1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821386803321

Autore

De Martino Ernesto <1908-1965, >

Titolo

Magic : a theory from the south / / Ernesto de Martino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : HAU Books, , 2001

ISBN

1-912808-11-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Collana

Classics of ethnographic theory series

Disciplina

398.2094559

Soggetti

Folklore - Italy, Southern

History

Basilicata (Italy) Social life and customs

Italy ethnology

Italy Basilicata

Southern Italy

Italien Süd

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Lucanian Magic -- Binding -- Binding and eros -- The magical representation of illness -- Childhood and binding -- Binding and mother's milk -- Storms -- Magical life in Albano -- Magic, Catholicism, and High Culture -- The crisis of presence and magical protection -- The horizon of the crisis -- De-historifying the negative -- Lucanian magic and magic in general -- Lucanian magic and Southern Italian Catholicism -- Magic and the Neapolitan Enlightenment: The phenomenon of jettatura -- Chapter 14: Romantic sensibility, Protestant polemic, and jettatura -- The Kingdom of Naples and jettatura.

Sommario/riassunto

"This new translation of Sud e magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcrafts in southern Italy, shows how de Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in the first place. Setting his exploration within his wider, pathbreaking theorization of ritual, as well as in the context of his politically sensitive analysis of the global south's historical encounters with Western science, he presents the development of magic and ritual in



Enlightenment Naples as paradigmatic example of the complex dynamics between dominant and subaltern cultures. Far ahead of its time, Magic is still relevant as anthropologists continue to wrestle with modernity's relationship with magical thinking"--Back cover.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910404083303321

Autore

Sinclair Anthony N

Titolo

Sensors for Ultrasonic NDT in Harsh Environments

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

ISBN

3-03928-423-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering and technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In this Special Issue of Sensors, seven peer-reviewed manuscripts appear on the topic of ultrasonic transducer design and operation in harsh environments: elevated temperature, high gamma and neutron radiation fields, or the presence of aggressive chemicals. Motivations for these research and development projects are strongly focused on nuclear power plant inspections (particularly liquid-sodium cooled reactors), and nondestructive testing of high-temperature piping installations. It is anticipated that extensive use of permanently mounted robust transducers for in-service monitoring of petrochemical plants and power generations stations; quality control in manufacturing plants; and primary and secondary process monitoring in the fabrication of engineering materials will soon be made.