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La chirurgie de l'âme: de la lobotomie à la stimulation cérébrale profonde, soigner ou contrôler notre cerveau
By Marc Lévêque, Sandrine Cabut. 2017
La dépression, les troubles obsessionnels compulsifs, les addictions, l'anorexie... Demain, de nombreuses maladies psychiatriques pourront être soignées par la psychochirurgie…
et plus spécifiquement par la neurostimulation. En quelques années, plus de 100 000 patients souffrant de la maladie de Parkinson ont vu leur quotidien amélioré. Et ce n'est qu'un début. Les progrès vertigineux de la connaissance du cerveau et des nouvelles technologies vont amplifier encore les possibilités de cette '' chirurgie de l'âme ''. Celle-ci pourrait aussi concerner des maladies neurodégénératives, comme Alzheimer. De telles approches suscitent cependant de nombreuses questions éthiques. Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des individus aux comportements jugés déviants, homosexuels, agités... furent lobotomisés. Aujourd'hui, en Chine, des milliers de morphinomanes sont passés entre les mains de chirurgiens qui ont détruit leurs noyaux cérébraux dans le but de les sevrer. Qu'en sera-t-il demain ? Qu'adviendra-t-il lorsque le centre de la pédophilie sera identifié ? Lorsque le circuit de l'agressivité sera localisé ? Quand une mémoire défaillante pourra être restaurée, voire augmentée ? Quelles sont les grandes avancées que l'on peut attendre de la psychochirurgie et les dérives les plus à craindre ? Les enjeux et l'histoire de la psychochirurgie n'avaient jusqu'à présent jamais fait l'objet d'un livre complet et accessible. 2017.L'enfant de l'absente: récit
By Thierry Jonquet, J Tardi, Jacques Testart. 1999
La rencontre littéraire d'un scientifique, d'un romancier et d'un illustrateur accouche d'un récit qui frôle la science-fiction mais qui demeure…
rigoureusement véridique en ce qui concerne l'enjeu "l'urgence de préserver l'humain face aux spectaculaires avancées de la science et de la médecine".Comme un vol d'aigles (Le livre de poche ; #7693)
By Ken Follett, Jean Rosenthal. 2004
Le comité
By Monique De Vosjoli, P. L. Thyraud de Vosjoli. 1975
L'auteur, lui-même ex-agent secret, nous révèle les dessous des services secrets français. Quelques individus prononcent secrètement, sans appel, des sentences…
de mort dont l'exécution est scientifiquement préparée par un comité compose d'experts en assassinat. Le tout est fait au nom de la République française et aux frais des contribuables. On croit rêver et pourtant les faits sont là. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1975.Guérisons remarquables: nous avons tous en nous un "système guérisseur"
By Caryle Hirshberg, Marc Barasch, Claude-Christine Farny. 1996
La santé totalitaire: essai sur la médicalisation de l'existence (L'espace analytique)
By Roland Gori, Marie-José Del Volgo. 2005
Comment peut-on être malade aujourd'hui dans une médecine qui transforme le patient en consommateur, sans souci authentique pour sa souffrance…
psychique ? L'oubli du malade dans la médecine contemporaine semble être le prix à payer pour des soins toujours plus rationnels et scientifiques. L'exploration du corps humain, le diagnostic précoce des maladies, l'acharnement à les combattre par des traitements douloureux et invasifs, exproprient "pour son bien" le patient de son corps. Comment concilier les exigences de la médecine scientifique et sa nécessaire vocation "thérapeutique", c'est-à-dire humaniste? 2005.Finks: how the CIA tricked the world's best writers
By Joel Whitney. 2016
A tale of two CIAs, and how they blurred the line between propaganda and literature. One CIA created literary magazines…
that promoted American and European writers and cultural freedom, while the other toppled governments, using assassination and censorship as political tools. Defenders of the “cultural” CIA argue that it should have been lauded for boosting interest in the arts and freedom of thought, but the two CIAs had the same undercover goals, and shared many of the same methods: deception, subterfuge and intimidation. Demonstrates how the good-versus-bad CIA is a false divide, and that the cultural Cold Warriors used anti-Communism as a lever to spy relentlessly on leftists, and indeed writers of all political inclinations, and thereby pushed U.S. democracy a little closer to the Soviet model of the surveillance state. 2016.Blind man's bluff: the untold story of American submarine espionage
By Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew. 1998
Accounts of the development of Cold War-era submarine spying on the Soviet Union by Americans. Tales about the people who…
made it happen, like the naval officer who figured out how to tap underwater communication cables. Includes new information on the mysterious sinking of the USS Scorpion in 1968. 1998.Globalised Islam: the search for a new Ummah
By Olivier Roy. 2004
Kill or cure?: how Canadians can remake their health care system (Phyllis Bruce book)
By Rick Archbold, Carolyn Bennett. 2000
Dr. Bennett compares the health care system in Canada with other countries and analyzes where the money is being spent…
or misspent. She offers a plan for creating a new health care team that will bring together doctors and patients more productively, reduce overlapping and waste, and move health care technologically into the twenty-first century. She also suggests ways to choose a good family doctor and to become a health care advocate. 2000.Jihad: the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia
By Ahmed Rashid. 2002
Pakistani journalist examines the history of Central Asia and its indigenous Islamic movements and then focuses on three of the…
most significant--the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Discusses their origins, beliefs, influence, activities, rapid spread, and the secrecy shrouding their leaders. 2002.Islamic fundamentalism (At issue)
By Auriana Ojeda. 2003
Some of the best-known commentators on the current relationship of Islam with the industrial countries of the West present their…
views in short essays. Topics include Islam and democracy, the place of women, threats to the United States, terrorism and Islam, and the nature of fundamentalism. For senior high and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.Islam: a short history (Modern Library Chronicles)
By Karen Armstrong. 2000
Author of "A history of God" (DC19160) among other works describes the origin and spread of the religion of Islam.…
Discusses Muhammad and his family, the Crusades, and the powerful Moghul and Ottoman Empires. Explores Islam's divergence into sects and the creation of a modern fundamentalist movement. 2000.Islam and the West
By Bernard Lewis. 1993
Eleven essays by a Princeton professor of Near Eastern studies explore 1,400 years of historic relations between the Islamic nations…
and the Christian world referred to as the West. The subjects addressed are grouped under three headings: encounters, perceptions, and responses. 1993.Islam: a very short introduction (A very Short Introduction Ser.)
By Malise Ruthven. 1997
This text contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the…
Shi'ites, the Sunnis and the Wahhabits, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives on contemporary questions: Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the enemies of Islam, rather than the struggle against evil? Can women find fulfilment in Islamic societies? How must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world? 1997.Islam and the destiny of man (SUNY series in Islam)
By Gai Eaton. 1985
An exploration of what it means to be a Muslim, a member of a community which embraces a quarter of…
the world's population. The author considers the historic confrontation between Islam and Christendom and analyses the differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He explains the significance of the Koran and tells the story of Muhammad's life and of the early Caliphate. Lastly, the author considers the Muslim view of man's destiny. 1985.Intrepid's last case
By William Stevenson. 1983
Howard Blum illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America's history as he chronicles the…
true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called "the greatest secret of the Cold War." 2018.CIA spymaster: Kisevalter, The Agency's Top Case Officer Who Handled Penkovsky And Popov
By Clarence Ashley. 2004
George Kisevalter, born in Tsarist Russia, was a top case officer for the CIA, best known for working with two…
highly placed Soviet moles, Popov and Penkovsky. Popov provided the first serious look at the inner workings of Soviet Military Intelligence, while Penkovsky delivered reams of documents - information that was later used in America's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2004.Encyclopedia of natural medicine
By Michael T Murray, Joseph E Pizzorno. 1991
Two naturopathic doctors describe "natural medicine" that includes therapy areas of nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine; and…
counseling and lifestyle modification. They discuss how combinations of these therapies are used for more than sixty specific health problems including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis. 1991.