identifying the main features of the system such as fixed points and their stability, local bifurcations of codimension one, center manifold equation, normal forms, linear invariant manifolds (straight lines, planes, hyperplanes).In the case of singularly perturbed systems or slow-fast dynamical systems, the flow curvature manifold directly provides the slow invariant manifold analytical equation associated with such systems. Also, starting from the flow curvature manifold, it will be demonstrated how to find again the corresponding dynamical system, thus solving the inverse problem.

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World Scientific

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9814467634

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Eros and Ethics

Reading Jacques Lacan's Seminar VII

By: Marc De Kesel

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Eros and Ethics

Reading Jacques Lacan's Seminar VII

By: Marc De Kesel

In Eros and Ethics, Marc De Kesel patiently exposes the lines of thought underlying Jacques Lacan's often complex and cryptic reasoning regarding ethics and morality in his seventh seminar, The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (1959–1960). In this seminar, Lacan arrives at a rather perplexing conclusion: that which, over the ages, has been supposed to be "the supreme good" is in fact nothing but "radical evil"; therefore, the ultimate goal of human desire is not happiness and self-realization, but destruction and death. And yet, Lacan hastens to add, the morality based on this conclusion is far from being melancholic or tragic. Rather, it results in an encouraging ethics that for the first time in history gives full moral weight to the erotic. De Kesel's close reading uncovers the real scope of Lacan's criticism regarding the moralizing ethics of our time, and is one of the rare books that gives the reader full access to the letter of the Lacanian text.

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State University of New York Press

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1438426348

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Black London

The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century

By: Marc Matera

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Black London

The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century

By: Marc Matera

This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London’s rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving together the stories of many famous historical figures and presenting their quests for personal, professional, and political recognition against the backdrop of a declining British Empire. A groundbreaking work of intellectual history, Black London will appeal to scholars and students in a variety of areas, including postcolonial history, the history of the African diaspora, urban studies, cultural studies, British studies, world history, black studies, and feminist studies.

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University of California Press

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0520284305

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For Boys Only

The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever

By: Marc Aronson,H.P. Newquist

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For Boys Only

The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever

By: Marc Aronson,H.P. Newquist

Hey, Boys! Want to have some fun? Maybe learn how to land an airplane in an emergency? Or fight off an alligator? Escape from being tied up? How about taking a ride on one of America's scariest roller coasters? Learn how to make fake blood or turn a real bone into a pretzel. What if you could find out how to identify some of the world's most horrifying creatures? Or learn the secret of making a blockbuster movie? What about guessing the top 11 greatest moments in sports history? Find buried treasure? And once you've found the treasure, find out just how much it would cost you to buy one of the world's most expensive cars. You'll find all this—and much more—over 250 pages of the biggest, baddest, and best information on just about everything. Plus we've placed a special, mind-bending, solve-the-code puzzle on random pages throughout the book that will lead you to a really cool solution! Now, that's fun!

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Feiwel & Friends

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1429937033

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9781429937030

Levinas and the Greek Heritage

By: Jean-Marc Narbonne

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Levinas and the Greek Heritage

By: Jean-Marc Narbonne

Levinas and the Greek Heritage shows that throughout his career, Emmanuel Levinas always admired and recognized his profound debt to Plato and to the philosophical tradition he initiated, which have been largely transmitted to us by the Neoplatonists, most notably Plotinus and Proclus. How can we read Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence in any other way than as some sort of Neoplatonic programme, prolonging Plato's Good "beyond being" of the republic VI, 509b, in the direction of the "other man," the one which in his "nudity" and "fragility," opens for us the horizon of a new humanism? There are many ways by which one can attempt to go over and above Being, not only a Greek way (primordially metaphysical), but also a Biblical way (mainly ethical). One of the interests of Levinas' philosophy is to show us the hidden community - and perhaps unavoidable interdependency - of these two approaches. One Hundred Years of Neoplatonism in France shows that during the Twentieth century a retrieval of Neoplatonism is a powerful hidden feature of French philosophy and theology, of spiritual and institutional life. Beginning with Henri Bergson, it passes by way of figures like Maurice Blondel, A.J. Festugire, Henri de Lubac, Jean Trouillard, Henry Dumry, and culminates with Michel Henry, Pierre Hadot, and Jean-Luc Marion. The book examines the particular character Neoplatonism takes in this retrieval, and traces connections between leading figures within the French and Anglophone worlds.

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Peeters Publishers

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9042917660

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Legitimacy and Politics

A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility

By: Jean-Marc Coicaud

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Legitimacy and Politics

A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility

By: Jean-Marc Coicaud

For the past few years, the increase in cases of political corruption, the loss of politicians credibility, the development of social and political forms of pathology (notably the rise of the extreme right along with exclusionist ideologies), and the role of the State have been at the center of political debates. In one way or another, these problems raise the question of the legitimacy of the established powers. The result is that legitimacy, a key notion of political thought in general, has today become a burning issue. Coicaud examines all these issues and proffers insightful answers to questions such as the connections between morality and politics, how rulers acquire or lose the right to govern, and how one can become the advocate of a theory of political justice that, while establishing limits, respects and even ensures the promotion of plurality within societies.

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0521787823

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Diseases of the Breast

By: Jay R. Harris,Marc E. Lippman,C. Kent Osborne,Monica Morrow

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Diseases of the Breast

By: Jay R. Harris,Marc E. Lippman,C. Kent Osborne,Monica Morrow

Completely revised and updated, and now in full color throughout, the Fourth Edition of this definitive reference is a must for all clinicians who treat breast diseases. Leading experts summarize the current knowledge of breast diseases, including their clinical features, management, underlying biologies, and epidemiologies. In addition to complete coverage of malignant breast diseases, benign diseases are discussed in relation to subsequent breast cancer development. The book reviews all major clinical trials and summarizes the information they provide on early detection and management of breast cancer. Close attention is also given to the increasing importance of molecular biology and genetics in this field. This edition features more than thirty new contributors, fourteen new or completely rewritten chapters, and more clinically oriented chapters. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank. Also included with this edition is the Anatomical Chart Company's Breast Anatomy and Disorders Pocket Guide. This durable, portable folding pocket guide provides a visual and textual overview of breast anatomy, disorders, and breast self-examination. With a write-on, wipe-off laminated surface, this guide is perfect for the on-the-go practitioner to show patients, caregivers, and families.

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Brave New Avant Garde

Essays on Contemporary Art and Politics

By: Marc James Leger

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Brave New Avant Garde

Essays on Contemporary Art and Politics

By: Marc James Leger

Brave New Avant Garde is a collection of essays that ask the questions: what is an adequate model of contemporary avant garde practice and what are its theoretical premises? With this it asks the related question, echoing Alain Badiou: must the avant garde hypothesis be abandoned? Brave New Avant Garde stands in opposition to postmodern post-politics and the view that radical practice has no other future than its reduction to the workings of the free market in the form of the "simple process of cultural production" or to variations on the cultural politics of representation. Today's avant garde, formed in the wake of the end of the Soviet Union and the rise of the anti-globalization movement, represents a counter-power that rejects the inevitability of capitalist integration. The way out for artists in today's world of creative industries is defined in these pages as a psychoanalytically informed sinthomeopathic practice, a critical identification with prevailing conditions of production that avoids the surplus enjoyment of the ideology of postmodern pluralism. ,

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1780990510

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Class Struggle and Identity Politics

A Guide

By: Marc James Léger

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Class Struggle and Identity Politics

A Guide

By: Marc James Léger

Contemporary bipartisan politics undermines socialist solidarity by ignoring class issues and pitting advocates of social justice against ethno-national chauvinists. This guide to the recent wave of "woke" culture wars provides a radical class analysis and critique of the most popular academic trends around diversity and inclusion: radical democracy, intersectionality, privilege theory, critical race theory and decoloniality. The book further explains the complexity of today’s cultural conflicts by examining how these issues are viewed across the political spectrum, including populist and postmodern perspectives. Exploring historical, cultural, political and economic developments since the postwar era, this follow- up to Identity Trumps Socialism provides the reader with everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about the campus wars that have gone mainstream.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040035817

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Four Streets and a Square: A History of Manhattan and the New York Idea

By: Marc Aronson

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Four Streets and a Square: A History of Manhattan and the New York Idea

By: Marc Aronson

From a Sibert Medalist comes the epic story of Manhattan—a magical, maddening island “for all” and a microcosm of America. A veteran nonfiction storyteller dives deep into the four-hundred-year history of Manhattan to map the island’s unexpected intersections. Focusing on the evolution of four streets and a square (Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, and Union Square) Marc Aronson explores how new ideas and forms of art evolved from social blending. Centuries of conflict—among original Americans and Europeans, slavers and the enslaved, rich and poor, immigrants and native-born—produced segregation, oppression, and violence, but also new ways of speaking, singing, and being American. From the Harlem Renaissance to Hammerstein, from gay pride in the Village to political clashes at Tammany Hall, this clear-eyed pageant of the island’s joys and struggles—enhanced with photos and drawings, multimedia links to music and film, and an extensive bibliography and source notes—is, above all, a love song to Manhattan’s triumphs.

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Candlewick Press

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1536205931

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Everyone Dies Young

Time Without Age

By: Marc Augé

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Everyone Dies Young

Time Without Age

By: Marc Augé

We are awash in time, savoring a few moments of it; we project ourselves into it, reinvent it, play with it; we take our time or let it slip away: it is the raw material of our imagination. Age, on the other hand, is the detailed account of the days that pass, the one-way view of the years whose total sum when set forth can stupefy us. Age wedges each of us between a date of birth that, at least in the West, we know for certain and an expiration date that, as a general rule, we would like to defer. Time is a freedom, age a constraint." Marc Augé remembers his beloved childhood cat, who seemed to grow wise with age, though her essential nature remained unchanged. He considers our belief that objects mature, when it is our perception of them that evolves over time. He wonders why public demonstrations of affection between the elderly make the young so uncomfortable and why we torture ourselves with regret at what might have been. Time can be liberating, he finds; it is a resource we can squander or relish. Yet age is a burden, bound by our personal and cultural neuroses. With an ethnologist's understanding of construct and practice, Augé isolates age from the development of consciousness, desire, and representations of the self. In bold, eye-opening strokes, he casts age as a physical marker and treats one's youthful approach to the world as the true measure of life's value.

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Columbia University Press

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0231541597

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Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque

Religious Identity in Southwest Germany, 1550–1750

By: Marc R. Forster

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Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque

Religious Identity in Southwest Germany, 1550–1750

By: Marc R. Forster

This book is a study of Catholic reform, popular Catholicism and the development of confessional identity in southwest Germany. Based on extensive archival study, it argues that Catholic confessional identity developed primarily from the identification of villagers and townspeople with the practices of Baroque Catholicism - particularly pilgrimages, processions, confraternities and the Mass. Thus the book is in part a critique of the confessionalization thesis which dominates scholarship in this field. The book is not however focused narrowly on the concerns of German historians. An analysis of popular religious practice and of the relationship between parishioners and the clergy in villages and small towns allows for a broader understanding of popular Catholicism, especially in the period after 1650. Local Baroque Catholicism was ultimately a successful convergence of popular and elite, lay and clerical elements, which led to an increasingly elaborate religious style.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139431803

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Bernie Bros Gone Woke

Class, Identity, Neoliberalism

By: Marc James Léger

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Bernie Bros Gone Woke

Class, Identity, Neoliberalism

By: Marc James Léger

Through the critique of progressive neoliberalism and postmodern post-politics, Bernie Bros Gone Woke reveals how intersectional politics contributed to the failure of the 2020 Sanders campaign.

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9004508422

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A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC

By: Marc Van De Mieroop

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A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC

By: Marc Van De Mieroop

Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition of A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BC presents a comprehensive overview of the multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. Integrates the most up-to-date research, and includes a richer selection of supplementary materials Addresses the wide variety of political, social, and cultural developments in the ancient Near East Updated features include new “Key Debate” boxes at the end of each chapter to engage students with various perspectives on a range of critical issues; a comprehensive timeline of events; and 46 new illustrations, including 12 color photos Features a new chapter addressing governance and continuity in the region during the Persian Empire Offers in-depth, accessible discussions of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118718178

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Oath of Office

By: Marc Cameron

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Oath of Office

By: Marc Cameron

President. Jack Ryan confronts unrest in Iran, a deadly strain of flu in the U.S., an unethical senator, and hijacked Russian missiles.

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0735215952

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Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine

The United States, France, and Japan

By: Marc A. Rodwin

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Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine

The United States, France, and Japan

By: Marc A. Rodwin

In this book, Marc Rodwin examines the development of conflicts of interest in the health care systems of the US, France, and Japan. He shows that national differences in the organization of medical practice and the interplay of organized medicine, the market, and the state give rise to variations in the type and prevalence of such conflicts, and then analyzes the strategies that each nation employs to cope with them. Drawing on the experiences of these three nations, Conflicts of Interest and the Future of Medicine demonstrates that we can mitigate these problems with carefully planned reform and regulation.

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0199330433

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