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Interview with Jean Francois Revel, author
No full textJean Francois Revel, the author of Without Marx or Jesus, has been quoted as saying, "The United States is now a microcosm for all of the problems man faces." In this interview with Meredith Watts, he discusses a new kind of revolution which could produce successful change without violent upheavalGrayscaleSoun
Beauregard House
No full textGeneral view; The architect Francois Correjolles, whose creole French family emigrated from St. Domingue (Haiti), added new American Federal elements while preserving some of the traditional creole plan. The Beauregard-Keyes House, built in 1826 for wealthy auctioneer Joseph Le Carpentier, is a fine example of a raised, center-hall house. It is named for two of its former tenants, Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard and author Frances Parkinson Keyes. General Beauregard lived in the home from 1866 to 1868 while he was president of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad. The home features twin curved staircases, leading to a Tuscan portico. The garden's design duplicates the original 1865 plans. (Common Routes: St. Domingue-Louisiana exhibition, 2006) Source: Historic New Orleans Collection [website]; http://www.hnoc.org/ (accessed 1/24/2008
Alien theory : the decline of materialism in the name of matter
No full textThe thesis tries to define and explain the rudiments of a 'nonphilosophical'
or 'non-decisional' theory of materialism on the basis of a
theoretical framework provided by the 'non-philosophy' of Francois
Laruelle. Neither anti-philosophical nor anti-materialist in character, non-materialism
tries to construct a rigorously transcendental theory of matter by
using certain instances of philosophical materialism as its source material.
The materialist decision to identify the real with matter is seen to retain a
structural isomorphy with the phenomenological decision to identify the real
with the phenomenon. Both decisions are shown to operate on the basis of a
methodological idealism; materialism on account of its confusion of matter
and concept; phenomenology by virtue of its confusion of phenomenon and
logos. By dissolving the respectively 'materiological' and
'phenomenological' amlphibolies which are the result of the failure to effect a
rigorously transcendental separation between matter and concept on the one
hand; and between phenomenon and logos on the other, non-materialist
theory proposes to mobilise the non-hybrid or non-decisional concepts of a
'matter-without-concept' and of a 'phenomenon-without-logos' in order to
effect a unified but non-unitary theory of phenomenology and materialism.
The result is a materialisation of thinking that operates according to matter's
foreclosure to decision. That is to say, a transcendental theory of the
phenomenon that licenses limitless phenomenological plasticity,
unconstrained by the apparatus of eidetic intuition or any horizon of
apophantic disclosure; yet one which is simultaneously a transcendental
theory of matter, uncontaminated by the bounds of empirical perception and
free of all phenomenological circumscription
Agenda 2000 : perspectives des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles
No full textNational audienceCe dossier regroupe les cinq exposés de la journée débat organisée par J.C. Bureau et F. Colson. Dans un premier exposé intitulé "l'analyse comparée des effets budgétaires d'Agenda 2000 pour les différents pays membres de l'Union européenne", Joël Mathurin a montré les enjeux que pouvaient impliquer les différents scénari alors envisagés pour l'Agenda 2000. Dans "conséquences du projet Agenda 2000 sur le montant des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles françaises", François Colson et Vincent Chatellier on abordé de face le sujet délicat des aides directes, de leur importance dans les revenus agricoles et sur la distribution de ceux-ci. A travers son article "négociations internationales et découplage des aides directes" Hervé Guyomard a apporté un éclairage complet sur le statut des aides directes dans les négociations internationales sur le commerce. Ensuite, les questions soulevées par Jostein Lindland dans "aides directes et multifonctionnalités des exploitations agricoles : perspectives internationales (expériences norvégiennes) " étaient celles de la différence d'une conception particulière à un pays avec certaines valeurs culturelles ou encore de ce bien public qu'est l'espace vis-à-vis de l'échange international dans le cadre de l'OMC. Enfin Dominique Bureau a évoqué les aspects de la sécurité alimentaire dans son exposé intitulé "agriculture et négociations commerciales"
Agenda 2000 : perspectives des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles
No full textNational audienceCe dossier regroupe les cinq exposés de la journée débat organisée par J.C. Bureau et F. Colson. Dans un premier exposé intitulé "l'analyse comparée des effets budgétaires d'Agenda 2000 pour les différents pays membres de l'Union européenne", Joël Mathurin a montré les enjeux que pouvaient impliquer les différents scénari alors envisagés pour l'Agenda 2000. Dans "conséquences du projet Agenda 2000 sur le montant des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles françaises", François Colson et Vincent Chatellier on abordé de face le sujet délicat des aides directes, de leur importance dans les revenus agricoles et sur la distribution de ceux-ci. A travers son article "négociations internationales et découplage des aides directes" Hervé Guyomard a apporté un éclairage complet sur le statut des aides directes dans les négociations internationales sur le commerce. Ensuite, les questions soulevées par Jostein Lindland dans "aides directes et multifonctionnalités des exploitations agricoles : perspectives internationales (expériences norvégiennes) " étaient celles de la différence d'une conception particulière à un pays avec certaines valeurs culturelles ou encore de ce bien public qu'est l'espace vis-à-vis de l'échange international dans le cadre de l'OMC. Enfin Dominique Bureau a évoqué les aspects de la sécurité alimentaire dans son exposé intitulé "agriculture et négociations commerciales"
Agenda 2000 : perspectives des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles
No full textNational audienceCe dossier regroupe les cinq exposés de la journée débat organisée par J.C. Bureau et F. Colson. Dans un premier exposé intitulé "l'analyse comparée des effets budgétaires d'Agenda 2000 pour les différents pays membres de l'Union européenne", Joël Mathurin a montré les enjeux que pouvaient impliquer les différents scénari alors envisagés pour l'Agenda 2000. Dans "conséquences du projet Agenda 2000 sur le montant des aides directes aux exploitations agricoles françaises", François Colson et Vincent Chatellier on abordé de face le sujet délicat des aides directes, de leur importance dans les revenus agricoles et sur la distribution de ceux-ci. A travers son article "négociations internationales et découplage des aides directes" Hervé Guyomard a apporté un éclairage complet sur le statut des aides directes dans les négociations internationales sur le commerce. Ensuite, les questions soulevées par Jostein Lindland dans "aides directes et multifonctionnalités des exploitations agricoles : perspectives internationales (expériences norvégiennes) " étaient celles de la différence d'une conception particulière à un pays avec certaines valeurs culturelles ou encore de ce bien public qu'est l'espace vis-à-vis de l'échange international dans le cadre de l'OMC. Enfin Dominique Bureau a évoqué les aspects de la sécurité alimentaire dans son exposé intitulé "agriculture et négociations commerciales"
Grand Narratives of Social Justice in Chang-Rae Lee’s Native Speaker and Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist
No full textIn his seminal work, The Postmodern Condition (1979), the philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard famously defines the postmodern as an ‘incredulity toward metanarratives’, arguing that ‘[w]e no longer have recourse to the grand narratives - we can resort neither to the dialectic of Spirit nor even to the emancipation of humanity’ as explanatory models. We might read ‘the emancipation of humanity’ as an analogue for social justice. I want to suggest that these two key terms, ‘society’, and ‘justice’, are indeed subject to Lyotard’s postulated erosion of legitimacy, due in part to tensions between inter- and intra-group conflicts in the American political ideology. This essay will explore this hypothesis through readings of Chang Rae Lee’s Native Speaker (1995), and Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist (1999), both contemporary novels that suggest that social justice is, at best, a myth propagated for conservative political aims.</p
Grand Narratives of Social Justice in Chang-Rae Lee’s Native Speaker and Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist
No full textIn his seminal work, The Postmodern Condition (1979), the philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard famously defines the postmodern as an ‘incredulity toward metanarratives’, arguing that ‘[w]e no longer have recourse to the grand narratives - we can resort neither to the dialectic of Spirit nor even to the emancipation of humanity’ as explanatory models. We might read ‘the emancipation of humanity’ as an analogue for social justice. I want to suggest that these two key terms, ‘society’, and ‘justice’, are indeed subject to Lyotard’s postulated erosion of legitimacy, due in part to tensions between inter- and intra-group conflicts in the American political ideology. This essay will explore this hypothesis through readings of Chang Rae Lee’s Native Speaker (1995), and Colson Whitehead’s The Intuitionist (1999), both contemporary novels that suggest that social justice is, at best, a myth propagated for conservative political aims.</p
The ethical and moral-based dimension of leadership in CSR-oriented strategies and sustainable entrepreneurship
No full textThis chapter addresses the theme of leadership and its influence on corporate social
responsibility (CSR) and sustainability-oriented strategies. Specifically, it aims to analyse,
through a deductive and literature-based approach, the relevance of the ethical and moral
leadership models with respect to the diffusion of CSR and sustainable entrepreneurship. Linking ethical and moral-based leadership to the CSR and sustainable entrepreneurship discourse allows us to point out the relevance of an authentic orientation in supporting
change and fostering sustainable entrepreneurship The theoretical construct of responsible and sustainable leadership derives from the
intersection of the moral-based leadership concepts with those of CSR and sustainable
entrepreneurship..Drawing from these premises, this chapter seeks to identify leadership models and
attributes consistent with (and necessary to develop) an authentic CSR-oriented strategy
and able to foster sustainable entrepreneurship.
Accordingly, in this chapter, we argue that leadership represents a key aspect that
warrants more research within both CSR and sustainable entrepreneurship studies. The
research questions that orients this study can be summarised as follows: Which leadership
models favour authentic CSR practices? Are moral, ethical-based and virtues-based models
of leadership effective in developing CSR and fostering sustainable entrepreneurship?
These questions guide the critical review of the different leadership approaches, bringing
attention to the models that are most coherent in regard to the actual socio-economic
context which requires managers and entrepreneurs to govern the internal and external
complexity and actively contribute to sustainability. The methodological approach is
mainly based on a literature review that surveys critical points in current literature that is
relevant to the topic.
The work is structured as follows. First, we offer an analysis of the leadership theoretical
framework in the context of the CSR debate. We begin with a brief methodological
note, followed by an analysis of the antecedents of CSR and sustainable entrepreneurship
in terms of values and virtues.
Second, a review of relevant literature on leadership approaches and models consistent
with the CSR and sustainable entrepreneurship discourse is presented, emphasising the relationship between transformational, moral and virtues-based leadership and
CSR-oriented strategies and sustainable entrepreneurship. Drawing from the analysis,
four main propositions are introduced. The final sections illustrate the propositions and
summarise the implications and limitations of the study
The medieval forms and meanings of Francois: The political and cultural vicissitudes of an ethnonym
No full textThe article looks at the evolution of the ethnonym Francois in the Middle Ages and its significance to Germanic peoples known as Franks in the context of their cross-cultural relations with Muslim, Byzantine and British people. The author analyzes chronicles of the First Crusade and examines the use of Francois as an exonym and an autonym, and its role in the development of the French identity
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