1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008227790403321

Autore

Ng, Yew-Kwang

Titolo

Welfare economics : introduction and development of basic concepts / Yew-Kwang Ng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; Basingstoke : McMillan, 1979

ISBN

0-333-24296-3

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 332 p. ; 22 cm

Locazione

DTE

SES

FSPBC

Collocazione

XV G2 1

M/1 YEW

VI A 408

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818672003321

Autore

Lambek Michael

Titolo

Knowledge and practice in Mayotte : local discourses of Islam, sorcery and spirit possession / / Michael Lambek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

1-4426-3861-3

1-281-99727-7

9786611997274

1-4426-7653-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (499 p.)

Collana

Anthropological Horizons

Disciplina

306.6/09694

Soggetti

Islam - Mayotte

Spirit possession - Mayotte

Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)

Electronic books.

Mayotte Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Stylistic Conventions and Conundrums -- Dramatis Personae -- PART I: INTRODUCTIONS -- 1 Knowledge and Hubris -- Knowledge, Power, and Morality -- Towards an Anthropology of Knowledge -- Transcending Subdisciplinary Boundaries -- Ethnography as Hermeneutic Practice -- 2 Locating Knowledge in Mayotte: Structure, History, and Practice -- Cultural Diversity in Mayotte -- Historical Overview -- The Three Traditions -- Historical Practice -- Islam 'Versus' Possession? -- From the Sweep of Traditions to Local Views

3 Village Organization and the Distribution of KnowledgeThe Social Distribution of Knowledge -- Portrait of the Villages -- The Social Organization of the Village from the Perspective of Knowledge -- The Village Fundis -- The Economic Basis of the Experts -- PART II: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF TEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE -- 4 Islam: The



Perspective from the Path -- Prayer and the Projection of Moral Imperatives -- The Social Production of Prayer -- Prayer and Reciprocity -- The Politics of Prayer -- The Economy of Justice

5 Educating Citizens: The Reproduction of Textual KnowledgeThe Three 'R's': Reading, Writing, and Recitation -- The Transmission of Knowledge and Authority -- Learning as the Embodiment of Knowledge -- Individuation through Learning: An Example of an Educated Citizen -- The Value of Learning -- 6 Islamic Experts: Practice and Power -- The Vulnerability of Authority -- Islam and Politics: Two Public Figures -- Styles of Practice: Two Village Fundis -- Moral Intervention and Understanding -- Friday Prostrations: A Conflict of Interpretations and Modes of Legitimation

The Articulation of Heterogenous Knowledge in PracticeCertain Knowledge, Contestable Authority -- PART III: COUNTERPRACTICES: COSMOLOGY AND THE INS AND OUTS OF SORCERY -- 7 Knowledge with Power: The Discipline of Cosmology -- Relations of (Re)production -- Divination as Calculation -- World and Body -- Indispensable Knowledge, Amoral Authority -- Interdisciplinary Challenges -- A Cut in Time -- 8 Knowledge and Antipractice: Committing Sorcery -- The Dark Side of Knowledge -- The Imagination of Evil -- A Dead End -- Sorcery in Practice

Postscript: Unleashed Accusations9 Removing Sorcery: Committing (to) the Cure -- Extractor and Client -- Extraction in Theory -- Tumbu in Practice -- Scepticism and the Conversation between the Disciplines -- The Extraction Itself: Experience and Sincerity -- Extraction as Performance -- Conviction and Good Faith -- PART IV: EMBODIED KNOWLEDGE AND THE PRACTICE OF SPIRIT MEDIUMS -- 10 The Reproduction of Possession: Gaining a Voice -- Spirit Possession as Embodied Knowledge -- Gaining a Spirit as Moral Agency -- Public and Personal Aspects of Succession

Sommario/riassunto

In a witty, evocative style accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Michael Lambek provides a significant contribution to writing on African systems of thought, local forms of religious and therapeutic practice, social accountability, and the place of explicit forms of knowledge in the analysis of non-western societies.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254285503321

Autore

Borodin A. N

Titolo

Stochastic processes / / by Andrei N Borodin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-62310-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 626 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Probability and Its Applications, , 2297-0371

Disciplina

519.2

Soggetti

Probabilities

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Notations -- Basic facts -- Stochastic calculus -- Distributions of functionals of Brownian motion -- Diffusion processes -- Brownian local time -- Diffusions with jumps -- Invariance principle for random walks and local times -- Appendix 1. Heat transfer problem -- Appendix 2. Special functions -- Appendix 3. Inverse Laplace transforms -- Appendix 4. Differential equations and their solutions -- Appendix 5. Examples of transformations of measures associated with diffusion processes -- Appendix 6. Formulae for n-fold differentiation -- Bibliography -- Subject index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the theory of stochastic processes. A significant part of the book is devoted to the classic theory of stochastic processes. In turn, it also presents proofs of well-known results, sometimes together with new approaches. Moreover, the book explores topics not previously covered elsewhere, such as distributions of functionals of diffusions stopped at different random times, the Brownian local time, diffusions with jumps, and an invariance principle for random walks and local times. Supported by carefully selected material, the book showcases a wealth of examples that demonstrate how to solve concrete problems by applying theoretical results. It addresses a broad range of applications, focusing on concrete computational techniques rather than on abstract theory. The content presented here is largely self-contained, making it suitable for researchers and graduate students alike.