This lively and thought-provoking collection of interviews with Jacques Rancière provides the reader with an incisive overview of his philosophical project, from its beginnings during the Red Years in
In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unpar
Joseph Babinski's contributions to French medicine have been well-documented, but there has yet to be a significant and an authoritative biography of him--until now. Two French physicians, Jaques Phi
A self-study text (newly revised with CD), presenting the most common jazz rhythms in order of increasing complexity in a series of short exercises and duets. The CD provides examples of performance
When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated e
Think you know - or want to know - all about gardening? Ever wonder how much you might learn just by asking a simple question like: "How do you feel about Magnolias?"Myriads, says fifth-generation (H
"This compelling new account traces the origins and development of the most dramatic and destructive disease epidemic of modern times. Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events in
