Defensive realism and the Concert of Europe [PDF]
, 2006 Why do great powers expand? Offensive realist John Mearsheimer claims that states wage an eternal struggle for power, and that those strong enough to seek regional hegemony nearly always do.
Rendall, Matthew
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Encyclopedic knowledge in the mobile age [PDF]
, 2008 The aim of this chapter is to shed some light on the changing nature of all-encompassing collections of represented knowledge, how knowledge may be socially constructed and shared, and whether perspectives may be shifting due to greater mobility and ...
Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes
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Potatoes and the Hispanic enlightenment [PDF]
, 2018 Among the new publications tempting Spanish readers in 1785, alongside a comedy about jealous women, a how-to manual on forensic surgery, and a 600-page translation of the rulings of the Council of Trent, was a modest pamphlet about potatoes.
Earle, Rebecca
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Barbarity in the Encyclopédie: Thoughts on an Enlightened Debate [PDF]
, 2016 A partir de los usos y definiciones de términos como “bárbaro” y “barbarie” en la Encyclopédie, el artículo propone una exploración de las ideas ilustradas al respecto, tanto en Francia como fuera de ella.
Kwiatkowski, Nicolás
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D'Alembert refait le MONDE (Phys.): parcours dans les mathématiques mixtes. [PDF]
, 2006 International audienceThe status of ‘physico-mathematical' sciences has always presented a problem when one compares both the Encyclopédie prospectus to Diderot's ‘Système figuré' and the latter to D'Alembert's Preliminary discourse.
Passeron, Irène
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A Sheep in Wolff's Clothing: Émilie du Châtelet and the Encyclopédie [PDF]
, 2017 This article explores the use of Émilie Du Châtelet's Institutions de physique as both an acknowledged and unacknowledged source for the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, and argues for Du Châtelet's inclusion as a full participant in the ...
Glenn Roe
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Trou d'air : où est passée l'aérologie ?: De quelle(s) science(s) ou connaissance(s) l'air relève-t-il dans l'Encyclopédie ? [PDF]
, 2009 International audienceLack of air.What happened to aerology? The Encyclopédie refused to define air as an element, preferring ‘body' or ‘medium', but without wanting to distinguish it from ether.Thus the air is conceptually linked to several physical ...
Passeron, Irène
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Les noms Samoireau et Côt dans les vignobles du Val de Loire (16e-19e s.), Recherches sur l'histoire des cépages de Loire, 4 [PDF]
, 2016 Samoireau and Cot are two different names for the same grape variety. Samoreau is a place name near Fontainebleau were François Ist had vines from Cahors (and elsewhere) planted in 1532-39.
Galinié, Henri
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Les femmes lettrées du siècle des Lumières face à leurs soigneurs : des rapports de pouvoirs, de savoirs et de genre dans la relation thérapeutique [PDF]
, 2000 International audienceCet article analyse les rapports de pouvoirs et de savoirs qui prennent place dans la relation thérapeutique telle qu'elle est vécue au siècle des Lumières.
Hanafi, Nahema
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Divertir les deniers publics dans les villes franÇaises: etude sur le pedulat d'apres la dotrine juridique du XVIIIe siecle [PDF]
, 2016 Le péculat est «le crime de ceux qui ayant le maniement des deniers royaux ou du public, les retiennent et les tournent à leur usage particulier». Ces malversations portent atteinte aux finances de l’Etat comme à celles des villes, les municipalités ...
Sereni, Manon
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