1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467112503321

Titolo

Beyond the Islamic revolution : perceptions of modernity and tradition in Iran before and after 1979 / / edited by Amir Sheikhzadegan and Astrid Meier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-040005-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 pages)

Collana

Worlds of Islam, , 1661-6278 ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

955.05

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Iran

Electronic books.

Iran Politics and government 20th century

Iran History 20th century

Iran History Revolution, 1979

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Intellectuals and Society in Iran since 1953 -- The Trajectory of the 1953 Military Coup and the Course of Liberal Islam in Iran: A Sociological Analysis -- Constructing and Deconstructing Othering: Polycentrism versus Westoxication in Iran -- Insurmountable Hurdles to the Countering of Patriarchal Gender Discourse under a Clerical Oligarchy? Experiences of (Islamic) Feminists in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–2009) -- Heirs of Modernity in Rural Iran -- The Rebellious Man and the Courageous Woman: Social Criticism and Gender Relations in Iranian Film Production before and after the Islamic Revolution -- Between Change and Persistence: Reżā Julāʾi’s Short Story Miti-Jenn as a Mirror of Social Developments in Iran -- Note on Contributors -- Index of Names and Places

Sommario/riassunto

The volume contributes to a better understanding of Iranian history since 1953, with a focus on societal change and its reflection in intellectual discourse. The papers explore the attitudes of Iranians



toward modernity and tradition before and after the Revolution of 1979. With insights from Oriental studies, history, sociology, literature and social anthropology, the volume offers a cross-disciplinary perspective on the intellectual, political, and social history of Iran.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910156256603321

Autore

Botting Jack H.

Titolo

Animals and medicine : the contribution of animal experiments to the control of disease / / Jack H. Botting ; edited by Regina M. Botting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Open Book Publishers, 2015

Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78374-120-1

2-8218-7634-3

1-78374-119-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 222 pages) : illustrations (some color); digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

619

Soggetti

Animal experimentation - History

Laboratory animals

Medicine - Research - History

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Available through Open Book Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of illustrations --Foreword / Adrian R. Morrison --Introduction / Regina Botting --I. Treatment of infectious diseases --1. Smallpox and After: An Early History of the Treatment and Prevention of Infections --2. Rabies --3. Lockjaw: Prevalent but Preventable --4. Pertussis Vaccine, Unfairly Maligned --At What Cost? --5. Vaccination: The Present and Future --6. The Conquest of Polio and the Contribution of Animal Experiments --7. Diphtheria: Understanding, Treatment and Prevention --II. Development of Life-saving Procedures --8.



Development of Dialysis to Treat Loss of Kidney Function --9. The Contribution of Animal Experiments to Kidney Transplantation --10. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Making Surgery on the Heart Possibe --11. Artificial Heart Valves: From Caged Ball to Bioprosthesis --12. Animals and Blood Transfusion --III. Drugs for Organic Diseases --13. Animal Experiments and the Production of Insulin --14. Animals and Humans: Remarkably Similar --15. Early Animal Experiments in Anaesthesia --16. The Control of Malignant Hypertension --17. Penicillin and Laboratory Animals: The Animal Rights Myth --18. The History of Thalidomide --19. Misleading Research or Misleading Statistics: Animal Experiments and Cancer Research --Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Animals and Medicine: The Contribution of Animal Experiments to the Control of Disease offers a detailed, scholarly historical review of the critical role animal experiments have played in advancing medical knowledge. Laboratory animals have been essential to this progress, and the knowledge gained has saved countless lives--both human and animal. Unfortunately, those opposed to using animals in research have often employed doctored evidence to suggest that the practice has impeded medical progress. This volume presents the articles Jack Botting wrote for the Research Defence Society News from 1991 to 1996, papers which provided scientists with the information needed to rebut such claims. Collected, they can now reach a wider readership interested in understanding the part of animal experiments in the history of medicine--from the discovery of key vaccines to the advancement of research on a range of diseases, among them hypertension, kidney failure and cancer."--Publisher's website.