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(Here being a veritable law of bureaucratic administration, it turned out: The more compassionate and effective the high-level official, the more unpleasant and Cerberusian the secretary who barred one’s access to him.)
David Foster Wallace • The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel
Dans Métamorphoses du travail puis dans Capitalisme, socialisme, écologie41, il plaide dans le sillage de l’économiste Karl Polanyi (1886-1964)42, pour le « réencastrement » de l’économie – et de la technique qui la sert – dans la société. Concrètement, il s’agit pour Gorz dans ces années, non pas de supprimer la logique du marché, mais de restrein
... See moreFrançoise GOLLAIN • André Gorz et l'écosocialisme (French Edition)
Bayo Akomolafe • Home
bayoakomolafe.netIn this context, O’Neill emphasizes that the categorical imperative does not posit any substantive goals. Its regulatory function is negative. It only prevents any person or group from claiming a special privilege or harming the interests of others. Thus, it undertakes the standpoint of everyone else – a universal point of view. Significantly, O’Ne
... See morePrasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
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Anna B • 2 cards
l’administration a pour objectif de réduire vos possibilités de vie au maximum quand elle ne parvient pas tout simplement à les détruire, du point de vue de l’administration un bon administré est un administré mort,
Michel Houellebecq • Sérotonine (French Edition)
Noema • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Top-down state mandated agendas, however, are unlikely to fulfill the task of environmental protection despite the commitment of the central government, in part because the state itself sends mixed messages and is constituted by different agencies and levels of government with varying if not contradictory attitudes towards the environment.