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Extraits
Sciences politiques
As Others See Us
This collection of articles shows that some media products ought to carry a mental health warning : Some school books still contain simplistic presentations of England and Germany. English and German journalists admit that the entertainment value of their articles sometimes takes precedence over impartial reporting. English children's books may contain a reasonable mixture of good and bad Germans but some wartime films needed more sinister types for propaganda. "Made in Germany" originated in English legislation as a label against German competition but became a German marketing tool. A minister in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet made unprintable remarks about Germany. When they were printed, the Ridley Affair proved to be the beginning of the downfall of Britain's controversial Prime Minister.
03/1994
Littérature érotique et sentim
Other girls
Louise a dix-neuf ans et sort du lycée. Elle ne sait pas quoi faire de sa vie mais a un rêve : être romancière. Le problème, elle n'est jamais tombée amoureuse. Pour crédibiliser ses récits, sa meilleure amie l'inscrit sur la nouvelle application de rencontre à la mode dans toute la France, à la capacité de reconnaissance faciale révolutionnaire : GRAVITATION. Louise tombe de haut lorsqu'elle découvre sa liste de compatibilités qui n'est composée que de femmes. Bug ou vérité ?
11/2020
BD tout public
Gold Star Mothers
A l'heure du centenaire de l'entrée des états-Unis dans la Première Guerre mondiale, les auteurs rendent ici un hommage particulièrement sensible aux femmes et aux mères des Sammies morts sur le sol français. Dix ans après la fin du premier conflit mondial, le Congrès américain vote un budget pour permettre aux Américaines de se recueillir sur la tombe de leurs fils ou maris inhumés en France. Ce séjour à Paris, puis sur les lieux de mémoire, va permettre à de nombreuses femmes de découvrir ce pays étranger qui leur a tant coûté, mais aussi d'alléger un temps, par le partage, le poids de leur deuil.
08/2017
Matières enseignées
Buk. best technology ever for word-addicts
This book is in English. It is intended for French students who are not completely familiar with the Anglo-Saxon language. Each double-page comprises : on the left-hand-side, the English text ; on the right-hand side explanations and commentaries about specific words or phrasings that might be difficult to grasp. Different spellings (British or American) are also indicated and a glossary will enlighten you about the wonderful world of BUK. After 200 pages you will have made progress, no doubt ! ... thanks to BUK. Livre en anglais destiné à celles et ceux désirant se perfectionner. Chaque double-page comporte, à gauche, le texte en anglais et, à droite, des explications / définitions avec parfois des traductions en français pour préciser l'usage d'un mot ou d'une locution en contexte. Les différentes orthographes (britannique ou américaine) sont précisées et un glossaire vous éclairera sur le monde merveilleux de BUK. Après 200 pages, vous aurez nul doute progressé ! ... et ceci grâce à BUK.
10/2021
Autres langues
Japanese for busy people I. Revised edition
In the ten years since its publication, Japanese for Busy People has won acceptance worldwide as an effective, easy-to-understand textbook, either for classroom use or for independent study. In this new edition, numerous revisions and additions have been made, taking into account the comments and responses of both students and teachers who have been using the course. In Book 1, the revisions are directed at making the grammatical explanations easier to understand, while adding further explanations of points that students have difficulty with. Changes have also been made in favor of more natural practice sentences and dialogues. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced. More fundamental revisions have been made to Book II, which has been expanded and divided into two volumes, Book II and Book III. The changes result in a smoother transition from Book I, make new grammatical elements clearer, and present more natural practice dialogues and exercise sentences. This concise course in natural Japanese is ideal for such students as businessmen whose aim is a working knowledge of the spoken language in everyday life. "Survival Japanese for Adults," as it might be called, gets to the heart of the language without recourse to childish or classroom-only Japanese. Vocabulary and grammar have been limited to about one-third that usually encountered in beginner courses, and words and patterns that students will find immediately useful are emphasized. The thirty lessons are composed of dialogues, notes on grammar, and vocabulary, exercises, and quizzes. In addition to developing verbal fluency, by the time the student is one-third of the way through Book 1, he or she will have mastered the two phonetic syllabaries of Japanese, hiragana and katakana.
01/1994
Science-fiction
Mission M'Other
Après l'incendie du vaisseau dans lequel elle vivait avec sa famille et un atterrissage forcé sur Terre, Lia découvre avec stupéfaction un monde en ruine, vide de toute présence humaine. Seule, elle part à la recherche d'hypothétiques survivants. Son voyage, celui d'une jeune femme livrée à elle-même dans une France dévastée, la conduira bien plus loin qu'elle n'aurait pu l'imaginer.
11/2018
Lectures graduées
Her Other Life
Lorsque le docteur Lelong arrive à Toulouse pour y soigner une jeune Américaine souffrant d'amnésie, il pense faire face à un cas simple de psychiatrie. Mais rien n'est simple dans le cas de Marilyn Jensen. Elle a endossé une nouvelle personnalité et parle même une nouvelle langue : le français ! Alors que leur relation devient plus intime, le mystère s'épaissit. Thriller psychiatrique dans la meilleure tradition, Her Other Life vous tient en haleine jusqu'à la fin. L'ouvrage est enrichi de ressources pédagogiques et d'une version audio à télécharger.
05/2023
Sociologie
Moral Talk Across the Lifespan
Grounded in path-breaking research but written in an accessible, engaging style Moral Talk Across the Lifespan explores how our most fundamental moral commitments are shaped by crucial conversations with family members, romantic partners, and friends. Taking a lifespan approach, the authors demonstrate that moral growth is a continual process, one stimulated by transitions (e.g., leaving home for university) and disruptive events (serious illness). With chapters penned by leading relationship scholars, the volume contributes original thinking, data, and innovative theoretical pathways for researchers. For instructors it explores pressing moral questions encountered by students in their own relationships with romantic partners, friends, parents, and other family members. When is revealing a secret the right thing to do ? Is revenge ever a worthy response to an insult or sleight ? Why are young adults persuaded to accept some of their parents' values but not others ? Is there a right (or wrong) way to support a parent facing a terminal illness ? Moral Talk Across the Lifespan offers a stimulating blend of social science research and moral reflection. It is a key text for courses in Relational Communication, Family Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Communication Ethics.
06/2015
Seinen/Homme
Mighty Mothers Tome 3
Le conflit entre l'école maternelle Hoshifuri et Nichokai s'intensifie ! Privé de Ryûko, capturée par l'ennemi, le jardin d'enfants se retrouve alors en difficulté. Akane, Sachiko et les autres sont contraints à un combat féroce contre Chôji Shinonome. La fin du conflit approche mais que restera-t-il de nos héroïnes ? Et quel sera l'avenir d'Akane et de son fils, Shintarô ? Préparez-vous pour le troisième et dernier tome de cette série bourrée d'action, où les hors-la-loi font la loi ! Mighty Mothers est une oeuvre spectaculaire sublimée par le trait dynamique d'Eiji Karasuyama ! Terminé en trois volumes, il s'agit d'un manga publié au Japon en 2021 par Nihon Bungeisha, une maison d'édition réputée pour ses titres d'action captivants.
07/2023
Seinen/Homme
Mighty Mothers Tome 2
Akane Honjô est employée le jour et assassin la nuit. C'est au jardin d'enfants "Pluie d'étoiles" , auquel elle confie son fils, Shintarô, que cette mère célibataire prend son "service" . La nuit tombée, elle combat sans relâche le Jin'eikai, une organisation de malfrats responsable de nombreux sévices. Hélas, l'enlèvement de Shintarô par une tueuse à gages risque de compromettre sa quête de justice. Parviendra-t-elle à sauver son fils ? ! Préparez-vous pour le deuxième tome de cette série bourrée d'action, où les hors-la-loi font la loi ! Mighty Mothers est une série spectaculaire sublimée par le trait dynamique d'Eiji Karasuyama ! Terminé en trois volumes, il s'agit d'un manga publié au Japon en 2021 par Nihon Bungeisha, une maison d'édition réputée pour ses titres d'action captivants.
05/2023
Seinen/Homme
Mighty Mothers Tome 1
Mère célibataire le jour, criminelle endurcie la nuit, Akane Honjo mène une double-vie : de la crèche aux ruelles sombres de Tokyo, son sens du devoir et de la justice est partout ! Véritable défenseuse des femmes et des plus démunis, elle se retrouve finalement enrôlée comme mercenaire pour une organisation douteuse... Mighty Mothers est une série spectaculaire sublimée par le trait dynamique d'Eiji Karasuyama ! Terminé en trois volumes, il s'agit d'un manga publié au Japon en 2021 par Nihon Bungeisha, une maison d'édition réputée pour ses titres d'action captivants.
03/2023
Non classé
From the village to presidential suite, my life journey
I did not intend to write a scholarly book, for I did not want to intellectualize my life. Nor did I wish to romanticize it. I wanted to describe it as I lived it, with emphasis on people. I wanted to express in this book the joy I experienced in giving generously of myself, my time, and my modest material possessions, to make others happy and to share the many gifts of life. I wanted also to share with those who aspire to become academic leaders the myriad lessons my upbringing, education, and professional life have taught me. I thought they might find these lessons learned useful, as they strive for successful careers and, more importantly, for rewarding personal and professional lives. Again, this book is a story, the story of my life, wherein the personal and the professional have intermingled and strengthened each other, making a better whole of my person, personality, aspirations, and talents. This unique alliance between the professional and the personal dimensions of my life, I am happy to say, always triumphed and accounted for the successes that so many good people helped me achieve. Without the guidance, advice, cooperation, and support of others, I am sure my life would not have been as fulfilling.
08/2022
Romance sexy
Love and other word
Les histoires de coeur sont à jamais indélébiles Première Women fiction de Christina LaurenLe livre : Macy, interne en pédiatrie, prépare son mariage avec un homme plus âgé qu'elle, tout en gardant ses distances. Lorsqu'elle tombe sur Elliot - son premier et unique amour - la vie parfaite qu'elle avait construite commence à se craqueler. Le véritable amour ne disparaît jamais totalement des coeurs. Une histoire d'un amour de jeunesse entre deux adolescents plein de promesses, interrompu en plein vol, et qui évolue onze ans plus tard, en une histoire d'amour forte et confiante, entre adultes.
11/2023
Romance sexy
Love and Other Words
Les histoires de coeur sont à jamais indélébiles Première Women fiction de Christina Lauren Le livre : Macy, interne en pédiatrie, prépare son mariage avec un homme plus âgé qu'elle, tout en gardant ses distances. Lorsqu'elle tombe sur Elliot - son premier et unique amour - la vie parfaite qu'elle avait construite commence à se craqueler. Le véritable amour ne disparaît jamais totalement des coeurs. Une histoire d'un amour de jeunesse entre deux adolescents plein de promesses, interrompu en plein vol, et qui évolue onze ans plus tard, en une histoire d'amour forte et confiante, entre adultes.
Mouche
Tor et le cow-boy
Un cow-boy, à Borgisvik ! Un vrai cow-boy, comme dans un western ! Mon père et mon oncle, pourtant fameux bagarreurs, découvrent vite que c'est un sacré bonhomme : il les a mis KO. Alors quand il est venu à la maison, l'ambiance était un peu tendue. Et quand il a annoncé qu'il était venu chasser le troll et qu'il comptait sur nous pour l'aider, rien n'allait plus. Parce que nous, nous savons que les trolls existent, mais nous gardons le secret pour les protéger. Comment arrêter ce redoutable chasseur ?
04/2021
Sociologie
The Art of Positive Communication
How we communicate with each other matters greatly. Our identity, our friendships and marriages, our families, and our culture are the product of how we speak to one another. Our words affect our hopes and dreams, as well as those of our children. We insult, complain, or criticize. We compliment, offer support, and inspire. These are choices that take place in the crevices of our most private and public conversations with others. This book bridges communication theory and practice to foreground an important message : positive communication matters. By examining closely how people talk to each other at home or at work, this book enables undergraduate and graduate students to communicate more positively. The Art of Positive Communication is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in interpersonal communication courses and as a supplemental text to inspire all students to communicate better.
09/2014
Divers
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Au Japon, des scientifiques travaillant pour le compte d'une multinationale arrivent à recréer la vie en partant de quelques molécules. Problème : une créature gigantesque se forme, sorte de néo-Godzilla, détruisant tout sur son passage. Doué de parole, le monstre annonce vouloir réduire à néant l'espèce humaine. Pire encore, il transforme les humains en mini monstres tout aussi peu aimables. N'arrivant pas à bout de ce fléau, les autorités japonaises font d'abord appel à un prototype de robot, Rusty, qui impuissant, devra faire alliance avec un alter ego américain, The Big Guy ! Une seconde histoire complète le livre, écrite est dessinée par Geof Darrow, où l'on voit Big Guy se confronter à un monstre volant tandis que Rusty rappelle les consignes de sécurité aux touristes américains se prélassant sur la plage de Moonsanto. A la suite de Hard Boiled, Frank Miller et Geof Darrow ont repris du service en 1995 pour proposer une histoire à leur démesure, qui puise ses sources dans la culture pop des années 1950 et 1960 américaines et japonaises. C'est un mélange de Stan Lee et de Tezuka, d'Iron Man et d'Astro boy, de Godzilla et des films de propagande américains. C'est une déclaration d'amour à des oeuvres légendaires qui enchantèrent la jeunesse des auteurs, avec un second degré jubilatoire. Geof Darrow a reçu l'Eisner Award du meilleur dessinateur/encreur pour Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot en 1996.
06/2023
Romance sexy
Bad boy or hero ?
Succomber au bad boy qui hante ses rêves ? Ce n'était pas dans ses plans, et pourtant... Owen, bad boy tatoué, sauve Claire, dix-sept ans, qui se fait agresser à la sortie du lycée. Malgré une force de caractère et un charisme évident, il disparaît aussi vite qu'il est apparu, ne laissant pas à la jeune femme le temps de le remercier. Il a beau lui avoir évité un viol collectif, elle plonge en Enfer. Une seule personne peut la sauver, lui. Quelle n'est pas sa surprise quand elle le découvre, un soir, sur le pas de sa porte. Au gré de leurs rencontres, ils tissent un lien unique, fort, évident. Entre tatouages et vieilles cicatrices, Owen cache pourtant un lourd passif. Et si ses secrets faisaient de lui l'âme la plus brisée des deux ?
09/2021
Actualité et médias
Puy du Fou. La grande trahison
C'est l'histoire d'un rêve fracassé : celui de bénévoles, propriétaires historiques du Puy du Fou, et qui se retrouvent dépossédés du fruit de quarante ans de dévouement et d'enthousiasme. Pour parvenir à ce résultat, Philippe de Villiers et son fils Nicolas ont procédé par petites touches successives. Ecartant sans ménagement ceux qui se mettaient en travers de leur route, provoquant le départ de centaines de Puyfolais, ils ont transféré à leur famille la gouvernance et ta quasi propriété de l'ensemble du groupe Puy du Fou, contrairement à ce qu'ils continuent à affirmer dans les médias. Au travers de témoignages nombreux et bouleversants et en s'appuyant sur des documents chiffrés incontestables, l'auteur rétablit la véritable histoire du Puy du Fou et rend hommage à ses Pionniers, figures emblématiques d'un succès qui leur doit tout.
04/2019
Sciences de la terre et de la
Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats
Cuckoos and cowbirds are amongst the select bird groups renowned as professional parasites, who always lay their eggs in the nests of other species. Occasional parasitic laying is also widespread in many other birds, who gladly parasitise the nests of their own kind when the opportunity arises.
In this fascinating new book, Nick Davies describes the natural histories of all the brood parasites and examines the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their hosts. Brood parasites fill their armoury with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behaviour: ploys shown by recent research to have evolved in response to host defence behaviour or through competition among the parasites themselves. While many host species appear defenceless, accepting parasite eggs quite unlike their own, others are more discriminating against odd-looking eggs and some have evolved the ability to discriminate against odd-looking chicks as well. How does this arms race proceed? Will defenceless hosts improve their armoury in time, or are there sometimes constraints on hosts which allow the parasites to gain the upper hand? And why are so few species obliged only to lay eggs in host nests? Have host defences limited the success of brood parasitism, or is it in fact much commoner than we suspect, but occurring mainly when birds parasitise the nests of their own kind?
All of these puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and to ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour. The story takes us from the strange tales of folklore to the classic field work earlier this century by pioneer ornithologists such as Edgar Chance, Stuart Baker, Herbert Friedmann and others, through to the recent experimental field work and molecular techniques of today's leading scientists. We visit brood parasites in Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australasia, and North and South America, to look at some of the world's most interesting birds and sortie of biology's most interesting questions, many of which still beg answers from ornithologists in the future.
Brilliant illustrations by David Quinn depict many behaviours for the first time and convey the thrill of watching these astonishing birds in the wild.
04/2000
Art contemporain
Xinyi Cheng. Seen Through Others, Edition bilingue français-anglais
Conçu comme un guide de visite, le carnet de l'exposition nous entraîne à la découverte des oeuvres de Xinyi Cheng à travers un entretien entre l'artiste et Christina Li, commissaire de l'exposition. On y découvre quelques sources d'inspiration inédites de l'artiste et des retours sur sa propre expérience de visiteuse d'expositions. Entièrement réalisé à l'atelier de la Fondation en risographie, technique d'impression particulière, cet ouvrage permet de découvrir quelques tableaux de Xinyi Cheng réinterprétés en trichromie (trois encres de couleurs différentes, en ton direct) et de les comparer avec quelques vues d'exposition imprimées en laser, de manière traditionnelle.
04/2022
Monographies
A Tale of Two Monkeys. Adventures in the Art World
Anthony Speelman is the doyen of English art dealers specializing in Dutch Golden Age art. Vividly written and handsomely illustrated, his memoirs offer fascinating insight into the sometimes secretive world of Old Masters. This book will appeal not only to dealers, collectors and others in the fine art world, but also to would-be collectors eager for a glimpse behind the curtain. These memoirs cover a lifetime of dealing in Old Masters at the very highest level. Speelman's career started under the guidance of his father Edward, whose own biography has much to tell. Over the years, Speelman has sold paintings to many of the world's greatest collectors, including Norton Simon, Paul Mellon, Baron Thyssen, Harold Samuel, Charles Clore and the Wrightsmans in New York, along with world renowned museums such as the Getty, the Louvre and the National Gallery, London, among many others. He writes about his encounters with these eminent bodies in a light-hearted style, sometimes amusing, always extremely interesting - including an anecdote about a recent meeting with a Chinese billionaire with a penchant for fine wine. The two monkeys in the title refer to two paintings of a monkey holding a peach by George Stubbs, the outstanding English animal painter. Anthony describes how he discovered one of these masterpieces as a 'sleeper' in a Sotheby's sale. Early in his career Anthony's rooms in Piccadilly were broken into and a number of paintings stolen, including a George Stubbs painting of a spaniel. An intriguing tale follows, ending with the paintings recovered some eighteen months later after a failed blackmail attempt on the part of the thieves. Amongst his accomplishments, Speelman was for many years chairman of the vetting committee at the annual Maastricht art fair. He describes the working of the committees which ensure that all works exhibited are correctly described. Still active in the art world, he is currently chairman of the vetting committee of the prestigious annual Masterpiece art fair in London. Other chapters detail Speelman's travels to California, New York and Paris, his interest in gastronomy and his thrilling adventures in the world of horseracing. The book is beautifully illustrated with examples of works that have passed through the author's hands. The wide range of illustrations is not limited to Dutch art and includes works by Canaletto, Stubbs, Raphael, Tiepolo, Melendez and other Old Masters.
12/2022
Instruments de musique
Slicked Back Tango. for trumpet and piano. trumpet and piano.
Tangos, like ragtimes and waltzes, are an integral part of Elena Kats-Chernin's music, always in a new and varied form. In it, the composer allusively combines her present time with the classical tradition and high art with light music. Slicked Back Tango was originally composed in 1995 for piano four hands and has since been written for numerous other instrumentations. The music "harks back to the time of silent movies. I was thinking of the 1920s and film star Rudolph Valentino. The title refers to his hairstyle", says Kats-Chernin. Instrumentation : trumpet and piano
05/2023
Instruments de musique
Slicked Back Tango. for cello and piano. cello and piano.
Tangos, like ragtimes and waltzes, are an integral part of Elena Kats-Chernin's music, always in a new and varied form. In it, the composer allusively combines her present time with the classical tradition and high art with light music. Slicked Back Tango was originally composed in 1995 for piano four hands and has since been written for numerous other instrumentations. The music "harks back to the time of silent movies. I was thinking of the 1920s and film star Rudolph Valentino. The title refers to his hairstyle", says Kats-Chernin. Instrumentation : cello and piano
05/2023
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
WHY SEX MATTERS. A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior
Why are men, like other primate usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? Why is killing infants routine in some cultures, but forbidden in others? Why is incest everywhere taboo? Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so.
Low begins by reviewing the fundamental arguments and assumptions of behavioral ecology: selfish genes, conflicts of interest, and the tendency for sexes to reproduce through different behaviors. She explains why in primate species-from chimpanzees and apes to humans-males seek to spread their genes by devoting extraordinary efforts to finding mates, while females find it profitable to expend more effort on parenting. Low illustrates these sexual differences among humans by showing that in places as diverse as the parishes of nineteenth-century Sweden, the villages of seventeenth-century China, and the forests of twentieth-century Brasil, men have tended to seek power and resources, from cattle to money, to attract mates, while women have sought a secure environment for raising children. She makes it clear, however, they have not done so simply through individual efforts or in a vacuum, but that men and women act in complex ways that involve cooperation and coalition building and that are shaped by culture, technology, tradition, and the availability of resources. Low also considers how file evolutionary drive to
acquire resources leads to environmental degradation and warfare and asks whether our behavior could be channeled in more constructive ways.
Why Sex Matters is a compelling work of biology, sociology, and anthropology and a penetrating study of the deep motivations that underlie individual and social behavior.
01/2000
Littérature érotique et sentim
Buy one get one free
Ils ont réussi. Les bioterroristes répandent le H5N1 sur le Monde. Sur papier, tout se présentait bien. Après tout, tout le monde ne se voit pas proposer un boulot à la CIA. Surtout après avoir été accusé - à tort - d'être un bioterroriste. Promotion ou récompense pour avoir sauvé les Etats-Unis d'une attaque au virus H5N1, Gary Gardner est devenu espion, et officiellement le "frère jumeau" de John. Bien qu'ils ne partagent aucun lien de parenté. C'est avec ses anciens coéquipiers qu'il doit maintenant s'atteler à remonter la filière "H5N1" qui semble prendre sa source aux Philippines. Grégoire Bogaert a repoussé ses limites, fait tomber ses tabous en devenant Gary Gardner. Mais dans un monde sans limites et sans tabous, il faut prendre garde de ne pas se perdre. Trouver sa voie et devenir lui-même sera, en marge des aventures qui l'attendent, son plus grand défi. Dans le deuxième tome des Chroniques de Gary Gardner, François Panier permet à Gary, John et Bob - pour ne citer qu'eux - de s'installer dans leur nouveau statut et d'une certaine manière, dans leur nouvelle vie. Il les précipite au coeur d'une intrigue haletante et complémentaire, mais distincte, du premier tome. Il ne sera plus possible de voir le Monde de la même manière, désormais.
10/2020
Autres collections (9 à 12 ans
La petite sorcière. Edition bilingue français-anglais
Tarentelle retombe en enfance, est-ce une bonne chose pour les autres ? Tarantella is falling back into childhood, is it a good thing for the others ?
05/2022
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 2
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Non classé
Read Ancient African scripts from any current African language. Volume 1
The son of Douaouf, the brilliant, scribe of the early XIIth Dynasty Xty " Khety " said this : "The man continues to subsist after reaching the haven of death and his actions are beside him in a heap. " If regression is the main cause of the alarming situation of Africa and its tails the perceptibles consequences at all levels, the solution to this problem is eminently political. It inevitably involves the constitution of a pan-African State. For men, there is no unity without memory of the past. In fact, the construction of a federal state inevitably involves the restoration of African historical consciousness. There is no national and federal identity without a common language. The unification of Africa will only be possible if it takes the measure of its linguistic unification issue. To a lesser extent but like Cheikh Anta Diop in his book titled the Cultural Unity, I was animated throughout this heuristic by the idea that only the true knowledge of the past can maintain the consciousness and the feeling of a historical continuity essential to the consolidation of a nation for the purpose of building a multinational state in line with its past. Like Cheikh Anta Diop, I build my sureness on the legitimate idea that a people who lost a significant part of their historical memory must engage in the investigation of their past in every possible way. This investigation can take the contours of a reconnection with its past through so-called old languages. But a people can not live only with by merely repeating of what others tell them about themselves. The investigation through its linguistic past allows especially a direct knowledge of oneself. In addition to the fact that this knowledge simply highlights its weaknesses, it allows also to become aware by an introspective and therefore reflective of its real abilities and strengths. It structures being and the consciousness of being to resist any form of servile and degrading ideology. This quest for the past, not founded on blind passion but objectivity, nourishes a healthy ambition for a real universalism. To know one's past is already to project one's future. To know one's past is to give oneself the capacity to be able to bring to others in a perspective of giving and receiving. To know one's past is to refuse intellectual guardianship and wait-and-seeism. To know one's past is to be reborn.
05/2020
Sociologie
The Fakir's Travels
Advising people to take this attitude or that are a waste of time. Those who see or/and are aware realise also that it is none of their business to goad and advise others. Our job at best can be to answer questions by the light of our knowledge but in no way can anyone be dogmatic about it. Let us all be first aware of - Do we know ? What do we know ? How do we know that we know ? To me it is the part where we first accept that there is room for change for the better in us. Then we observe ourselves. And finally we try to bring in the change in ourselves with our will with sincerity and objectivity.
04/2014
