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The Rites of Labor is the only full account of the brotherhoods of compagnonnage, secret associations of French journeymen formed in the late medieval era and surviving into the nineteenth century. In this major contribution to French social history and the anthropology of work culture, Truant re-creates the compagnons? economic activities, their often violent clashes with one another, and the myths and rituals that sustained their bonds.
Ce livre dresse le bilan du compagnonnage au XXe siècle. Fortement déstabilisé par les conséquences des révolutions industrielles, il a failli disparaître au début du siècle, avant de renaître sous une forme nouvelle, sous les auspices du régime de Vichy. « Copyright Electre »
René Guénon (1886-1951) was one of the great luminaries of the twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood fast against the shifting sands of intellectual fashion. His extensive writings, now finally available in English, are a providential treasure-trove for the modern seeker: while pointing ceaselessly to the perennial wisdom found in past cultures ranging from the Shamanistic to the Indian and Chinese, the Hellenic and Judaic, the Christian and Islamic, and including also Alchemy, Hermeticism, and other esoteric currents, they direct the reader also to the deepest level of religious praxis, emphasizing the need for affiliation with a revealed tradition even while ack...
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L'orientation scolaire et professionnelle, l'orientation des adultes et la formation tout au long de la vie sont approchées ici selon les dimensions sociopolitiques, locales et internationales, pédagogiques, économiques et psychologiques. Cet ouvrage ouvre également sur la notion éthique de responsabilité des personnes dans leur auto-orientation, sans esquiver les discriminations, conflits et paradoxes liés à la question du sens de la réussite dans la vie
Ronald Aminzade provides an original analysis of how the development of early industrial capitalism transformed the political landscape in mid-nineteenth-century France and gave rise to the revolutionary political upheavals of 1848 and 1871. In a detailed local case study of the city of Toulouse, the author carefully documents how the developing solidarities and antagonisms of social class were reflected in the changing character of working-class associations, cultural institutions, collective actions, and political ideologies. Aminzade employs a coherent and sophisticated Marxist class analysis to systematically explore a wide variety of important issues, ranging from the changing organizat...
This book uncovers the early Jewish, Scottish, and Stuart sources of "ancient" Cabalistic Freemasonry. Drawing on architectural, technological, political, and religious documents, it provides the historical context for Masonic traditions of visionary Temple building and mystical fraternity.
Après un voyage au pays des mythes et des légendes du compagnonnage, François Icher évoque l'histoire des Devoirs et retrace à travers seize villes-étapes le tour de France des compagnons voyageurs. Illustré de dessins, de gravures et de photos, cet ouvrage aborde aussi les vingt-cinq métiers qui composent cette corporation. « Copyright Electre »