Alain: 2045 books

Une réflexion passionnante sur le rôle de la messe, que l'on soit croyant ou non. Une messe ? Qu'est-ce que j'y ferais ? Ce titre interpelle et pose une question à laquelle il n'est pas évident d'apporter une réponse. Si les fidèles assistent à la messe régulièrement, les autres –...

Canadians often imagine their country as a multicultural democracy, while a few go further to claim that the country's diversity can be characterized as multinational in its social and institutional make-up. In Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino reveal how this...

There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions...

Throughout the world, liberal-democracies are grappling with increasing claims made in the name of minority national, socio-cultural and ethno-cultural identities that seek greater recognition in the institutions of the nation-state. This work inserts itself into debates centred on diversity through...

Dissecting how facile accusations of “anti-Semitism” are used to stifle dissent Since the inception of the “War on Terror,” Israel has become increasingly important to Western imperial strategy and ever more aggressive in its policies towards the Palestinians. A key ideological weapon...

The Incident at Antioch is a key play marking Alain Badiou's transition from classical Marxism to a "politics of subtraction" far removed from party and state. Written with striking eloquence and extraordinary poetic richness, and shifting from highly serious emotional and intellectual drama...

English-speaking readers might be surprised to learn that Alain Badiou writes fiction and plays along with his philosophical works and that they are just as important to understanding his larger intellectual project. In Ahmed the Philosopher, Badiou's most entertaining and accessible play, translated...

Pocket Pantheon is an invitation to engage with the greats of postwar Western thought, such as Lacan, Sartre and Foucault, in the company of one of today’s leading political and philosophical minds. Alain Badiou draws on his encounters with this pantheon—his teachers, opponents and allies—to...

The idea that human races exist is a socially constructed myth that has no grounding in science. Regardless of skin, hair, or eye color, stature or physiognomy, we are all of one race. Nonetheless, scientists, social scientists, and pseudoscientists have, for three centuries, tried vainly to prove...

Alain de Botton behandelt alledaagse zorgen en vragen - hoe kunnen we laten zien dat we verdriet hebben? Hoe kunnen we romantische gevoelens uitdrukken? De Bottons advies en observaties zijn als altijd gebaseerd op het werk van grote schrijvers, kunstenaars en denkers uit de wereldgeschiedenis. Ode...

Offshore reveals how the vast network of unregulated financial centers-from Luxemburg to the Cayman islands to the tiny Pacific haven of Nauru- amount to a nether realm of drug and arms trade profits, enormous private accounts, and multinational corporate financial holdings. Delving into the scandals,...

In this unique book, Alain Guilloux uses four major elements of governance - namely norms, actors, processes, and outcomes - to examine Taiwan’s national governance as well as its participation in global governance in relation to humanitarian aid. Including case studies on Taiwan’s application...

Dans ces entretiens inédits, entre analyses et anecdotes, les frères Duhamel livrent leurs regards croisés sur 40 ans de relations tumultueuses entre médias et politique. Y a-t-il, en France, meilleurs connaisseurs des arcanes du monde politique et de l'univers des médias ? Alain et Patrice...

Entre pouvoir et indépendance Comme son modèle américain, la first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Valérie Trierweiler revendique fièrement son indépendance. Une indépendance professionnelle, morale, financière et intellectuelle, conquise de haute lutte. Petite-fille de banquier mais...