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Abraham Moles (1920-1992) was an engineer of electrical engineering and acoustics, and a doctor of physics and philosophy. He was one of the first researchers to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory.
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'''Abraham Moles''' (1920-1992) was an engineer of electrical engineering and acoustics, and a doctor of physics and philosophy. He was one of the first researchers to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory.
  
 
He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg.
 
He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg.
  
Placed his theoretical project for 'an ecology of communication' under the banner of both Shannon's mathematical theory and the analyses of Norbert Wiener.
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==Bibliography==
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(in French unless noted)
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===Monographs===
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* ''Physique et technique du bruit'', Paris: Dunod, 1952.
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* ''La création scientifique'', Genève: Kister, 1957.
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* ''Théorie de l'information et perception esthétique'', 1958; Paris: Denoël, 1973.
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** ''Information Theory and Esthetic Perception'', trans. Joel E. Cohen, University of Illinois Press, 1966, 217 pp; 1968, 221 pp. (in English). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/3/18/the-joel-e-cohen-translation-of/ Review], [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2105295 Review], [http://www.jstor.org/stable/30217563 Review].
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** ''Informationstheorie und ästhetische Wahrnehmung'', Cologne: DuMont, 1971. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1958_1971_Philosophischer_Wert_der_Information.pdf|"Philosophischer Wert der Information"]], pp 254-274.
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** ''Teoria da informação e percepção estética'', Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1978. (in Portuguese)
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* ''Musiques expérimentales'', Zurich: Cercle d'art, 1961.
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* ''erstes manifest der permutationellen kunst'', Stuttgart, 1963. (in German)
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* with B. Vallancien, ''Communications et langages'', Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1963.
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* with B. Vallancien, ''Phonétique et phonation'', Paris: Masson, 1966.
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* ''L'affiche dans la société urbaine'', Paris: Dunod, 1969.
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** ''El cartel en la socie­dad urbana'', Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976, 225 pp. (in Spanish)
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* ''Créativité et méthodes d'innovation'', Paris: Fayard, 1970.
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* ''Determinierte Formen. Informationstheorie und bildende Kunst'', Bochum: Universitätsverlag, 1970, 45 pp. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1970_Kunst_und_Maschinen.pdf|"Kunst und Maschinen"]], pp 10-16.
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* ''Art et ordinateur'', Paris: Casterman, 1971.
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** ''Kunst und Computer'', 1973. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Kunst_und_Kybernetik_in_der_Konsumgesellschaft.pdf|"Kunst und Kybernetik in der Konsumgesellschaft, in Kunst und Computer"]], pp 37-98; [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Die_Zukunft_des_beweglichen_Bildes_und_der_Computer.pdf|"Die Zukunft des beweglichen Bildes und der Computer"]], pp 234-277.
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** ''Arte e computador'', Afrontamento, 1990. (in Portuguese)
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* with Claude Zeltmann, et al., ''La communication. Les dictionnaires du savoir moderne'', Paris: Centre de Etudes pour la promotion de la lecture, 1971. [http://catalogue.bibliothequedesociologie.cnrs.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl?biblionumber=33989]
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** ''La comu­nicación y los mass media: Diccionarios del saber moderno'', Bilbao: Mensa­jero, 1975, 685 pp. (in Spanish)
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* ''Théorie des objets'', Paris: Éditions universitaires, 1972.
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** ''[[Media:Moles_Abraham_Teoria_dos_objetos.pdf|Teoria dos objetos]]'', trans. Luiza Lobo, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1981, 190 pp. (in Portuguese)
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* with Élisabeth Rohmer, ''Psychologie de l'espace'', Paris: Casterman, 1972.
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** ''Psi­cología del Espacio'', Barcelona: Círculo de lec­tores, 4th ed., 1990, 296 pp. (in Spanish)
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* ''Sociodynamique de la culture'', Paris: Mouton, 1973.
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** ''Sociodinámica de la cultura'', Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976. (in Spanish)
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** ''Sociodinâmica da cultura'', Perspectiva. (in Portuguese)
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* ''La communication'', Paris: Marabout, 1973.
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* with Élisabeth Rohmer, ''Micropsychologie et vie quotidienne'',  Paris: Denoël, 1976.
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** ''Mi­cropsicología de la vida cotidiana'', México: Tri­llas, 1983. (in Spanish)
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* ''Psychologie du kitsch'', Paris: Denoël, 1977.
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** ''Kicz, czyli sztuka szczęścia'', Warsaw, 1978. (in Polish)
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** ''[[Media:Moles_Abraham_Psihologia_kitsch-ului_Arta_fericirii.pdf|Psihologia kitsch-ului. Arta fericirii]]'', trans. Marina Radulescu, Bucharest: Meridiane, 1980, 250 pp. (in Romanian)
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** ''[[Media:Moles_Abraham_O_kitsch_A_arte_da_felicidade.pdf|O kitsch. A arte de felicidade]]'', Perspectiva, trans. Sergio Miceli, 1998. (in Portuguese)
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* with Élisabeth Rohmer, ''Théorie des actes'', Paris: Casterman, 1977.
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** ''Teoría de los actos'', México: Trillas, 1983. (in Spanish)
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* ''L'image, communication fonctionnelle'', Paris: Casterman, 1981.
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* ''Labyrinthes du vécu'', Paris: Klincksieck, 1982.
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** ''Labyrinthe du Vécu'', Méridien, 1983. (in Spanish)
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* ''Théorie structurale de la communication et société, Paris: Masson, 1986.
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* with Élisabeth Rohmer, ''Les sciences de l'imprécis'', Paris: Seuil, 1990.
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** ''As ciências do impreciso'', Civilização Brasileira, 1995. (in Portuguese)
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* with Élisabeth Rohmer, ''Psychosociologie de l'espace'', ed. Victor Schwach, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998.
  
==Selected writings==
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===Papers and Articles===
* ''Musiques expérimentales'', Zurich, Cercle d'art, 1961
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* "La notion de quantité en cybernétique", ''Les études philosophiques'' 2 (April-June 1961).
* ''Manifesto of permutational art'', published by [[Max Bense]], Stuttgart, 1962
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** [http://ulmertexte.kisd.de/fileadmin/pdf/Prod_Komplexitaet_BE_prt.pdf "Produkte: ihre funktionelle und strukturelle Komplexität"], ''Allgemeine Designtheorie'', 1965. (in German)
* ''Art et ordinateur'', Paris, Casterman, 1971
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1966_num_7_2_1119 "Liberté principale, liberté marginale, liberté interstitielle"], ''Revue française de sociologie'' 7:2 (1966), pp 229-232.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1966_num_7_1_1090 "La radio-télévision au service de la promotion socio-culturelle"], ''Communications'' 7: "Radio-télévision: réflexions et recherches (1966), pp 1-10.
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* ''Communications'' 13: "Les objets" (1969), Paris: Seuil. Special issue of the journal. With articles by Moles, Baudrillard, Boudon, van Lier, Wahl, and Morin.
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** [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1969_num_13_1_1183 "Objet et communication"], pp 1-21.
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** [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1969_num_13_1_1185 "Théorie de la complexité et civilisation industrielle"], pp 51-63.
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** [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1969_num_13_1_1188 "Kitsch et objet"], pp 105-129.
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** ''[[Media:Moles_Baudrillard_Boudon_van_Lier_Wahl_Morin_Los_objetos.pdf|Los objetos]]'', trans. Silvia Delpy, Buenos Aires: Tiempo Contemporaneo, 1971; 2nd ed., 1974. (in Spanish)
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1969_num_4_1_3770 "La situation sociale de l'affiche"], ''Communication et langages'' 4 (1969), pp 73-82.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1969_num_14_1_1202 "Sociodynamique et politique d'équipement culturel dans la société urbaine"], ''Communications'' 14: "La politique culturelle" (1969), pp 137-149.
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* [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1970_Art_et_ordinateur.pdf|"Art et ordinateur"]], ''Communication et langages'' 7 (1970), pp 24-33. [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1970_num_7_1_3816]
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1971_num_9_1_3856 "Qu'est-ce que le Kitsch ?"], ''Communication et langages'' 9 (1971), pp 74-87.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1972_num_18_1_1261 "Notes pour une typologie des événements"], ''Communications'' 18: "L'événement" (1972), pp 90-96.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1978_num_38_1_1199 "L'image et le texte"], ''Communication et langages'' 38 (1978), pp 17-29.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070704144141rn_1/micropsy.ifrance.com/moles/textes_de/mol78-02.html "Du sein féminin"]. ''Senologia'' 3:2 (1978), pp 35-37
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1978_num_40_1_1247 "Structuralisme et miniature persane"], ''Communication et langages'' 40 (1978), pp 7-13.
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* [http://www.tempusactas.unb.br/index.php/RBB/article/view/209/189 "Biblioteca pessoal; biblioteca universal"], ''Revista de Biblioteconomia de Brasília'' 6:1 (1978). (in Portuguese)
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1979_num_41_1_1280 "Petite analyse du contenu des articles de Communication et langages"], ''Communication et langages'' 41-42 (1979), pp 7-9.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1979_num_41_1_1300 "Quelques axiomes communicationnels de la société de masse"],''Communication et langages'' 41-42 (1979), pp 170-171.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1980_num_45_1_1372 "Le livre et les éditeurs"], ''Communication et langages'' 45 (1980), pp 82-96.
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1986_num_67_1_1744 "Livre simple, livre complexe, où se situe la fonction éditoriale ?"], ''Communication et langages'' 67 (1986), pp 89-104.
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* [http://tdd.elisava.net/coleccion/2/moles "El concepte funcionalista del Bauhaus en la societat del miracle econòmic, la Hochschule für Gestaltung d'Ulm 1"], ''Temes de disseny'' 2: "Diseño, Comunicación, Cultura" (1988). (in Spanish)
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1988_num_76_1_1041 "Dire le monde et le transcrire"],''Communication et langages'' 76 (1988), pp 68-77.
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* [http://cdigital.uv.mx/bitstream/123456789/2093/1/198868P188.pdf "Una novedad museográfica : El Museo de Antropología de Xalapa"], ''Graffiti'' 1 (1989).
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* with Claude Lefèvre, [http://www.quadernsdigitals.net/datos_web/hemeroteca/r_7/nr_115/a_1398/1398.htm "El paisaje urbano como fuente de conocimiento"], ''Hermeroteca'' 7:115 (1990), Barcelona: Paidós. (in Spanish)
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* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1992_num_91_1_2366 "Vilem Flusser, un philosophe des Sudètes"], ''Communication et langages'' 91 (1992), pp 112-114.
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* [http://www.infoamerica.org/documentos_pdf/moles_autobiografia.pdf "Le cursus scientifique d'Abraham Moles. Autobiographie"], ''Bulletin de Micropsychologie'' 28 & 29 (March and July 1996).
  
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===Bibliography===
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120216032842/http://www.cetec-info.org/JLMichel/Moles.bibliographie.html Compiled by Victor Schwach]
  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Moles
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==External links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Moles Moles at Wikipedia]

Revision as of 00:37, 13 March 2014

Abraham Moles (1920-1992) was an engineer of electrical engineering and acoustics, and a doctor of physics and philosophy. He was one of the first researchers to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory.

He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg.

Bibliography

(in French unless noted)

Monographs

  • Physique et technique du bruit, Paris: Dunod, 1952.
  • La création scientifique, Genève: Kister, 1957.
  • Théorie de l'information et perception esthétique, 1958; Paris: Denoël, 1973.
    • Information Theory and Esthetic Perception, trans. Joel E. Cohen, University of Illinois Press, 1966, 217 pp; 1968, 221 pp. (in English). Review, Review, Review.
    • Informationstheorie und ästhetische Wahrnehmung, Cologne: DuMont, 1971. (in German). "Philosophischer Wert der Information", pp 254-274.
    • Teoria da informação e percepção estética, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1978. (in Portuguese)
  • Musiques expérimentales, Zurich: Cercle d'art, 1961.
  • erstes manifest der permutationellen kunst, Stuttgart, 1963. (in German)
  • with B. Vallancien, Communications et langages, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1963.
  • with B. Vallancien, Phonétique et phonation, Paris: Masson, 1966.
  • L'affiche dans la société urbaine, Paris: Dunod, 1969.
    • El cartel en la socie­dad urbana, Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976, 225 pp. (in Spanish)
  • Créativité et méthodes d'innovation, Paris: Fayard, 1970.
  • Determinierte Formen. Informationstheorie und bildende Kunst, Bochum: Universitätsverlag, 1970, 45 pp. (in German). "Kunst und Maschinen", pp 10-16.
  • Art et ordinateur, Paris: Casterman, 1971.
  • with Claude Zeltmann, et al., La communication. Les dictionnaires du savoir moderne, Paris: Centre de Etudes pour la promotion de la lecture, 1971. [1]
    • La comu­nicación y los mass media: Diccionarios del saber moderno, Bilbao: Mensa­jero, 1975, 685 pp. (in Spanish)
  • Théorie des objets, Paris: Éditions universitaires, 1972.
    • Teoria dos objetos, trans. Luiza Lobo, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1981, 190 pp. (in Portuguese)
  • with Élisabeth Rohmer, Psychologie de l'espace, Paris: Casterman, 1972.
    • Psi­cología del Espacio, Barcelona: Círculo de lec­tores, 4th ed., 1990, 296 pp. (in Spanish)
  • Sociodynamique de la culture, Paris: Mouton, 1973.
    • Sociodinámica de la cultura, Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976. (in Spanish)
    • Sociodinâmica da cultura, Perspectiva. (in Portuguese)
  • La communication, Paris: Marabout, 1973.
  • with Élisabeth Rohmer, Micropsychologie et vie quotidienne, Paris: Denoël, 1976.
    • Mi­cropsicología de la vida cotidiana, México: Tri­llas, 1983. (in Spanish)
  • Psychologie du kitsch, Paris: Denoël, 1977.
  • with Élisabeth Rohmer, Théorie des actes, Paris: Casterman, 1977.
    • Teoría de los actos, México: Trillas, 1983. (in Spanish)
  • L'image, communication fonctionnelle, Paris: Casterman, 1981.
  • Labyrinthes du vécu, Paris: Klincksieck, 1982.
    • Labyrinthe du Vécu, Méridien, 1983. (in Spanish)
  • Théorie structurale de la communication et société, Paris: Masson, 1986.
  • with Élisabeth Rohmer, Les sciences de l'imprécis, Paris: Seuil, 1990.
    • As ciências do impreciso, Civilização Brasileira, 1995. (in Portuguese)
  • with Élisabeth Rohmer, Psychosociologie de l'espace, ed. Victor Schwach, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998.

Papers and Articles

Bibliography

External links