Title : Does the Universe Exist? - Jean-François Gautier - book Summary : What is terrible about the "big bang" is the desire to repeat a beginning, to designate the source that repeats itself or locates itself at every moment. The sequence of events, ultimately, no longer has any importance, and no one can explain it. The initial tear, the eternal return of the One under the Multiple, the consummated passage from non-being to being, that is the object. But that is the world of the gods, or that of beliefs, not that of physics. It must be said clearly: the science of the Universe, with its false ceilings, is a metaphysics of puritans determined to freeze all experience of the world in a stable and total meaning. Put into practice, this ambition has a name: Terror, the divine terror of original and obligatory truths. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782742702503 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Familiar course in political philosophy - Pierre Manent - book Summary : How can we orient ourselves in the world? Political philosophy can best help us. Pierre Manent offers a reasoned picture of the world today that is, in itself, a reflection on the past century, on the wars and totalitarianisms that have occupied such a large part of it. On the threshold of the new century, democracy tends to detach itself not only from the accustomed national political framework, but even from any recognizable political form. Hearts are moved and minds obsessed by the imminent prospect of a pure democracy, freed from the old politics, and which would reign unchallenged according to the rules of law and the maxims of morality. The "great illusion" of our time is to see politics as the obstacle that prevents us from accessing real life. On the contrary, it is the political order that is the true human order. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782070767281 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Introduction to Microeconomics - Bernard Dupont - book Summary : See photos Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782200213435 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Political Condition - Marcel Gauchet - book Summary : There is nothing more difficult to think about than politics. Its obviousness deceives us. What exactly is its place in the functioning of our societies? In this regard, we live under an illusion that the Marxist prophecy of the withering away of the State has only brought to its ultimate consequences. Society is destined to be self-sufficient by shedding the shackles of politics. Marxism is dead as a revolutionary theory, but its prophecy is gaining ground in people's minds. Are we not told every day that in the age of globalization and the landless economy, nation-states have had their day and are doomed, if not to disappear, at least to marginalization? Postmodernity claims to be post-political. In opposition to this new common sense, this book argues for the idea that politics continues to be what it has always been: what holds societies together. It has been, simply, in very different ways and by very different means. These are the fundamental configurations that the studies gathered here explore, from the initial repression of politics by religion to its modern and ultra-modern transformations under the influence of the orientation toward the future and the dynamics of society and history. Measuring this diversity allows us to better appreciate the hidden role it fulfills today. The eclipse of politics is at the heart of the current disorientation of democracies. They will not emerge from it without freeing themselves from the chimera of its transcendence. What we need most to orient ourselves in the midst of this disarray is a renewed understanding of our political condition. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782070775767 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Love Story - Erich Segal - bilingual English French book Summary : See photos EAN: Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Interviews with Le Monde 1. Philosophies - Christian Delacampagne - book Summary : Just as the post-1968 era ushered in the era of communities and associations, the 1980s seem to have heralded a retreat into the individual. For some, this return to self, this rehabilitation of the ego, is not only the recognition of a failure—that of ideologies and collective practices—it is also that of the apology for differences. For others, on the contrary, the rise of individualism must be understood from the perspective of the ever-increasing complexity of the relationships between the individual and society in this period of crisis. This development, in any case, contributes to a reorientation and reformulation of the achievements of psychoanalysis, psychology, biology, and psychiatric therapies. The world's leading specialists in these diverse fields of knowledge take stock of their disciplines and inaugurate new directions. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 2707114553 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Anti-Operation Strategies - Arnaud Perrier, Raphaëlle Scacchi - book Summary : A takeover bid is a procedure for acquiring the shares of a listed company. The proliferation of "hostile" takeover bids (launched without the consent of management) has led many companies to implement anti-takeover strategies. Like any defense system, these strategies rely on a combination of measures adapted to the target company. This book first presents the regulatory framework for the different types of public offers (purchase, exchange, withdrawal, etc.). It then provides a comprehensive overview of anti-takeover strategies, striving to be precise about how each of them is handled and illustrating the argument with numerous examples taken from the largest groups. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782717828160 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Foundations of Mathematics - Michel Combès - book Summary : See photos Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Multiple Factorial Analysis - Xavier Bry - book Summary : Based on the principles of simple factor analysis, which allows for the global exploration of a data table, various techniques have been developed to identify the relationships between several tables describing the same entities, but from different points of view. These methods, described as multiple, ranging from regression to generalized canonical analysis, including discriminant analysis and PLS regression, are presented in this book from a unified perspective. Against the background of this common problem, the differences between the techniques presented take on a particular relief that allows for a better understanding of the motivations and the field of application of each. The presentation is made at two levels. The first, forming the body of the book, focuses on providing the interpretative keys to the functioning of each method, in a language combining statistics and geometry. Using more figures than formulas, this level is aimed at any potential user of the methods. The second level, composed of boxes, provides a simple and complete algebraic formulation of the mechanisms implemented. It is particularly intended for students in the second cycle of university or in grandes écoles. It can be completely omitted by any reader primarily concerned with applications. Various very simple examples are proposed to illustrate these techniques. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782717829969 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Wild - Thérèse Delpech - book Summary : Western countries have repeatedly believed they had warded off barbarism. First in 1945, after the victory over Nazism, and then in 1989, after the fall of Soviet communism, a new era seemed to be dawning. We know today that the contemporary world is still a world fraught with risks, given the power of the means of destruction and the radical nature of the ideologies. The Iranian nuclear saga, North Korean blackmail, the seriousness of the Taiwan issue, and Sino-Japanese hostility all show that international terrorism is far from being the only or main peril of the century. In 1905, too, people thought they could look to the future with optimism: less than ten years later, war broke out. Will we be more clear-sighted and more responsible than our ancestors? Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782012793156 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Wealth of the World, Poverty of Nations - Daniel Cohen - book Summary : Almost everything about the fears that attribute the crises experienced by rich countries to "globalization" is false. The transformations underway can indeed be observed in any profession or sector, whether or not they are in contact with the global economy." With this diagnosis, the author invites us to reinterpret the transformations of the contemporary world in the light of a new industrial revolution. It is to this and to the internal mutations of capitalism that we must attribute the responsibility for unemployment and contemporary inequalities, and not to trade with poor countries, offshoring and "unfair competition." It is not globalization that is the cause of the precariousness of the world of work but quite the opposite: our propensity to transform the nature of work provides globalization with the space to lodge itself and the means to develop its perverse effects. A reversal of perspective that requires us to rethink the means of combating crises. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782080814159 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Jean Cavaillès - Mathematical Philosophy - Hourya Sinaceur - book Summary : Jean Cavaillès is one of the greatest representatives of the French School of History and Philosophy of Science. His work, early and tragically interrupted, nevertheless reached a pinnacle of thought. It is also endowed with a magnetism that outweighs its difficulty. This essay approaches this work from its most disconcerting aspect: the arduous entanglement between mathematical or logical results in all their technical matrix and reflections anchored in the sources of philosophy. It patiently shows by what implicit detours the latter are grafted onto the former. Cavaillès had a remarkable understanding of what was new and significant in "modern" mathematics and wanted to inform the philosophical conception of rational thought. He overturned the field of epistemology, mainly occupied before him by idealist philosophies of consciousness. His philosophy of the concept is a philosophy without cogito , because thought is not an intuition or a form of reality, but itself a reality manifesting itself by the modes of production of its concepts. Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782130465508 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Imaginary of the Global Conspiracy - Aspects of a Modern Myth - Pierre-André Taguieff - book Summary : We live in an era where the imaginary of the global conspiracy seems to merge with the political imaginary as it has become globalized. It is not surprising to note that belief in conspiracy gives the illusion of explaining or being able to explain certain events that appear incomprehensible or unintelligible. This is its main function. This is the great "usefulness" of what is commonly called "conspiracy theory" : to respond to a demand. Believing in conspiracy means being able to give meaning to what seems devoid of it, and which is worrying. However, with the chaotic evolution linked to globalization, obscurity seems to increase with uncertainty, which causes dismay and fuels anxieties. Hence the intensification of the demand for meaning, and the extension of the domain of conspiracy. An indefinite extension, without an assignable term. Because the suspicion of conspiracy is fabricated with what Tocqueville called the "big commonplaces that rule the world." Please note that some pages have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this does not interfere with reading. EAN: 9782842059804 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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