L''obA(c)sitA(c) favorise une perturbation des paramA]tres physiologiques et constitue un facteur de risque prA(c)pondA(c)rant au dA(c)veloppement d''un syndrome mA(c)tabolique. Le rA(c)cepteur nuclA(c)aire PPAR tient un rAle majeur dans le contrAle du mA(c)tabolisme musculaire A(c)tant donnA(c) que son expression augmente au cours d''un effort physique et qu''il pilote la transcription de gA]nes impliquA(c)s dans le transport et le catabolisme des lipides. La surexpression muscle-spA(c)cifique ainsi que l''utilisation d''un activateur pharmacologique a permis de mettre en A(c)vidence un...

Does East Go West? examines the study of post-socialism from an anthropological perspective. These social systems have posed a challenge to anthropological theory that has been the subject of lively exchanges for over 20 years now. Can post-socialism as a concept adequately apply to the current situation in Eastern Europe? One of the answers proposed here is that specific elements derived from postcolonial studies may prove very useful in analyzing Eastern Europe's post-socialist countries. (Series: Freiburg Studies in Social Anthropology / Freiburger Sozialanthropologische Studien / Etudes...

The coherence of the various contributions presented in this book is determined by a distinct vision of political anthropology based on the interpretative approach of Max Weber and his successors, in particular Alfred Schutz. Accordingly, a disenchanted political anthropology does not conform to fashionable trends, but rather is shaped by the classics of social sciences, anthropology and sociology foremost. The disquieting allure of disenchanted anthropology lies precisely in its nonconformist and deeply sceptical regard eloigne through which, by means of discomfiting empirical material and...