Entretien inédit (II) : « Ce que je pensais, ce que je faisais »

Le Centre Louis Gernet, le marxisme et le microcomparatisme José Otávio GuimarãesEst-il vrai qu’au départ le Centre Gernet ne comportait pas d’helléniste, que c’était vous seulement qui occupiez cette fonction ? Jean-Pierre VernantLe Centre Louis Gernet a son origine dans le comparatisme, puisque, avant qu’il ne soit le Centre de recherches comparées sur les sociétés anciennes, l’origine de ce Centre, ça a été le fait qu’au début des années soixante, un certain nombre d’historiens, d’antiquis..

Entretien inédit (I) : « Comme une barque sur un fleuve… »

Le document proposé ici est un entretien inédit avec Jean-Pierre Vernant, réalisé le 14 avril 1999. L’échange porte sur la notion d’anthropologie historique et sur la manière dont elle s’est constituée pour l’étude de la Grèce ancienne, sous ce nom ou sous d’autres appellations, à travers l’œuvre de Vernant, en particulier dans un rapport critique et une discussion ininterrompue avec les travaux de Georges Dumézil, de Claude Lévi-Strauss et, dans une moindre mesure, de Michel Foucault. L’entretien restitue aussi la dimension personnelle des rapports entretenus par Jean-Pierre Vernant avec ses grands contemporains.The document here propounded is an unpublished interview with Jean-Pierre Vernant, realized on April 14th 1999. The exchange bears on the notion of historical anthropology and on the way in which it came to be developed for the study of ancient Greece, under that name or other designations through Vernant’s work, in particular in a critical relationship and uninterrupted discussion with the works of George Dumézil, Claude Lévi-Strauss and to a lesser extent Michel Foucault. The interview also recaptures the personal dimension of the relationships which Jean-Pierre Vernant entertained with his eminent contemporaries

Entretien inédit (II) : « Ce que je pensais, ce que je faisais »

Le Centre Louis Gernet, le marxisme et le microcomparatisme José Otávio GuimarãesEst-il vrai qu’au départ le Centre Gernet ne comportait pas d’helléniste, que c’était vous seulement qui occupiez cette fonction ? Jean-Pierre VernantLe Centre Louis Gernet a son origine dans le comparatisme, puisque, avant qu’il ne soit le Centre de recherches comparées sur les sociétés anciennes, l’origine de ce Centre, ça a été le fait qu’au début des années soixante, un certain nombre d’historiens, d’antiquis..

Long-term outcomes after reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic stem cell transplantation for low-grade lymphoma: a survey by the French Society of Bone Marrow Graft Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC).

International audienceBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: High-dose chemotherapy with allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) has proven to be a successful treatment for low-grade lymphoma (LGL), but is associated with considerable transplant-related mortality (TRM). In an effort to reduce toxic mortality while maintaining the graft-versus-leukemia effect, allogeneic SCT has been combined with a reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimen. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of patients with LGL treated with RIC allogeneic SCT. DESIGN AND METHODS: This retrospective multicenter study included 73 patients with relapsed or refractory LGL allografted after a RIC regimen between 1998 and 2005 whose data were recorded in a French registry. RESULTS: Patients received a median of three lines of therapy prior to RIC allogeneic SCT. The most widely used conditioning regimens were fludarabine + busulfan + antithymocyte globulin (n=43) and fludarabine + total body irradiation (n=21). Prior to allografting, patients were in complete response (CR; n=21), partial response (PR; n=33) or had chemoresistant disease (n=19). The median follow-up was 37 months (range, 16 to 77 months). In patients in CR, PR and chemoresistant disease, the 3-year overall survival rates were 66%, 64% and 32%, respectively, while the 3-year event-free survival rates were 66%, 52% and 32%, respectively. The 3-year cumulative incidences of TRM were 32%, 28% and 63%, respectively. The incidence of relapse was 9.6%. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: Although associated with significant TRM, RIC allogeneic SCT in advanced chemosensitive disease leads to long-term survival

Catastrophe Survived? The Failure of the Tragic in Moira Buffini'sWelcome to Thebes

In Moira Buffini's Welcome to Thebes (2010) Antigone fails to reach her tragic destiny, the city of Thebes fails to become an autonomous democratic state, and the audience fails to witness the splendour of the ancient heroine. In this paper I consider these three failures as interrelated and dependent upon one another, arguing, along psychoanalytic lines, that they register changing attitudes towards knowledge and the Other which ultimately determine the meaning of ‘failure’. However, in order to better appreciate the contemporary scope of failure, I draw on both Lacan and Baudrillard, highlighting convergences between the two theorists. In particular, I argue that Lacan's notion of the inconsistent Other can be supplemented by Baudrillard's notion of the impossible exchange. Further, the relevance of these notions for theatre and spectatorship is discussed in detail, as they both invite spectators to reflect on their own involvement in the scene they witness and the ontological conditions of (their own) absence and presence. Failure to do so possibly indicates an irreparable loss of the critical capacity which we have always considered central to radical thought

Translation: The relative native

Translation by Julia Sauma and Martin Holbraad of: Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo (2002) "O Nativo Relativo." Mana, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 113-14