Alain: 2045 books

Alain Badiou is arguably the most original and influential philosopher working in France today. Working against the tide of postmodern orthodoxy, Badiou revitalizes philosophy's perennial attempt to provide a systematic theory of truth. Theoretical Writings presents, in Badiou's own words,...

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. New questions are arising about capitalism and democracy, new social movements are challenging...

A provocative investigation of how law shapes everyday life In this groundbreaking work, French legal scholar Alain Supiot examines the relationship of society to legal discourse. He argues that the law is how justice is implmented in secular society, but it is not simply a technique...

Anyone who’s ever lost sleep over an unreturned phone call or the neighbor’s Lexus had better read Alain de Botton’s irresistibly clear-headed new book, immediately. For in its pages, a master explicator of our civilization and its discontents turns his attention to the insatiable quest for...

Shiva and Dionysus are the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, intoxication, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence who initiate us into communion with the creative forces of life. Revealing the earliest sources of the traditions of Shiva and Dionysus, Alain Danielou reconstructs the fabric of our...

« Nous avons besoin d’un État fort, telle est ma conviction. Pour garantir la liberté de ses citoyens, un État de droit se doit d’assurer la sécurité et de rendre la justice de manière efficace. Si notre État a de nombreux atouts, il a aussi des fragilités qui, j’en ai la conviction,...

La réforme de l’école porte toutes les réformes. C’est l’un des chantiers prioritaires. En s’appuyant sur son expérience (l’élève qu’il a été, son parcours scolaire d’excellence, la rencontre de professeurs, les fonctions électives qu’il exerce, ses années d’enseignant...

Contents A Piece of Bread By Francois Coppee The Elixir of Life By Honore De Balzac The Age For Love By Paul Bourget Mateo Falcone By Prosper Merimee The Mirror By Catulle Mendes My Nephew Joseph By Ludovic Halevy A Forest Betrothal By Erckmann-chatrian Zadig the Babylonian By Francois Marie...

Mathematics is playing an increasing important role in society and the sciences, enhancing our ability to use models and handle data. While pure mathematics is mostly interested in abstract structures, applied mathematics sits at the interface between this abstract world and the world in which we...

Have You Ever Wished Your Breasts Were Smaller?   If so, you probably already know the problems large breasts can cause—social embarrassment, back and neck pain, shoulder pain from bra straps cutting into your shoulders, and heat rashes under your breasts in the summer. Large, heavy...

What is the Nature of the social order that unquestionably produced one of the greatest and longest lasting civilizations known to humankind? Alain Daniélou, distinguished Orientalist, musicologist, and linguist, reveals the foundations of India's culture and the four aims of human life as they are...

21/10/16 04h Poèsie de l'intérieur vers l'extérieur. Ca me défoule de pouvoir écrire sans que personne puisse régir à ses écrits même si ils sont publics puisque existant. Une fenètre vers l'extérieur. Lettre à une inconnu sur internet. Nous faisons partie de la famille...

De Léopold Ier à Albert II, de l’arrivée d’un prince allemand aux efforts de notre roi actuel pour que la Belgique continue d’exister, cette première Histoire des Rois des Belges illustre les moments essentiels de leur règne.Ce livre raconte notamment la vie du grand bâtisseur que fut Léopold...

Daniélou's powerful rebuttal to the conventional view of India's history, which calls for a massive reevaluation of the history of humanity • Explores historical occurrences from each major time period starting with the first appearance of man 30,000 years ago • Couples the clarity...