Claude Lévêque : Nevers let love in

Let those who love me follow me: power exercises in a joint R&D project

While power has been recognized as a critical issue for the understanding of knowledge creation and sharing, especially in the context of innovation, empirical works are still in their infancy. This paper addresses this issue in a twofold way: by proposing a methodological tool – the observation of “critical events” – to explore the phenomenon of power exercise and by illustrating this approach...

Claude Cachera

our synthetic ape C-il (46-58) gave a negative response when tested with purified native apolipoprotein C-fl. Double iminunodiffusion (Ouchterlony technique) of antibodies against our synthetic ape E (141-155) gave a positive immunoprecipitation line with Purified apolipoprotein E, which showed a partial identity with those obtained with polyclonal antibodies raised against the native protein. ...

How do I love thee? Let me count the Js: implicit egotism and interpersonal attraction.

From the perspective of implicit egotism people should gravitate toward others who resemble them because similar others activate people's positive, automatic associations about themselves. Four archival studies and 3 experiments supported this hypothesis. Studies 1-4 showed that people are disproportionately likely to marry others whose first or last names resemble their own. Studies 5-7 provid...

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways of responding and regulating.

Love (Mohabba) in Sufism

In the following, I describe the Sufi Path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. I examine the belief system of Islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. I do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the Sufis.