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Catherine Porter is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Lancaster University, UK. She has provided policy advice to the UK and Ethiopian Governments, the United Nations (UNICEF, UNDP) and the World Bank. Her latest project examines the unequal impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic in low income countries.
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Téléchargez le livre : Forms of the Visible
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Forms of the Visible

Philippe Descola , Catherine Porter

Polity

2025-09-16

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Imagery and figuration are not just figments of an artist’s imagination.  Perception and imagination are always shaped by what habit has taught us to discern.  The visual path we spontaneously trace through the world depends on where we are situated...

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Télécharger le livre : If we lose the Earth, we lose our souls
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If we lose the Earth, we lose our souls
Sam Ferguson , Bruno Latour , Catherine Porter
In this book Bruno Latour calls upon Christians to join the struggle to avert a climate catastrophe.  First and foremost, Christians need to overcome their lack of interest in “earthly things” and pay attention to the Earth at a time when it is being neglected. He also...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-01-22

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16,77 €
Télécharger le livre : The Sovereign Self
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The Sovereign Self
Catherine Porter , Elisabeth Roudinesco
The toppling of statues in the name of anti-racism is disconcerting, as is the violence sometimes displayed towards others in the name of gender equality.The emancipation movements of the past seem to have undergone a subtle transformation: the struggle now is not so...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2022-11-08

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21,52 €
Télécharger le livre : Rekindling Life
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Rekindling Life
Baptiste Morizot , Catherine Porter
As the environmental crisis accelerates, we can easily feel overwhelmed, but our feeling of powerlessness is partly due to a misunderstanding of the natural world. We tend to think of nature as a cathedral on fire, like Notre Dame engulfed in flames. But the living...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2022-06-15

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19,10 €
Télécharger le livre : The Populist Century
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The Populist Century
Catherine Porter , Pierre Rosanvallon
Populism is an expression of anger; its appeal stems from being presented as the solution to disorder in our times. The vision of democracy, society, and the economy it offers is coherent and attractive. At a time when the words and slogans of the left have lost much of...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2021-11-12

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21,52 €
Télécharger le livre : Enrichment
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Enrichment
Luc Boltanski , Arnaud Esquerre , Catherine Porter
This book offers a major new account of modern capitalism and of the ways in which value and wealth are created today. Boltanski and Esquerre argue that capitalism in the West has recently undergone a fundamental transformation characterized by de-industrialization, on...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2020-04-22

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41,78 €
Télécharger le livre : Facing Gaia
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Facing Gaia
Bruno Latour , Catherine Porter
The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2017-07-24

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23,53 €
Télécharger le livre : A Companion to Translation Studies
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A Companion to Translation Studies
Sandra Bermann , Catherine Porter
This companion offers a wide-ranging introduction to the rapidly expanding field of translation studies, bringing together some of the best recent scholarship to present its most important current themes Features new work from well-known scholars Includes a broad range...

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2014-01-22
Collection : Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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185,63 €