Cadences ; mouvements d'idées, disciplines d'action, aspects de la vie sociale: l'ordre-l'amour-l'apparence by CHEVALIER Jacques,

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, May 6 (weekend SALE ITEM)* 288 pp., Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

xvii+467 pages with tables, maps, figures, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's white pictorial cloth with lettering in red and black. Foreword by Ernesto Laclau. First edition. The study begins with a tentative outline of a post-structuralist theory of society and history-a provocative rejection of theories of all paradigmatic affiliation that reduce the widespread phenomenon of historical 'syncretism' to coherent process of 'modernization.' It also proposes a conception of society that does away with the notion that material practices are unequivocally distinguishable from the mental moments of cultural activity. Set in this broader theoretical context, the book covers a wide range of economic issues such as social and ecological conditions of Amazonian slash-and-burn agriculture, the resistance of peasants and wage-workers to hinterland capitalist exploitation and the intervention of capital, state and church in the manipulation of pre-Hispanic forms… Read More

Paris: Librairie Plon. 1941. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 17th Edition Used. Paperback. Good. Text in French. Blue printed wraps (some darkening and minor wear; chipping to spine tips; hinge cracked; corner torn off title page).

Paris: Librairie Plon. 1941. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 17th Edition Used. Paperback. Very Good-. Text in French. Blue printed wraps (some darkening and minor wear).

Editions Dunod, 1988. Paperback. Livre en français. Couverture souple. Préface de Gérard Worms. Broché. 184 pages. (ref. 207170)

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2003. A clean and bright copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation.. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine.

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2003. A very clean and bright copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation.. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Plon, 1941. in12. 1941. Broché.

1938 - Bibliothèque de Philosophie scientifique.. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, Editeur. broché,. couverture un peu défraîchie, avec signes de bibliothèque : étiquettes sur le bas du dos, chiffres et tampons sur les pages liminaires, ainsi qu'un tampon intérieur, sinon bon état intérieur.. pt in-8.

Downsview, Ontario, Canada: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1982. hardback in very good+ condition. Hardcover. Very Good.