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When we consider aesthetics in human relationships with the physical environment as addressed in scientific literature, two leading approaches emerge. On the one hand aesthetics would appear to be the prerogative of a distanciated look and linked to the notion of "extraordinary". On the other, aesthetics would be so immersed in "ordinary life" that it finally dissolves in it and vanishes behind other leading values, such as utilitarian ones. This is particularly obvious in studies of local people's aesthetical experiences. In this paper, we argue that there could be a third way between these two approaches to understanding the aesthetical dimension of human relationships with the environment. We analyzed semi-directive interviews with people in two contrasted situations: mountain hikers in the Pyrénées and holiday-makers in the Sensée marshes of northern France. We point out that aesthetics in people's relationships with their physical environment may be seen as manifesting the tension between ordinary and extraordinary. This enables us to perceive the importance of the political dimension of aesthetics, whether visible (experience of a place explicitly incorporates the social relationships that take place in it) or concealed behind an aesthetical experience that appears to be very direct, material and autonomous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The following paper attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in all its complexity and mutual relations. The author seeks inspiration in two very significant sources - in a reconstruction of Tocqueville's social theory and thought, and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first step, the author offers a robust normative perspective of the concept of a civil society and, in the second step, tries to outline the complex interpretative framework for an empirical analysis of state-civil society relations. The presented schemes are intended to support the ambition of overcoming to a certain extent the crucial sociological paradox between the macro- and the micro-sociological approach and considering both the functional-structural perspective and the empirical point of view of the civil society concept. Finally, the author attempts to formulate a justifiable framework for practical action and institutional provisions, both in the public and in the sphere of political power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The new Quebec publishers that emerged in the early 2000s present themselves in their discourse as having close ties with their authors, but also with other actors in the book chain, such as booksellers and printers. Without reducing this element to simple positioning, I would argue that the promotion of this outreach work, presented in the form of privileged interpersonal relationships, is a nodal point in the ethos of new publishers, who use it to set themselves apart from their elders, such as Boréal and Leméac. I will show how this “publication of proximityâ€? can be seen in the discourse of “emergingâ€? authors and publishers, particularly at Le Quartanier, Alto and Marchand de feuilles. Collaboration and proximity are at the foundation of the ethos of these publishing houses, these values being part of their collective image. Their camaraderie is embodied, for example, in pictures that show authors and their publishers participating in events or activitiesâ€"whether literary or not. Beyond the expected couple of the publisher and the author, we also highlight the proximity of many people involved in the book chain: booksellers, graphic designers, distributors, etc. In short, new publishers seem to be polishing their image by relying on multiple close collaborations as well as on editorial structures on a human scale, which seems central to the positioning of emerging publishers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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