Category: Power and Politics
The Language of Truth is Simple
Denis COCQUET listens to and is concentrated on the other one and it is doubtless what allows him to elaborate simple and effective existential models. Didn’t Sénèque say: “the language of truth is simple”? Yes, but if truth is simple, we do not remain less complicated and it is along those lines that Denis [...]
Christian Monjou on Communication Skills
Christian Monjou used to be a Researcher and Professor at Oxford. He is currently a Professor of High Chair in a preparatory school (khâgne) at Lycée Henri IV in Paris. Impassioned by Shakespeare, Christian Monjou draws on history, art, and literature to tie in with the current events and to understand them better. Talking [...]
The Secrets of the Brain, the Gift Economy, and Social Networks in China*
Following the “Gala” evening for which the Deauville Casino had been specially fitted out…the sparsely occupied rows in the morning plenary session bore witness to a hard morning after the night before. But so what? This didn’t prevent the third and last day starting by raising awareness of what we all more or less [...]
Gender Differences are Real!*
Day 2 at the Women’s Forum, and the blog team assembled for this occasion has already come across lots of sources of inspiration. Céline was impressed by the charisma and conviction of the two Nobel Peace Prize winners Shirin Ebadi and Leymah Gbowee. I felt the same. This sentiment was the highlight of the day, reflecting Shirin Ebadi’s thought provoking flair and enthusiasm. I also [...]
The Story of my Day-1 at the Women’s Forum*
This was my first time, first day, at the Women’s Forum, chaired by Véronique Morali since 2011, an emblematic figure of female networks. It’s a privilege to attend this event where world-leading women raise their voices about the current global, social and economic issues. Virginie Morgon and Evelyne Sevin introduced the 17 out of 20 nominees of the 2012 Rising Talents [...]
Alexandre Adler : Geopolitical Outlook Regarding China
Alexandre Adler continues his geopolitical analysis, moving from the US framework to that of China. According to him, the years we are entering into puts us in front of an unprecedented Chinese power that requires the United States in particular to redefine certain parameters. The direction China is taking, which has been in place [...]
Vaiju Naravane : Geopolitical Outlook Regarding India
After she has pursued her studies in India, then in the United States, Vaiju Naravane became the Director of the Europe Office of The Hindu and the publisher for the foreign literature of Editions Albin Michel. Based in Paris, she has interviewed several political leaders including Presidents Mitterrand, Chirac and Sarkozy. She has witnessed, [...]
Alexandre Adler : Geopolitical Outlook Regarding the United States
Alexandre Adler, whom we would listen to for long hours without the slightest weariness, evaporated in the course of his words, thought and fascinating projections… takes us beyond time and borders to bring us his vision of the geopolitical outlook regarding the United States. In his opinion, America, in front of the difficulties it [...]
Concept of Power
According to Crozier and Friedberg [1], actions in organizations are strategic and any individual can take advantage of power at his disposal to serve his purposes, whatever his place in the organization. The authors focused on relations in power arguing that : "acting on others is getting in relationship with them, and that this connection develops the power of person A to [...]
Hell Can Be the Partner
According to Handy[1], power is a complex and odd concept, since it sounds like a negative word and few people want to admit to having it and yet we can see it all around us and we want to be part of the powerful, not part of the powerless. One can also use the definition [...]
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