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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451425903321

Titolo

Comparing modernities [[electronic resource] ] : pluralism versus homogenity : essays in homage to Shmuel N. Eisenstadt / / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2005

ISBN

1-280-86814-7

9786610868148

1-4294-5313-3

90-474-0756-3

1-4337-0645-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (770 p.)

Collana

International comparative social studies, , 1568-4474

Altri autori (Persone)

Ben RafaelEliezer

SternbergYitzak

EisenstadtS. N <1923-> (Shmuel Noah)

Disciplina

306/.09

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism

Comparative civilization

Electronic books.

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 (p. [671]-705) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; In homage to Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (Menachem Magidor, Hayim Tadmor, Piotr Stzompka, Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Shalini Randeria); Introduction: Civilization, pluralism and uniformity (Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg); 1. Modernity in socio-historical perspective (Shmuel N. Eisenstadt); 2. The Axial Conundrum: Between historical sociology and the philosophy of history (Johann P. Arnason); 3. Cultural crystallization and civilization change: Axiality and modernity (Björn Wittrock); 4. The exception that proves the rule? Rome in the Axial Age (W.G. Runciman)

5. Civil Society: Some remarks on the career of a concept (Jürgen Kocka)6. Challenges of modernity in an age of globalization (T.K. Oommen); 7. The dark side of modernity: Tension relief, splitting, and Grace (Jeffrey C. Alexander); 8. Pluralities and pluralisms (Zvi Werblowsky); 9. Multiculturalism revisited (Han Entzinger); 10. Ethnic revival and



religious revival in ""Providential democracies"" (Dominique Schnapper); 11. Doubts about pluralism (Ralf Dahrendorf); 12. The end of the ""social"" (Alain Touraine); 13. Collective identity and the representation of liminality (Bernhard Giesen)

14. Weber's sociology of religion and Ancient Judaism (Wolfgang Schluchter)15. Comparative analysis of the civilization of modernity: 1203 and 2003 (Edward A. Tiryakian); 16. Political culture in the Islamicate civilization (Saïd Arjomand); 17. Multiple religious modernities: A new approach to contemporary religiosity (Danièle Hervieu-Léger); 18. Religion and power in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Michael Confino); 19. From religion to nationalism: The transformation of the Jewish identity (Eliezer Ben-Rafael)

20. Who invented modernity in South India, and is it modern? (David Shulman)21. Is Israel Western? (Sammy Smooha); 22. Cultural translations and European modernity (Gerard Delanty); 23. Center-periphery, creolization and cosmopolitanism (Ulf Hannerz); 24. Europe's multiple modernity (Erik Allardt); 25. Civilizational resources for dialogic engagement? (Donald N. Levine); 26. French and German Judaism facing modernity (Rolland Goetschell); 27. From East Europeans to Europeans (Piotr Sztompka); 28. Is Hindu-Muslim cleavage the paradigmatic case for conflicts in South Asia? (Stanley J. Tambiah)

29. Democracy in Latin America: The 'only game in town'? (Luis Roniger)30. The European identity (Alberto Martinelli); 31. Basic mechanisms of moral evolution: in Durkheim's and Weber's footsteps (Raymond Boudon); 32. Collective identity and the constructive and destructive forces of modernity (Shmuel N. Eisenstadt); APPENDIX; The trail of a scholar; A scholarly portrait (Donald N. Levine); Bibliography; Index of Persons; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this collection, renowned scholars from around the world, explore the tensions and dilemmas that impact pluralism and homogeneity in modern societies. This book is in homage to Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt. We honor his ground-breaking work in the comparative study of modernities and civilizations.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910736012603321

Autore

Fersman Elena

Titolo

Confessions of an AI Brain / / by Elena Fersman, Paul Pettersson, Athanasios Karapantelakis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031259357

3031259351

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 178 p. 1 illus.)

Classificazione

COM004000COM079000PHI005000TEC007000TEC037000

Disciplina

153.42028563

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Computers and civilization

Robotics

Technology - Moral and ethical aspects

Automatic control

Automation

Artificial Intelligence

Computers and Society

Ethics of Technology

Control, Robotics, Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Chapter 1: Baby steps -- Chapter 2: Basic Needs of an AI Brain -- Chapter 3: My Role in Internet of Things -- Chapter 4: Managing Relathionships -- Chapter 5: Working with Humans -- Chapter 6: Avoiding the Criminal Path -- Chapter 7: My Role in Climate Change -- Chapter 8: My Role in Diversity -- Chapter 9: My Creative Side -- Chapter 10: Growing Older and Staying in Shape -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains the principles and applications of artificial intelligence for a broad audience. Artificial intelligence, as part of computer science, is often inspired by human intelligence. At the same time, there is still reluctance in the applications and usability of



artificial intelligence among citizens. Industries are deploying AI in their products and processes but the level of maturity is varying. This book aims at reaching decision-makers and executives in companies, as well as the citizens and the academic community to explain the inner-workings of AI technology putting it in a center and giving it a human touch. The book is written as a first person narrative, from an AI perspective, having the AI brain tell the story.