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Zombie Apocalypse: Holy Land, Haiti, Hollywood explores the intellectual and cultural histories of two highly influential and essentially religious ideas, that of the zombie and that of the apocalypse. The former is a modern idea rooted in Haitian Vodou and its popular African and European religious antecedents, while the latter is an ancient one rooted in Zoroastrianism and the Bible and widely expanded in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is arguably one of the most influential ideas in world history. Today the merger of the zombie and the apocalypse has pervaded popular culture, with the zombie surpassing the vampire and Frankenstein as the most prolific monster in popular American consciousness. Drawing on biblical studies, African studies, Caribbean studies, and the sociology and history of religion, Parts I (Holy Land) and II (Haiti) explore the religious origins of these ideas. Part III (Hollywood) uses aspects of cultural studies, literary analysis, critical race theory, and cinema studies to document the (primarily) American obsession with the zombie and the zombie apocalypse. The apocalypse and the zombie have been momentous intellectual, historical, and cultural realities and social forces in both very ancient and very recent human history and culture. As such, Zombie Apocalypse provides a focused analysis of certain fundamental aspects of human existence. It challenges readers to cultivate their critical thinking skills while learning about two of the most compelling notions in human religious history and the impact they continue to have.

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Ce livre tente de s’interroger sur ce que signifie la lecture de Kafka aujourd’hui, en prenant notamment pour point de départ cette espèce de laboratoire de l’œuvre que constitue le Journal. De cette œuvre on peut dire qu’elle est avant tout une écriture fragmentaire, une pratique qui déplace constamment les frontières du romanesque et de l’« autobiographie ». C’est pourquoi il est apparu nécessaire, dans cette perspective, de reprendre la question du nom propre (sa position entre plusieurs langues, son caractère emblématique, sa dynamique). Car c’est, sans doute, pour Franz Kafka, une des voies d’accès essentielle à l’écriture, une des manières de prendre en compte le poids de la langue allemande. Comment un corps se découvre-t-il délimité et circonscrit dans et par l’ordre humain, c’est-à-dire dans et par les contraintes d’une langue reçue, héritée ? Kafka, dans les histoires qu’il construit, est un écrivain qui cherche sans cesse à énoncer ce qui l’incite et le pousse à écrire. Il ouvre, de cette façon, à nouveau, pour notre siècle, la question même de la littérature, dans son aspect le plus élémentaire, c’est-à-dire le travail d’un sujet incapable d’habiter entièrement la langue dans laquelle il est contraint d’écrire. D’où l’importance qui est accordée, dans ce livre, au petit texte de F. Kafka intitulé Discours sur ta langue yiddish.

Kafka, Franz, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Kafka, Franz --- -Criticism and interpretation --- Ḳafḳa, Frants, --- Kʻapʻŭkʻa, --- Kafka, F. --- Kaphka, Phrants, --- Ḳafḳa, Amshel, --- Kafka, Franc, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, Fu-lang-tzʻu, --- Kāk̲apkā, --- Кафка, Франц, --- Кафка, Ф., --- フランツ・カフカ, --- קאפקא, פראנץ, --- קאפקא, פרנץ, --- קאפקה, פראנץ, --- קפקא, --- קפקא, פרנץ, --- كافكا، فرانتس، --- كفكا، فرنز، --- کافکا، فرانز، --- Kafka, Franz, - 1883-1924 - Criticism and interpretation --- Literature (General) --- autobiographie --- nom propre --- onomastique --- Kafka, Franz, - 1883-1924 --- Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) --- Critique et interprétation --- Langue

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A few decades ago, management thinking started to embrace the idea of purpose. The first edition of this book marked an important step in this trajectory; it drew attention to the need for managers to relate the concepts of purpose and missions to strategy, culture and leadership. In the years since, purpose and missions have become business imperatives not only in terms of remaining competitive but as core in the attempts to have a sustainable impact on the world. The second edition of Management by Missions is an Open Access book based on substantially more research carried out over fifteen years, involving more than 200 organizations around the world. All of this research supports that the practical models and ideas offered in the book have been tried and tested and actually work in practice. With case studies, anecdote and new research findings, the authors present the main tools of the MBM method (shared missions, missions scorecards, interdependency matrix, missions-based objectives and integral assessment) and the type of leadership needed to implement it. The ideas presented in this book mark a path towards a new management methodology for the XXI century and a new way of understanding the work that managers do.

Corporate culture. --- Mission statements. --- Corporate mission statements --- Statements, Mission --- Strategic planning --- Culture, Corporate --- Institutional culture --- Organizational culture --- Corporations --- Organizational behavior --- Business anthropology --- Sociological aspects --- management --- organization --- purpose --- SDGs --- corporate culture --- leadership --- Open Access

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“Today, it is impossible to generate trust, reputation or stakeholder commitment without an authentic and coherent purpose. This book illustrates the strategic importance of creating purpose, and underlines how the future of business lies at the intersection of generating profit and creating societal value.” —Jaume Giró, Chairman of Corporate Excellence – Centre for Reputation Leadership and CEO, “la Caixa” Banking Foundation “Purpose-driven Organizations is the most comprehensive discussion of purpose available. If you are looking for the cutting edge of academic research, this is your go-to resource.” —Claudine Gartenberg, Assistant Professor at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, USA “This book is the work of one of the pioneers in advocating a deep sense of mission in businesses: the result of over 20 years of consulting with companies across countries and industries, and academic study that has been tirelessly researched” —Alberto Ribera, Senior Lecturer and Director of Executive Coaching, IESE Business School, Spain A higher purpose is not simply about profit. Symbolising the motivations of our actions and efforts, it reflects something much more aspirational and contributes to our global society. This open access book offers novel solutions to ensure employees support a wider organizational meaning whilst guaranteeing that the company benefits from the employee’s individual sense of purpose. Advocating a shift from previous models and theories, this book contributes to debate and offers insight for both scholars and practitioners. The chapters bring together academic rigour and practical models to help readers distinguish between the fads and influential strategies. Exploring the development of purpose at each level of business, from strategy and leadership to communication, this book avoids theoretical jargon and provides new approaches to building sustainable purpose-driven organizations.

Business. --- Management. --- Business ethics. --- Personnel management. --- Popular Science in Business and Management. --- Business Ethics. --- Human Resource Management. --- Corporations --- Employment management --- Human resource management --- Human resources management --- Manpower utilization --- Personnel administration --- Management --- Public administration --- Employees --- Employment practices liability insurance --- Supervision of employees --- Business --- Businesspeople --- Commercial ethics --- Corporate ethics --- Corporation ethics --- Professional ethics --- Wealth --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Trade --- Economics --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Personnel management --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Popular works --- Business ethics

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Comment penser le Moi dans l’œuvre d’Artaud, lorsque l’on connaît l’allure disparate de ses textes ? Un essai construit autour de l’évocation des énoncés d’Artaud et de leur prolongement. De ses premiers textes des années vingt aux Cahiers de l'après-guerre, on trouve sans cesse chez Antonin Artaud la manifestation d'un sujet d'écriture. Explorer les figures du Moi, parcourir ses frontières, sous les formes les plus variées, constituent l'un des aspects majeurs de ses écrits. Rendant compte de cette puissance d'affirmation, le livre de Patrick Wateau montre aussi les difficultés que rencontre toute lecture d'une des oeuvres les plus énigmatiques du vingtième siècle.

Literature (General) --- auteur --- écriture --- égo --- lecture --- littérature --- vingtième siècle