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Autore |
Kotkin Stephen |
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Titolo |
Armageddon averted [[electronic resource] /] : the Soviet collapse, 1970-2000 / / Stephen Kotkin |
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New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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Edizione |
[Updated edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 280 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991 |
Soviet Union History 1953-1985 |
Soviet Union History 1985-1991 |
Russia (Federation) History 1991- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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INTRODUCTION; PART 1: PHENOMENAL KNOWLEDGE; 1. WHAT ROBOMARY KNOWS, DANIEL DENNET, TUFTS UNIVERSITY; 2. SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE: A DEFENSE OF THE ABILITY HYPOTHESIS, LAURENCE NEMIROW, DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS INCOME TAX, BENEFITS & ESTATE GROUP; 3. THE KNOWLEDGE ARGUMENT, DIAPHANOUSNESS, REPRESENTATIONALISM, FRANK JACKSON, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, BRITISH ACADEMY, AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN AUSTRALIA, AND FAND INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL DE PHILOSOPHIE; 4. DOES REPRESENTATIONALISM UNDERMINE THE KNOWLEDGE ARGUMENT?, TORIN ALTER, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; 5. WHAT IS THIS THING YOU CALL COLOR: CAN A TOTALLY COLOR-BLIND PERSON KNOW ABOUT COLOR?, KNUT NORDBY, FORMERLY UNIVERSITY OF OSLO AND TELNOR COMMUNICATIONS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; PART 2: PHENOMENAL CONCEPTS; 6. WHAT IS A PHENOMENAL CONCEPT?, JANET LEVIN, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; 7. PHENOMENAL AND PERCEPTUAL CONEPTS, DAVID PAPINEAU, KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; 8. PHENOMENAL CONCEPTS AND THE MATERIALIST CONSTRAINT, JOSEPH LEVINE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST; 9. PHENOMENAL |
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CONCEPTS AND THE EXPLANATORY GAP, DAVID CHALMERS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; 10. DIRECT REFERENCE AND DANCING QUALIA, JOHN HAWTHORNE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY; 11. PROPERTY DUALISM, PHENOMENAL CONCEPTS, AND THE SEMANTIC PREMISE, STEPHEN WHITE, TUFTS UNIVERSITY; 12. MAX BLACK'S OBJECTION TO MIND-BRAIN IDENTITY, NED BLOCK, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY; 13. GRASPING PHENOMENAL PROPERTIES, MARTINE NIDA-RUMELIN, UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Combining historical and geopolitical analysis with an absorbing narrative, Kotkin draws upon extensive research, including memoirs by dozens of insiders and senior figures, to illuminate the factors that led to the demise of Communism and the USSR. |
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