1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001007650403321

Autore

Hesse, Mary B.

Titolo

Models and Analogies in Science / by Mary B. Hesse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [etc.] : Sheed and Ward, 1963

Descrizione fisica

150 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

Newman History and Philosophy of Science Series ; 14

Disciplina

501

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

4-034

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464211103321

Autore

Jazeel Tariq

Titolo

Sacred modernity : nature, environment, and the postcolonial geographies of Sri Lankan nationhood / / Tariq Jazeel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, England : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78138-830-X

1-84631-997-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; ; 12

Disciplina

320.54095493

Soggetti

Nationalism - Sri Lanka

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Map and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction;



1 Sacred Modernity: Nature, Religion, and the Politics of Aesthetics; Part I: Ruhuna (Yala) National Park ; 2 Landscape, Nature, Nationhood: A Historical Geography of Ruhuna(Yala) National Park; 3 Inscription and Experience: The Politics and Aesthetics of Nature Tourism ; 4 Political Geographies: Promoting, Contesting, and Purifying Nature; Part II: Tropical Modern Architecture ; 5 Built Space, Environment, Modernism: (Re)reading 'TropicalModern' Architecture; 6 Architecting One-ness: Fluid Spaces/Sacred Modernity

7 Over-determinations: Architecture, Text, PoliticsConclusion: Sri Lankan Nature as Problem Space; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the relationships between nature and environment and the contested politics of nationhood in contemporary Sri Lanka.