1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466781003321

Autore

Bongie Laurence L.

Titolo

Sade : un essai biographique / / Laurence L. Bongie ; preface de Benoit Melancon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, , 2017

ISBN

979-1-03-650158-6

2-7606-3694-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

843.6

Soggetti

Authors, French - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

Laurence L. Bongie propose ici une lecture radicale de l'œuvre de Sade et met à mal nombre d'idées reçues sur l'auteur de La philosophie dans le boudoir. Qui oserait réhabiliter la belle-mère de Sade, la redoutable Présidente de Montreuil ? Contester à Sade la qualité de philosophe ? Avancer que les lettres de cachet l'ont, en quelque sorte, protégé de la justice, tout en menant à son enfermement ? Cette réinterprétation du rôle de la Présidente n'est pas la seule proposée par l'auteur qui, à partir de recherches nouvelles en archives, invite notamment les lecteurs à repenser le rapport de Sade avec sa mère, dont on a dit longtemps qu'elle était absente de son œuvre. Pour Bongie, au contraire, la haine de la mère est capitale.  Originellement paru en anglais, ce livre s'adresse évidemment aux spécialistes de Sade, mais aussi à un grand public friand de détails sur la vie aristocratique au siècle des Lumières. À la fois essai biographique et relecture de l'œuvre sadienne, il affirme haut et fort des positions loin de toutes les orthodoxies. Les nouveaux lecteurs, ni apôtres ni spécialistes, mais esprits curieux souhaitant se faire une idée par eux-mêmes sur un écrivain aujourd'hui devenu canonique, pourraient être étonnés.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910746288903321

Autore

Aspalter Christian

Titolo

Super Inequality: Theoretical Essays in Economics and Social Policy / / by Christian Aspalter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-9951-69-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 158 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Social policy

Economics - Psychological aspects

Welfare economics

Social Policy

Behavioral Economics

Social Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 -- The Fascinating World of Human Action: An Introduction. Chapter 2.-The General Theory of Distorted Choices. Chapter 3. The General Theory of Z-Efficiency. Chapter 4 -- The General Theory of Super Inequality. Chapter 5 -- On Notions of Evolution and Development: A Concluding Note.

Sommario/riassunto

This book bridges the disciplines of micro-economics and social policy in general, and, in particular, behavioral/explanatory social policy and public choice theory, plus Leibenstein’s X-efficiency theory. Being trained as an economist and social policy scientist, the author leaps out of the comfort zone of most social policy scientists and experts, right into the exciting world of micro-economic theory, and then extending and connecting those theories to explain major social, political and economic conundrums of our time. In doing so, the book offers a new set of theoretical—and practical—explanations derived from the general proposition of micro-economic theory, of how government officers, policymakers, administrators and the people themselves alike are, by and large, motivated in their daily as well as strategic (long-term) decision-making. Using a meta-analytical approach (based on a



number of grand theories), this book also explains systemic factors behind human behavior and the thereof resulting shortcomings in lifetime outcomes (health, wealth and happiness of a person) and at the same time societal, policy-making, and economic outcomes on societal level, and in global comparison. The outcomes thereof can be measured exactly (and hence validated), especially through the method of empirical comparative social science/economic research. Here, the author also (but not only) introduces the new method of using Aspalter's Standardized Relative Performance (SRP) Index in measuring exactly complex, aggregate performances of multiple governments, and that at the same time also across the entire world.