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"Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age" is a groundbreaking introductory book that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea book that features numerous classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators to encourage you to critically explore and make images from the photographers' eye, an aesthetic point of view.
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« Trouver une forme qui accommode le désordre, telle est aujourd'hui la tâche de l'artiste. » La formule de Samuel Beckett sert de ligne directrice à cette réflexion collective sur la prose narrative de l'écrivain, attentive à l'évolution de sa poétique. Prenant acte de la résistance des textes à la lecture, l'étude décrit leur organisation par la combinaison de deux ressorts fondamentaux : les opérations de configuration, qui conditionnent l'appréhension de faits de style liant texture et structure ; un mode de progression fortement thématisé, impliquant l'énonciation elle-même dans une tension entre obligation et « empêchement ». Cette dialectique de la forme et du mouvement participe du rythme gouvernant le déploiement du discours. L'analyse textuelle appliquée à différents paliers, selon divers paramètres linguistiques, permet de cerner les conditions paradoxales de la représentation, qui mettent en question le statut du sujet, l'imaginaire de la langue, les codes littéraires. Au-delà des effets de confusion, voire d'obscurité, le discours fait participer le lecteur aux jeux du langage, exploitant la palette de l'humour et de l'ironie. Le rôle croissant de l'imagination et de la perception dans la scénographie du processus d'écriture, l'évolution vers une syntaxe de la « bribe » confirment la pertinence de perspectives intersémiotiques (théâtre, peinture, musique) pour rendre compte d'une expérience esthétique toujours plus exigeante.
Linguistics --- prose --- discours --- analyse textuelle --- représentation
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Dessins d'architecture --- Perspective --- Techniques de représentation
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"Ministers, Minders and Mandarins brings together the leading academics in this specialty to rigorously assess the impact and consequences of political advisers in parliamentary democracies. The ten contemporary and original case studies focus on issues of tension, trust and tradition, and are written in an accessible and engaging style. Using new empirical findings and theory from a range of public policy canons,the authors analyse advisers' functions, their differing levels of accountability and issues of diversity between governments. Cases include research on the tensions in the UK, the possible unease in Swedish government offices and the role of trust in Greece. Established operations in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand are compared to relative latecomers to advisory roles, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. A key comparative work in the field,this book encourages further research into the varied roles of political advisers. Offering an excellent introduction to the complex role political advisers play,this book will be of great interest to upper undergraduate and postgraduate students studying political science and policy administration, as well as researchers and scholars in public policy." - Back cover.
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"In Direct Democracy or Representative Government? John Haskell develops a devastating critique of direct democracy by exposing the central flaw in populist thinking. Contrary to the beliefs of populist advocates of direct democracy, the popular will cannot be interpreted from the results of the plebiscite. John Haskell presents a defense of representative institutions that brings to bear, in an understandable way, the findings of public choice scholars. Haskell covers the clash of ideas between populists and constitutionalists throughout American history. He follows the development of direct democracy during the twentieth century, especially the dramatically increased use of initiatives and referenda in the last decade. As Americans become increasingly frustrated with the workings of the institutions of government at the state and national levels, and as populist ideas gain greater currency, new forms of direct and participatory democracy making use of the latest computer technology appeal to more people. Haskell speculates as to the likely future direction of direct democracy in the U.S. He describes in clear language the fundamental problem with the premise of populist thinking and explains why direct democracy presents a threat to minority rights and only promises irresponsible and unaccountable governance."--Provided by publisher.
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Gerrymandering --- Election districts --- Representative government and representation
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