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UNINA9910457411403321 |
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Autore |
Biel Robert <1945-> |
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The entropy of capitalism [[electronic resource] /] / by Robert Biel |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
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1-283-31058-9 |
9786613310583 |
90-04-20429-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (401 p.) |
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Studies in critical social sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; v. 39 |
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Capitalism |
Marxian economics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production -- Capitalism as an Adaptive System -- The ‘Systemic Turn’ in Capitalist Political Economy -- The Era of Feedback from Entropy -- Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis -- Organisation of the Twenty-First Century International System -- Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within It -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects. |
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The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today’s crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the ‘war on terror’) and speculative finance capital. |
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UNINA9910463566303321 |
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Autore |
Vail Gabrielle |
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Re-creating primordial time [[electronic resource] ] : foundation rituals and mythology in the postclassic Maya codices / / Gabrielle Vail, Christine Hernández |
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Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
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1-4571-8431-1 |
1-60732-221-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (534 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Maya mythology |
Creation - Mythology |
Manuscripts, Maya |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction to the Maya Codices""; ""2. Mexican Codices and Mythological Traditions""; ""3. Mythological Episodes Related in Maya Sources""; ""4. World Renewal in the Dresden Codex: The Yearbearer Ceremonies""; ""5. Flood Episodes and Crocodilians in the Maya Codices""; ""6. Creation Mythology in Reference to Chaak, Chak Chel, and Mars in the Maya Codices""; ""7. Creation Mythology in the Dresden Venus Table and Related Almanacs""; ""8. Madrid Yearbearer Celebrations and Creation Mythology"" |
""9. World Renewal Ceremonies in the Madrid Codex""""10. A Reconsideration of Maya Deities Associated with Creation""; ""11. Cosmology in the Maya Codices""; ""References Cited""; ""Index"" |
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"Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernandez show that in spite |
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of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period. Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernandez analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the Books of Chilam Balam, the Popol Vuh, and the Codice Chimalpopoca to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico, Re-Creating Primordial Time is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike"-- |
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UNINA9910584599103321 |
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Selected Chinese cases on the UN sales convention (CISG) . Volume 1 / / Peng Guo, Haicong Zuo, Shu Zhang, editors |
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Berlin, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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1 online resource (397 pages) |
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Selected Chinese cases on the CISG |
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Foreign trade regulation - China |
Foreign trade regulation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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