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Monique Bydlowski
Motherhood, the Cradle of Humanity
Gathered together in one book, all the great themes that have been central to Monique Bydlowski’s work for more than fifty years, from life debt to the psychic openness so characteristic of pregnancy.
Anne Muxel
The Other at a Distance When a Pandemic Affects Intimacy
A sociological analysis that looks in depth at the upheavals brought about by the pandemic that have affected the intimate side of our existence and our relationships with others.
Flora Leroy-Forgeot, Caroline Mécary
The Homosexual Couple and the Law
"Should homosexual unions be recognised? Can foreign models of homosexual unions serve as a point of reference? What was the process of recognition? What could be the consequences? These are but some of the questions raised in this book, which provides all the necessary historical references concerning the social recognition of same-sex couples through the ages. Above all, it provides information on the various legal forms that such social recognition has taken in France as well as in other countries in Europe and North America. Flora Leroy-Forgeot and Caroline Mécary Flora Leroy-Forgeot is a researcher at the Institut Michel-Villey of Legal Studies and Philosophy of Law, at the University of Paris II. Caroline Mécary is a lawyer on the Paris bar and teaches at the University of Paris XII.
Jean-Marc Daniel
The State of Connivance Abolishing Rentier Capitalism
How to make the transition from rentier capitalism to competitive capitalism?
Anasthasia Blanché
The Odyssey of Retirement: A Private and Collective Adventure
A sociologist’s point of view on a new phase of life that will concern ever-more people.
Ghislaine Thesmar
A Life on Pointe Dance as destiny
The story of an exceptional principal dancer which in a very beautiful style offers an impassioned look at her life. With Ghislaine Thesmar, the reader enters fully into that long line of transmission of the art of dance, one that is constantly renewed and enriched.
Jacques deLarosière
Ten Preconceived Notions That Are Leading Us to Economic and Financial Disaster
Jacques de Larosière is a prominent actor of the world financial scene. He is currently an advisor to the President of BNP Paribas.
Boris Cyrulnik
In the Time of Souls and Seasons Psychology and Ecology
From the body to language, including the climate, culture, and, of course, the family, an astute description of the way in which our different environments (“ecology” in the broadest sense of the term) determine, from childhood, the person we are to become.
Bernard Jarry-Lacombe, Jean-Marie Bergère, François Euvé, Hubert Tardieu
The Digital Serving the Common Good
Beyond the technology alone, this book aims to question the ethical, societal and ultimately anthropological ramifications of the new tools of modernity...
Pierre-Jean Rémy
The Other Sentimental Education
A life recounted through various forms: masterworks and music pieces, pictures and images, the pens of writers, the voices of friends, the steady rhythm of the seasons, an everlasting love. A heart-warming novel by P.-J. Rémy, diplomat and member of the French Academy.
