Casts new light on of the 'official' French nineteenth-century narrative by examining how historians and philosophers conceived of the country's past.

How it happened that technological prowess and national glory (or “radiance,” which also means “radiation” in French) became synonymous in France as now

This book re-examines the relationship between language and national identity. Unlike many previous studies, it employs a comparative approach: France and Swede

This collection explores how technologies become forms of power, how people embed their authority in technological systems, and how the machines and the knowled

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