Partant de points de vue théoriques et disciplinaires variés, l'ouvrage mobilise la notion de prudence ou de " sagesse pratique " pour penser le travail social contemporain. Loin des principes tels que l'efficience, la performance, l'objectivité ou la prévisibilité du travail, la notion de prudence porte l'attention sur la singularité, la complexité, l'incertitude ou encore la vulnérabilité qui caractérisent le travail social. Les contributions réunies proposent une immersion dans différents champs d'activité (service social, animation, éducation, travail social en milieu scolaire) et mettent au jour la multiplicité des registres d'actions et de connaissances mobilisés au quotidien. Les savoir-faire professionnels sont-ils toujours cadrés par des " pouvoir-faire " organisationnels ? Comment les professionnel-le-s définissent-ils et elles les priorités, quels sont les arbitrages opérés en situation de travail ? Les espaces de délibération professionnels sont-ils suffisants pour parer l'incertitude, pour limiter au mieux les dommages à autrui, pour réfléchir aux finalités de l'activité ?

The Anthropocene refers to all societies’ current era of environmental challenges. For the social sciences, the Anthropocene represents a historical “moment” with huge potential: it offers people new ways of considering the human condition, as well as how they interact with the rest of the living world and with the planet on all levels. At the turn of the 21st century, the idea of the Anthropocene burst onto the older, diverse and varied scene of risk studies. This “new geological era”, which is entirely created by humanity, went on to revive our understanding of environmental issues, as well as the analysis of the social and political problems that constitute risk situations. Drawing together contributions from specialists in social sciences concerning risks and the environment, Risks and the Anthropocene explores the advantages that the idea of the Anthropocene can offer in understanding risks and their management, as well as the limitations it presents.

In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions of the disease—ranging from the early romantic image of a consumptive woman to the later view of a scourge spread by the poor—owed more to the power structures of nineteenth-century society than to medical science. By 1900, the war against tuberculosis had become a war against the dirty habits of the working class. Lucid and original, Barnes's study broadens our understanding of how and why societies assign moral meanings to deadly diseases.

This book, written by the celebrated nineteenth century French economist propagating free trade, reads as it was written yesterday.

'High energy, highly unique, swashbuckling-cop-epic-noir story. Buy it. BUY IT NOW' Sam Sykes The Greatcoats are back - and this time it's personal. How do you kill a Saint? Falcio, Brasti and Kest are about to find out, as someone is doing just that, and they've started with a friend. The Dukes were already looking for ways to weasel out of their promise to put Aline on her father's throne - but with Saints turning up dead, and Church Inquistitors pushing for control - rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. The only way Falcio can stop the country turning into a vicious theocracy is to find and stop the Saint-killer - but his only clue is the iron mask encasing the head of the Saint of Mercy, which prevents her from speaking. And even if he can find the murderer, he will still have to face them in battle - and this may be a duel that no swordsman, no matter how skilled, can win.

Essays on the French writer and critic Georges Bataille, that examine his thought in relation to Hegel, Nietzsche, and Derrida.