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A landmark volume—the first authoritative publication to cover in its entirety one of the most significant holdings of Matisse in the world.Matisse in the Barnes Foundation is a vibrant...

With the publication of French Philosophy of the Sixties, Alain Renaut and Luc Ferry in 1985 launched their famous critique against canonical figures such as Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, bringing...

On Love is globally bestselling novelist-philosopher Alain De Botton’s iconic debut--the novel that launched his decorated literary career; and a funny, profound, and searingly true-to-life...

“There's no writer alive like de Botton” (Chicago Tribune), and now this internationally heralded author turns his attention to the insatiable human quest for status—a quest that has less to do with...

In 1988, during what was probably one of the last trials of a Nazi war criminal - and the first of such trials to take place in France - Klaus Barbie, the notorious "Butcher of Lyons," was found...

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...

In a profound look at what it means for new generations to read and interpret ancient religious texts, rabbi and philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin offers a postmodern reading of the Talmud, one of the...

Verbeke provides a new perspective on international business strategy by combining analytical rigour and true managerial insight on the functioning of large multinational enterprises (MNEs). With...

Traces the history of Paul Touvier's role as the chief of the French militia in Lyon during the Nazi occupation of France and the subsequent events leading to his arrest, trial and indictment in 1994...

This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the...

Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty illusions, of genocides, of false avant-gardes, of...

Two controversial thinkers discuss a timeless but nonetheless urgent question: should philosophy interfere in the world?Nothing less than philosophy is at stake because, according to Badiou,...

Badiou indicts this approach, which reduces politics to a matter of opinion, thus eliminating any of its truly radical and emancipatory possibilities. Against this intellectual tradition, Badiou...

Le 9 janvier 1667, Colbert se rend l'Acadmie royale de peinture et de sculpture et exprime le vu de " faire tous les mois expliquer un des meilleurs tableaux du cabinet du roi par le professeur en...