LEFORT, FRANÇOIS

fräNswäˈ ləfôrˈ, 1656–99, Swiss soldier of fortune in Russian service, b. Geneva. He was one of the early boon companions of Peter I (Peter the Great) and remained Peter's favorite until his death. A drunkard and libertine, Lefort nevertheless had great influence. Some believe that he advised Peter's attack on Azov, helping in its capture from the Ottoman Empire (1696), and counseled Peter's apprenticeship abroad. Made a general and an admiral, Lefort helped to reorganize the Russian army and to create the Russian navy.

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Heterology and the Postmodern: Bataille, Baudrillard, and Lyotard
Book by Julian Pefanis; Duke University Press, 1991
Subjects: Bataille, Georges--1897-1962, Baudrillard, Jean, Lyotard, Jean Francois, Postmodernism, Structuralism
...moral and epistemological Stalinism. In the work of Jean- Francois Lyotard in particular, we can witness a progressive distancing...ject, or the creation of wealth" occurs, according to Jean-Francois Lyotard in The Postmodern Condition , 7 when knowledge...
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The Legal System between Order and Disorder
Book by Michel Van de Kerchove, Francois Ost, Ian Stewart; Oxford University, 1993
Subjects: Justice, Administration Of, Law--Methodology, Law--Philosophy
...Disorder MICHEL van de KERCHOVE FRANCOIS OST Translated by IAIN STEWART...and disorder/Michel van de Kerchove, Francois Ost; translated by Iain Stewart. p...Administration of. 3. Law -- Philosophy. I. Ost, Francois, 1952- . II. Title. K213.K4713 1993...
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Political Writings
Book by Jean-François Lyotard, Bill Readings, Kevin Paul Geiman; UCL Press, 1993
Subjects: Politics And Literature
Political Writings Political Writings Jean-Francois Lyotard Translated by Bill Readings with Kevin Paul Geiman...the cultural policies of fascism, nazism, Stalinism, Francoism, Castroism, Maoism. At the end of this century of party-states...
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A Critical Dictionary of Sociology
Book by Raymond Boudon, FranÇois Bourricaud; Routledge, 1989
Subjects: Sociology
...OF SOCIOLOGY RAYMOND BOUDON and FRANCOIS BOURRICAUD Selected and Translated...Sociology I. Title II. Bourricaud, Francois III. Hamilton, Peter 301 ISBN 0-415-01745-9...dictionaries. Its authors, Raymond Boudon and Francois Bourricaud, are eminent French sociologists...
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Peter the Great
Book by Constantin de Grunwald, Viola Garvin; Macmillan, 1956
Subjects: Russia--History--Peter I, 1689-1725, Soviet Union--Civilization
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journal articles on: Lefort FranCois  - 27 results

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L'impossible Presence De L'historien
Journal article by Stephane Gerson; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Corbin, Alain--Works, France--History, French history--Research, Historians--Works, Historical research, Le Monde retrouve de Louis-Francois Pinagot: sur les traces d'un inconnu (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...prefaces et introductions, dir. Claude Lefort (Paris: Belin, 2002). (48.) Remy Rieffel...lhistoire? (les annees 1980-1990) , in idem, Francois Dosse et Patrick Garcia, Les Courants...cannibales (Paris: Aubier, 1990), 166. (58.) Francois Hartog, << Un genre nouveau ou un document...
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Born in 1925 (1)
Journal article by Alan B. Spitzer; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 24, 2006
Subjects: Education--France, Education--History, Gripari, Pierre--Works, Lyotard, Jean-Francois--Works, Viallaneix, Paul--Works
...contemporaries--Annie Kriegel, Francois Furet, and Emmanuel Le Roy...Communist past, and Claude Lefort, a member of Lyotards cohort...same age cohort. (4.) Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition...Minnesota Press, 1997). (5.) "Jean-Francois Lyotard: Time and Judgment...
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Notice Board
Journal article; Sartre Studies International, Vol. 10, 2004
...George, Frederic Worms, Francois Noudelmann and C. Goeme...Didier Goncalves, Guillaume Lefort and Sophie Parey, and the musicians were Matthieu Lefort, Alberto Carella and Nick...164-83). Sirinelli, Jean-Francois. Sartre et Aron, in Jean-Francois...
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The Other Velvet Revolution: Continental Liberalism and Its Discontents
Journal article by Mark Lilla; Daedalus, Vol. 123, 1994
Subjects: Economic development--Social aspects, France--Politics and government, Germany--Politics and government, Italy--Politics and government, Liberalism--Europe
...Castoriadis, or Claude Lefort.(18) And if one were...20) The election of Francois Mitterrand as President...Castoriadis and Claude Lefort shared Arons anticommunism...in Edgar Morin, Claude Lefort, and Cornelius Castoriadis...this question. (21) See Francois Furet, Jacques Julliard...
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Allegorie Und Subjektivität in Walter Benjamins Ursprung Des Deutschen Trauerspiels
Journal article by Nina Zimnik; Germanic Review, Vol. 72, 1997
Subjects: Germanic Philology
...Tyrannei definiert. Leforts Leere verburgt, immer...Undarstellbaren." Vgl. Jean-Francois Lyotard, Die Analytik...Kant-Lektionen beschrieb Jean- Francois Lyotard den Druck dieser...1971. 119-48. Lefort, Claude. Democracy and...Lyotard, Jean-Francois. Die Analytik des Erhabenen...
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magazine articles on: Lefort FranCois  - 3 results

 
 
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Presence of Mind
Magazine article by John Rajchman; Artforum International, Vol. 37, September 1998
Subjects: Authors, French--Biography, Critics--Biography, Intellectuals--Biography, Lyotard, Jean-Francois--Biography, Philosophers--Biography, Teachers--Biography
...by John Rajchman The paradoxical title given to Jean-Francois Lyotards Artforum essay of 1982, "presenting the unpresentable...engaged politically in Algeria, eventually working with Claude Lefort, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Hubert Damisch in the group Socialisme...
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Education, Productivity and Economic Growth: A Selective Review of the Evidence
Magazine article by Serge Coulombe, Jean-Francois Tremblay; International Productivity Monitor, Spring 2009
Subjects: Education--Canada, Education--Growth, Education--United Kingdom, Externalities (Economics)--Growth, Investments--Growth, Labor productivity--Growth, Open economy--Growth
...97-127. Serge Coulombe and Jean-Francois Tremblay (1) University of Ottawa...Serge Coulombe is Professor and Jean-Francois Tremblay Associate Professor in...Serge.Coulombe@uottawa.ca; Jean-Francois.Tremblay@uottawa.ca. (2) The last...
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1999 WHO'S WHO in Photography
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 66, May 2000
Subjects: Photographers--Achievements and awards, Photographic Society of America--Achievements and awards, Photography--Exhibitions


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encyclopedia articles on: Lefort FranCois  - 3 results

 
 
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Lefort, FranÇois
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEFORT, FRANCOIS fraNswa l for , 1656 99, Swiss soldier...until his death. A drunkard and libertine, Lefort nevertheless had great influence. Some...abroad. Made a general and an admiral, Lefort helped to reorganize the Russian army and...
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Menshikov, Aleksandr Danilovich, Prince
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...statesman. Of lowly origin, he became an intimate companion of Peter I (Peter the Great), and after the death of Francois Lefort (1699) he was the czars chief adviser. Despite his vices, Menshikov proved an able military commander and was created...
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Peter I , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...lived in a foreign settlement near Moscow. His most influential foreign friends, Patrick Gordon of Scotland, Francois Lefort of Geneva, and Franz Timmermann of Holland, came from this colony. In 1689, Sophia Alekseyevna attempted a coup...


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