1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451720203321

Autore

Bokenkamp Stephen R. <1949->

Titolo

Ancestors and anxiety [[electronic resource] ] : Daoism and the birth of rebirth in China / / Stephen R. Bokenkamp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-44573-1

9786612445736

0-520-93334-6

1-4356-0197-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies

Disciplina

299.514237

Soggetti

Taoism

Reincarnation - Buddhism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. [ii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Introduction: The Problem of Rebirth -- 1. Envisioning the Dead -- 2. The Unquiet Dead and Their Families, Political and Agnate -- 3. Questionable Shapes: How the Living Interrogated Their Dead -- 4. Doomed for a Certain Term: The Intimate Dead -- 5. Rebirth Reborn -- Postscript -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife is the result of Stephen Bokenkamp's groundbreaking study of Chinese scripture and the incorporation of Indic concepts into the Chinese worldview. Here, he explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries C.E. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, Bokenkamp uncovers a stunning array of non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead, their denizens, and human interactions with them. Bokenkamp demonstrates that the motive for the Daoist acceptance of Buddhist notions of rebirth lay not so much in the power of these ideas as in the work they could be made to do.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779563203321

Titolo

The governance of risk [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Crowther, Güler Aras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013

ISBN

1-299-46697-4

1-78190-781-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Developments in corporate governance and responsibility, , 2043-0523 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

CrowtherDavid

ArasGüler

Disciplina

658.4

658.4/032

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Government & Business

Corporate governance & responsibilities

Business ethics

Corporate governance

Social responsibility of business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / David Crowther, Güler Aras -- Sustainable practice : the real triple bottom line / Güler Aras, David Crowther -- Is CSR in crisis? / María del Mar Miras Rodríguez -- Understanding stakeholder activism, managing transparency risk / Millicent Danker -- Corporate risks and responsibilities in low carbon economy / Wang Hong -- Governance and socially responsible energy consumption / Shahla Seifi -- Governance in capital market institutions / Güler Aras, Banu Yobas -- The element of risk in relation to importing from lesser developed countries using preferential tariffs / Rachel English -- Governance, risk and stakeholder engagement : what lessons can be learnt from mining? / Veronica Broomes -- The territorial social responsibility in the city of Volta Redonda, Brazil : the case of CSN / Maria Alice Nunes Costa ... [et al.] -- Deciphering the diverse nature of corporate governance in the Indian public sector : a study of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Company / Roopinder Oberoi.



Sommario/riassunto

The relationship between economic or social or political activity and risk is widely recognised at a societal level, a market level and a business level, and equally widely discussed. The relationship between governance and risk at all of these levels is equally widely recognised but much less widely discussed. But the consequences of poor governance in this arena have been exposed to all in the recent financial and economic crisis as financial institutions and even countries have collapsed or come close to collapsing. The relationship between governance and risk is particularly important in the global environment in which we operate and needs to be more fully discussed and theorised. This book is designed to address important aspects of this topic and set it within the context of the global business and societal environment.