C’est d’ailleurs la thèse que défendit dans ses conclusions le professeur Albert Solal, expert-psychiatre et chef de service à l’asile Saint-Anne, en toute fin de procès. Le professeur Solal était un petit homme gris et rabougri, dont les interventions, paradoxalement, étaient solaires.Il dit ainsi.— L’histoire de Constant Gallien est jalonnée de scènes dramatiques et d’évènements tragiques, mais, avant tout, elle est celle d’un manque. Un manque improbable. Un manque que d...

À la veille des jeux olympiques de Berlin, en 1936, Adolf Reichmann, caporal dans l'armée allemande, apprend qu'Eva, sa femme, vient de lui donner un second fils. Contraint de regagner sur-le-champ la maison familiale, Adolf découvre alors que le nouveau-né présente un phimosis, une affection bénigne. Bénin, le phimosis ? Pas pour Adolf !

— Joseph K., vous êtes médecin, n’est-ce pas ?— Oui, Monsieur. Psychiatre.— Dans la lettre que vous m’avez adressée, vous écrivez que vous possédez des informations inédites et, j’imagine, précieuses sur le fabuleux géant que nous avons appréhendé dans le massif des Aloades.— Tout à fait, Monsieur.— Vous n’êtes pas le premier, depuis son apparition désastreuse, à prétendre m’apporter de supposées révélations sur lui, vous vous en doutez.— J’en suis c...

Trump Fiction: Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television, including works that took up the subject of Trump before his successful presidential campaign (in terms that often uncannily prefigure his presidency) as well as those that have appeared since he took office. Covering a range of texts and approaches, the essays in this collection analyze the place Trump has assumed in l...

Within the realm of American culture and its construction of its citizenry, geography, and ideology, who are southerners and who are queers, and what is the South and what is queerness? Queering the South on Screen addresses these questions by examining the intersections of queerness, regionalism, and identity depicted in film, television, and other visual media about the South during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Southern queers on screen often reflect the fant...

A call to put down our Magic 8-Balls and pick up God’s WordOVER 300,000 COPIES SOLD!For Christians who want to make godly decisions, hear, and follow God.Looking for a meaningful Christian graduation gift? Just Do Something is a thoughtful choice for high school and college graduates as they prepare for the next season of life. Grounded in Scripture, it offers timeless wisdom for making decisions wi...

Dismantling the Myths that Obscure God’s Great PlanThe primary mission of the church is to glorify God by blessing all peoples of the world through the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Great Commission’s task of global disciple-making is the most ambitious project ever undertaken. Given the scale and complexity of global missions, it’s no wonder that misconceptions abound, even among invested, godly people.Questions and skepticism about missions arise from both ...

The Story of Philosophy was first published in 1926, with modest expectations that were soon outgrown. In a few years, it sold 2 million copies. To this day, it is still capturing new readers in America and has found many abroad in translations into Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swedish.Durant provides an immensely astute, clear, and ...

In Uncertainty, Patrik Aspers provides detailed analysis of publicly available means of uncertainty reduction. Drawing on phenomenology, social constructionism, and the sociology of knowledge, Aspers considers the meaningful differences between uncertainty and risk, the different ways people cope and have coped with uncertainty through history, the importance of knowledge and science to reducing uncertainty, and the trade-offs involved in reducing forms of uncerta...

The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement.The British Empire evolved over centuries, but it began to blossom in its greatest age: the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I (from 1558 to 1603) and King James I (from 1603 to 1625). Despite bitter religious struggles within and threats from nations such as Spain without, this era not only sowed the seeds of the ...

Wie entfaltet sich das Menschsein im Spannungsfeld biblischer Polyvalenz? Welche theologischen Impulse lassen sich aus den frühchristlichen Texten für Gegenwart und Zukunft gewinnen? Welche Resonanz entfalten biblische Narrative und wie interferiert diese mit kulturellen Deutungsmustern? Diese Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Christian Strecker, Professor für Neues Testament an der Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau, vereint Beiträge von Kolleginnen, Kollegen und Weggefährten. Sie alle ...

Start-up – aber richtig!Gründung und Fortführung eines Start-ups werfen mannigfaltige Fragen auf. Neben rechtlichen Aspekten sehen sich viele Gründer:innen mit wirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen und zahlreichen anderen Themen konfrontiert, deren Aufarbeitung viel Expertise und Praxiserfahrung bedarf.Diesem Umstand trägt das Buch Rechnung. Umfassend und anschaulich werden die zentralen Fragen rund um Gründung und Fortbestand eines Start-ups beantwortet. Von ei...