Discours et pratiques féministes contemporaines dans et hors des frontières by Avtar Brah, Clelia Clini

“…Avtar Brah is Professor Emerita at Birkbeck College, University of London. Her book Cartographies of a Diaspora (1996) has been widely read internationally and opened up new perspectives on ‘difference’ and ‘diversity’, informed by feminism and post-structuralism. …”
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Open Water Jumping: Clearing Obstacles in the Negotiation of French Rights to The Black Stallion by Cécile Cottenet

“…Based on archival evidence, this article develops a book history perspective to shed some light on these long negotiations that took place between 1941 and 1964.…”
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Carl Gustav Jung et les Noces Chymiques by Véronique Liard

“…To conclude, we will raise the question as to why Jung did not dedicate an entire book to the Chymical Wedding, though he regularly quoted parts of it and praised its importance.…”
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22 mars 1968 : une journée particulière à Nanterre. Retour sur le roman Derrière la vitre de Robert Merle by Jacques Cantier

“…The evocation of this particular day, presented through the perception of a large number of protagonists, is the subject of the book Derrière la vitre by Robert Merle, an English teacher in Nanterre and novelist. …”
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The Atlantic Ocean and the “Mighty Rivers” of the New World: Natural Phenomena and Human Encounters in Frances Trollope’s Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832) by Manuela D’AMORE

“…A best-seller on the eve of the Victorian era, Frances Trollope’s Domestic Manners of the Americans is not just an authentic account of America in the 1820s, but also a courageous book depicting the “Other” from different perspectives. …”
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An Interview with Professor Dieter Birnbacher: Reflections on Ethical Universality by Hanna Schudy, Dieter Birnbacher

“…In 1988 he published the book Verantwortung für zukünftige Generationen (responsibilities for future generations), which was translated into French (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1994) and Polish (Warsaw: Oficyna Naukowa 1999). …”
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Flaubert et Taine devant l’image by Bernard Vouilloux

“…What did Taine keep from the material Flaubert sent him? What, in his book, confirms or coincides with Flaubert’s observations? …”
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Carl Schmitt’s Revenge—the Context of a Newly Discovered Publication by Schmitt by Hubertus Buchstein

“…Including previously unknown archival material, the discovery sheds new light on three contexts of Schmitt’s relationship to his former favorite student Otto Kirchheimer: First, on the break-up of their personal contact as a consequence of George Schwab’s failed attempt to receive a PhD grade at Columbia University for his study on Schmitt in 1961; second, on the hidden connections between Schmitt’s and Kirchheimer’s concepts of political justice; and third, on Kirchheimer’s previously unknown contribution to Hannah Arendt’s book Eichmann in Jerusalem.…”
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Juliette Dissel (1902-1962) : la passion du théâtre occitan by Joëlle Ginestet

“…Guided by two mentors, abbot Salvat from the Collègi d’Occitania and Armand Praviel a journalist, book reviewer and Jòcs Florals Academy maintainer, she used to perform during occitan poetry shows and was mainly known for his moving « poems recitation ». …”
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