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This book examines Samuel Beckett’s unique lesson in courage in the wake of humanism’s postwar crisis—the courage to go on living even after experiencing life as a series of catastrophes. Rabaté, a former president of the Samuel Beckett Society and a leading scholar of modernism, explores the whole range of Beckett’s plays, novels, and essays. He places Beckett in a vital philosophical conversation that runs from Bataille to Adorno, from Kant and Sade to Badiou. At the same time, he stresses Beckett’s inimitable sense of metaphysical comedy. Foregrounding Beckett’s decision to write in French, Rabaté inscribes him in a continental context marked by a “writing degree zero” while showing the prescience and ethical import of Beckett’s tendency to subvert the “human” through the theme of the animal. Beckett’s “declaration of inhuman rights,” he argues, offers the funniest mode of expression available to us today.

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Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed dynamically. In The Postmodern Condition Jean-Francois Lyotard extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information and knowledge are controlled in the Western world. Lyotard emphasized language; the world of postmodern knowledge can be represented as a game of language where speaking is participation in the game whose goal is the creation of new and ever-changing social linkages.

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The epoch of representation is as old as the West. Indeed, representation is the West, understood as what at once designates and expands its own limits. But what comes after the West? What comes after representation's disclosure of its own limit? The central problem posed in these essays, collected from over a decade of work, is how in the wake of Western ontologies to conceive the coming, the birth that characterizes being. We are now at the limit of representation, where objects as we experience them have been show to be merely objects of representation—or rather, of presentation, since there is nothing to (re)present. The first part of this book, "Existence," asks how, today, one can give sense of meaning to existence as such, arguing that existence itself, as it comes nude into the world, must now be our "sense." In examining what this birth to presence might be, we should not ask what presence "is"; rather we should conceive presence as presence to someone, including to presence itself. This birth is not the constitution of an identity, but the endless departure of an identity from, and from within, its other, or others. Its coming is not desire but jouissance, the joy of averring oneself to be continually in the state of being born—a rejoicing of birth, a birth of rejoicing. The second section, "Poetry," asks: What art exposes this? In writing, in the voice, in painting? And what if art is exposed to it? How does it inscribe (or rather, "exscribe," in a term the book develops) the coming existence as such? The author's trajectory in this book crosses those of Hegel, Schlegel, Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger, in their comments on art and politics, existence and corporeality, everyday life and its modes of existence and ecstasy. An analysis that dares this crossing involves all the varied accounts of existence, political as well as philosophical, and all the realms of poverty.

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Adopted internationally by business schools and MBA programmes, this book is the ultimate resource for senior strategists, positioning professionals and postgraduate students to understand and overcome the challenges of brand management and strategy today, written by the leading international expert of branding, Jean-Noël Kapferer. The New Strategic Brand Management is simply the reference source for branding professionals and postgraduate students. Over the years it has not only established a reputation as one of the leading works on brand strategy, but also has become synonymous with the topic itself. Using an array of international case studies, this book covers all the leading issues faced by brand strategists today, with both gravitas and intelligent insight. It reveals new thinking on topics such as putting culture and content into brands, the impact of private labels and the comeback of local brands. This updated fifth edition builds on the book's already impressive reputation, including new content that will help students and practitioners stay up to date with targeting, with relevant research and market knowledge to support the discipline. With dedicated sections for specific types of brands (luxury, corporate and retail), international examples and case studies from companies such as Audi, Nivea, Toyota and Absolut Vodka; plus models and frameworks such as the Brand Identity Prism; The New Strategic Brand Management remains at the forefront of strategic brand thinking.

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One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France. In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless. But his mind remained as active and alert as it had ever been. Using his only functioning muscle – his left eyelid – he was determined to tell his remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly records Bauby’s lonely existence but also the ability to invent a life for oneself in the most appalling of circumstances. It one of the most extraordinary books about the triumph of the human spirit ever written.

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The fifth novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling reconstruction of pre-historic life, when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth.Ayla and Jondalar have reached home: the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the old stone age settlement in the region known today as south-west France. Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii as well as much to teach them. Jondalar's family are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back, with her strange accent and her tame wolf and horses. She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of her people, a fellow healer with whom she can share her medicinal skills.After the rigours and dangers that have characterised her extraordinary life, Ayla yearns for peace and tranquility; to be Jondalar's mate and to have children. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored, and even as she gives birth to their eagerly-awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Shelters of Stone is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual.Praise for Jean M. Auel'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

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Theatre and theatregoing was central to the cultural life of later eighteenth-century Britain. In this engaging work, Jean I. Marsden explores the playhouse as a source of emotion during a period when the ability to feel demonstrated moral worth. Using first-hand accounts, reviews, and illustrations to complement the drama of the era, Marsden examines why both critics and audiences elevated the theatre above the pulpit and how they experienced the plays and performances that they witnessed. Tears and even fainting fits were a common reaction to powerful productions, and playwrights sought to harness this emotion. The book explores this intersection of text, performance, and affect in a series of case studies of plays exploring British liberty, empire and the evils of antisemitism. With a focus on emotional response, Theatres of Feeling delivers a new approach to dramatic literature and performance, one that moves beyond more limited studies of text or performance.

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Over the past sixty years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary figure. In his theoretical writings, Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism. His concern, however, was to relate his theory to human response and the practical demands of living. To achieve this, he carried his philosophical concepts into his novels and plays, and there subjected them to the test of imagined experience. His uniqueness lies in the success with which he demonstrated the utility of Existentialist doctrine while creating, at the same time, works of the highest literary merit. Thus Sartre became the populariser of his own literary thought. Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, "Existentialism and Humanism" is Jean-Paul Sartre's seminal defence of Existentialism as a doctrine true to Humanism, as opposed to a purely nihilistic creed, and a plan for its practical application to everyday human life. This exploration of one of the central tenets of his philosophical thought has become the essential introduction to his work, and a fundamental text for all students of philosophy.

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Learn the core concepts of nursing care and apply them to the clinical setting! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition uses a simplified, intuitive approach to describe 57 important concepts relating to all areas of nursing practice. For easier understanding, this book also makes connections among related concepts and links you to other nursing textbooks. Exemplars for each concept provide useful examples and models, showing how concepts are successfully applied to practice. New to this edition are updated research evidence and a new Population Health concept. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this text will help you build clinical reasoning skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation. Authoritative content written by expert contributors and meticulously edited by concept-based learning expert Jean Giddens sets the standard for the rapidly growing concept-based curriculum movement. A total of 57 important nursing concepts are clearly defined and analyzed, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Case studies in each chapter make it easier to apply knowledge of nursing concepts to real-world situations. UNIQUE! Featured Exemplars sections describe selected exemplars related to each nursing concept, covering the entire lifespan and all clinical settings, and help you assimilate concepts into practice. UNIQUE! Logical framework of concepts by units and themes helps you form immediate connections among related concepts --- a key to conceptual learning. UNIQUE! Interrelated Concepts illustrations provide visual cues to understanding and help you make connections across concepts. NEW! UPDATED content reflects the latest research evidence and national and international practice guidelines. NEW! Population Health concept reflects the future of nursing, in which health care organizations learn to deliver care that is high in quality, patient-centered, cost-effective, and evidence-based. NEW! Featured Exemplars sections provide a brief explanation of some of the most important exemplars. NEW! Discussion questions in case studies reinforce your understanding of each concept. NEW! UPDATED exemplar links connect you to concept exemplars in other RN- and LPN/LVN-level Elsevier nursing titles.

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Psychological anthropologist Jean Briggs shows how Inuit adults use dramatic play to transmit cultural messages and moral lessons to their children"I could not be more enthusiastic about this brilliant book. . . . A mesmerizing ethnography."—Nancy J. Chodorow"Is your mother good?" "Are you good?" "Do you want to come live with me?" Inuit adults often playfully present small children with difficult, even dangerous, choices and then dramatize the consequences of the child’s answers. They are enacting in larger-than-life form the plots that drive Inuit social life—testing, acting out problems, entertaining themselves, and, most of all, bringing up their children. In a riveting narrative, psychological anthropologist Jean L. Briggs takes us through six months of dramatic interactions in the life of Chubby Maata, a three-year-old girl growing up in a Baffin Island hunting camp. The book examines the issues that engaged the child—belonging, possession, love—and shows the process of her growing. Briggs questions the nature of "sharedness" in culture and assumptions about how culture is transmitted. She suggests that both cultural meanings and strong personal commitment to one’s world can be (and perhaps must be) acquired not by straightforwardly learning attitudes, rules, and habits in a dependent mode but by experiencing oneself as an agent engaged in productive conflict in emotionally problematic situations. Briggs finds that dramatic play is an essential force in Inuit social life. It creates and supports values; engenders and manages attachments and conflicts; and teaches and maintains an alert, experimental, constantly testing approach to social relationships.

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Jean-Paul Goude is a modern legend in the world of commercial art. From his New York days with Esquire magazine to his latest work for Galeries Lafayette, he has consistently provoked and delighted those who have encountered his work. He was Grace Jones’s Pygmalion, creating unforgettable images of her, from androgyne to cyber-superwoman to supreme diva. This volume, published to accompany a major retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, is a celebration of his creative zest and perfectionism, and his unique affinity for making fresh and engaging work. Around 600 images are on show, including many working documents published here for the first time, from inspired doodles to final images that sparkle with creative vigour. Selected and arranged by Goude himself, they present a gallery of artworks that have redefined advertising and brand photography as we know them. Sexy, irreverent and full of humour, this book will inform and instruct all those concerned with the art of image-making, whether professionals or simply those prepared to be entertained by chic, witty images that work.

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OFFRE DE PRIX!Achetez les deux volumes 4, I & 4, II ensemble et recevez € 20 de réduction. Vous ne payez que € 109 au lieu de 129 €!TWO-VOLUME SET!Buy volumes 4, I & 4, II together and receive € 20 discount. You only pay € 109 instead of € 129!Volume 4 est l'ouvrage le plus ambitieux de la série Jean-François Lyotard. Écrits sur l'art contemporain et les artistes. Il est composé de deux volumes: Textes dispersés I: esthétiques et théorie de l'art et Textes dispersés II: artistes contemporains.Volume 4 is the most comprehensive and ambitious work in the series Jean-François Lyotard: Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists. It is comprised of two volumes: Miscellaneous Texts I: Aesthetics on Contemporary Art and Artists and Miscellaneous Texts II: Contemporary Artists.Volume 4, I - Textes dispersés I : esthétiques et théorie de l'art/Miscellaneous Texts I: Aesthetics and Theory of Art >Ce quatrième volume dans la collection dédiée aux écrits de Jean-François Lyotard sur l'art contemporain et les artistes contient neuf essais sur l'esthétique générale et la théorie de l'art.This fourth volume in the series devoted to Jean-François Lyotard's writings on contemporary art and artists presents nine essays on general aesthetics and the theory of art.Volume 4, II - Textes dispersés II : artistes contemporains/Miscellaneous Texts II: Contemporary Artists >Ce second tome du quatrième volume rassemble trente-neuf textes de Lyotard qui concernent vingt-six artistes contemporains importants et novateurs.This second book of the fourth volume in the series brings together thirty-nine essays by Lyotard that deal with twenty-seven influential and innovative contemporary artists.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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El autor amplía el campo de conciencia en la terapia Gestalt, no sólo mostrando lo complejo de la relación terapéutica que describe como la “tercera historia”, sino agregando nuevos elementos en el trabajo gestáltico con los sueños y dándose cuenta de cómo una enfermedad puede ser “una tentativa de autorregulación organísmica”.

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El autor ha refundido dos de sus grandes títulos Lenguaje y educación y El desarrollo del lenguaje, actualizado así los contenidos. La intención es dar una perspectiva didáctica al lector, dirigiéndose a lectores que no requieren de muchos conocimientos técnicos en la materia del lenguaje. La obra consta de tres partes fundamentales: la comunicación, trascurso del desarrollo del lenguaje y, por último, una explicación del desarrollo del lenguaje.

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Babar eta Celeste paisaiaz gozatzen. Zer bidaia ederra! Bizi ezazu berriz, etxeko txikienekin, haurren ipuinen lilura, irudi dotoreak dituzten istorio klasikoen lilura. Eta, gero, segi gozatzen ipuinaren bukaeran dauden asmakizunak irakurriz.

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En la selva acaba de nacer el elefantito Babar. Al poco tiempo, un cazador mata a su madre y Babar tiene que ponerse a salvo en la ciudad. Allí conoce a una anciana señora que será su mejor amiga. Babar oihanetik atera zen, eta hiri ondora iritsi.

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Con un lenguaje sencillo, un estilo cuidado y diáfano y una intencionalidad claramente didáctica, el profesor Jean-Louis Ska nos presenta lo que podríamos llamar un Compendio de Antiguo Testamento, en el que expone las cuestiones fundamentales teóricas y una serie de aplicaciones prácticas para acceder, sin complicaciones, deshaciendo malentendidos y recurriendo a la investigación más reciente, a los núcleos y textos esenciales del Primer Testamento.Para Jean-Louis Ska, los relatos del Antiguo Testamento -y por extensión todo el Antiguo Testamento-, "no responden nunca todo a nuestras preguntas, sino que nos ofrecen, más bien, algunos puntos de partida para ir en búsqueda de respuestas; no ofrecen productos acabados, pero nos ponen en la mano los instrumentos necesarios para forjar en el laboratorio de la lectura una experiencia de fe siempre nueva". 4

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LA HISTORIA DE UNA OBSESIÓN ENGRANADA CON LOS MEJORES MECANISMOS DEL GÉNERO NEGRO Y DE SUSPENSE. Philip Whiting lleva una vida ordinaria: un trabajo en una agencia de seguros, fines de semana de pesca y, sobre todo, los extraordinarios muffins del Sr

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Resultado de la filosofía ilustrada dieciochesca, El contrato social es un tratado político que rechaza el modelo absolutista y cree de plano en la libertad del ciudadano para crear la sociedad perfecta, basada en una democracia radical libre de las ataduras de cualquier poder, incluido el religioso. Su texto ha influenciado a pensadores, políticos y gobernantes y ha encontrado detractores y defensores por igual, convirtiéndose en una eterna polémica.

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Nos complace presentar el número 21 de la colección Tauromaquias, que lleva por título Geografía de la Tauromaquia y cuyo autor es Jean-Baptiste Maudet, Doctor en Geografía por la Universidad de París-IV Sorbonne y profesor titular en la Universidad de Pau et de Pays de l' Adour. Nos consta la gran afición que el autor siente por la Fiesta de los Toros, sus estudios sobre los juegos taurinos en el mundo, sus trabajos sobre los rodeos en Estados Unidos y en general, su interés por las Tauromaquias americanas.

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Ideas que han cambiado el mundo.   A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y también las han destruido.   Taurus publica las obras de los grandes pensadores, pioneros, radicales y visionarios cuyas ideas sacudieron la civilización y nos impulsaron a ser quienes somos.   Este explosivo llamamiento de Rousseau a favor de la libertad humana contribuyó a encender la mecha de la Revolución Francesa y ha avivado desde entonces cualquier debate sobre cómo deberíamos gobernarnos los unos a los otros, siendo considerado tanto un modelo para el terror político como una declaración fundamental de la democracia.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

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Con un atractivo diseño, esta obra explica de forma sencilla los fenómenos meteorológicos y su influencia sobre el hombre y la naturaleza. Estudia todos los aspectos meteorológicos: temperaturas, nubes, vientos, tormentas, lluvia, nieve, etc. Trata ampliamente la influencia del tiempo sobre la salud y sus consecuencias para la población, así como las catástrofes naturales. Finalmente, el capítulo sobre el efecto invernadero hace referencia a los futuros cambios climáticos. Adaptado a la península Ibérica, con mapas, tablas y gráficas de diferentes ciudades y regiones españolas.

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La mayoría de nuestros contemporáneos lo ignoran todo acerca de la acedia. Pocos son los que saben que es a ella a la que la tradición ha identificado con el famoso demonio del mediodía, temido por los que están sufriendo la famosa crisis de los cuarenta. Ahora bien, aunque el término acedia haya sido olvidado, sin embargo, el problema que encubre no ha desaparecido. Bastará con que nos sumerjamos en los deliciosos textos de los primeros monjes del desierto para darnos cuenta de ello. La propia expresión de demonio del mediodía habría de despertar en nosotros un estado de vigilia. En efecto, por lo general, el demonio está asociado a la noche y no al pleno día. No sería, precisa mente, ese carácter inesperado del demonio que ataca en pleno día el aspecto que haría de la acedia un mal especialmente temible? Si bien el sol del mediodía lo baña todo con su luz resplandeciente, la acedia, como mal oscuro, invade el corazón de aquel ser humano al que ataca, en la penumbra del hastío y en la

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Tras ser expulsada del clan de neandertales, la joven Ayla decide buscar a los de su propia estirpe, los cromañones, y emprende un viaje lleno de peligros y aventuras hasta que encuentra una cueva donde refugiarse durante un tiempo, cerca de la cual coincide con Jondalar, un desconocido que está herido a quien curará y acabará amando.

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