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Historical roots of linguistic theories

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The figural Jew politics and identity in postwar French thought / by Hammerschlag, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Roots, rootlessness, and fin de siècle France -- Stranger and self: Sartre's Jew -- Anti-Semite and Jew -- Dialectical history, unhappy consciousness, and the Messiah -- The ethics of uprootedness: Emmanuel Levinas's postwar project -- Literary unrest: Maurice Blanchot's rewriting of Levinas --"The Last of the Jews": Jacques Derrida and the case of the figure -- The cut -- The exemplar -- Conclusion.…”
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Sacred Rivals : Catholic Missions and the Making of Islam in Nineteenth-Century France and Algeria / by Peterson, Joseph W.

Table of Contents: “…Sincerely religious : Louis Veuillot and Catholic representations of Islam and empire -- God and Caesar : missionaries and militaires in colonial Algeria -- White unto harvest : religion, race, and the Jesuit mission arabe at Constantine -- Crusade of charity : liberal Catholic roots of the civilizing mission -- Conspiracy to massacre : liberal Catholics and the invention of pan-Islam -- Worthy of his hire : Charles Lavigerie, Algerian Muslims, and missionary fundraising -- Compel them to come : Algerian students and colonial racism between France and Algeria.…”
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Views from the margins creating identities in modern France /

Table of Contents: “…Curtis -- Marcel Lefebvre in Gabon : revival, missionaries, and the colonial roots of Catholic traditionalism / Jeremy Rich -- Marketing in the Metropole : colonial rubber plantations and French consumerism in the early twentieth century / Stephen L. …”
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Across the Waves : How the United States and France Shaped the International Age of Radio / by Vaillant, Derek

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May '68 : Shaping Political Generations / by Pagis, Julie, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…. ; Articulating statistics and life histories; 1 The roots of participation in May '68; The matrices of participation in May '68…”
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Discrimination at Work : Comparing European, French, and American Law / by Mercat-Bruns, Marie

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