The Writing of Spirit : Soul, System, and the Roots of Language Science / / Sarah M. Pourciau

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480535503321
• Autore: Pourciau Sarah M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 0-8232-7566-3; 0-8232-7717-8; 0-8232-7565-5
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Collana: The modern language initiative
• Disciplina: 901
• Soggetti: Language and languages; Linguistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-362) and index
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Language Ensouled -- 2. Saussure’s Dream -- 3. Verse Origins -- 4. Wagner’s Poetry of the Spheres -- 5. Pythagoras in the Laboratory -- 6. Jakobson’s Zeros -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contemporary thought has been profoundly shaped by the early-twentieth-century turn toward synchronic models of explanation, which analyze phenomena as they appear at a single moment, rather than diachronically as they develop through time. But the relationship between time and system remains unexplained by the standard account of this shift. Through a new history of systematic thinking across the humanities and sciences, The Writing of Spirit argues that nineteenth-century historicism wasn’t simply replaced by a more modern synchronic perspective. The structuralist revolution consisted rather in a turn toward time’s absolutely minimal conditions, and thus also toward a new theory of diachrony. Pourciau arrives at this surprising and powerful conclusion through an analysis of language-scientific theories over the course of two centuries, associated with thinkers from ; Jacob Grimm and Richard Wagner to the Russian Futurists, in domains as disparate as historical linguistics, phonology, acoustics, opera theory, philosophy, poetics, and psychology. The result is a novel contribution to a pressing contemporary question—namely, what role history should play in the interpretation of the present.

Knowledge and economic conduct : the social foundations of the modern economy / / Nico Stehr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780574003321
• Autore: Stehr Nico
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-282-00848-X; 9786612008481; 1-4426-7652-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Collana: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
• Disciplina: 330.9/049
• Soggetti: Information society; Knowledge workers; Economic history - 1990-; 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The Social Sciences, the Economy, and Politics -- Economic Activities and Social Action -- Knowledge as a Productive Factor -- Knowledge Societies -- The Modern Economy -- The Future of Work? -- The Changing Economic Structure of Society -- Globalization, Information, and Knowledge -- Economy and Ecology -- Prospects: The Fragility of the Future.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Examining the foundations of the modern capitalist economy from a broad social scientific perspective, this challenging work posits that changing economic circumstances - namely, an end to the primacy of ; labour and property as determinants of prosperity - have created a need for a new theoretical platform, one that transcends standard economic discourse." "In Nico Stehr's view, knowledge is now the most significant source of economic growth - the 'prime productive factor.' This shift to a knowledge-based society, however, is a source of some uncertainty and apprehension. Will it bring a more sustainable, less ecologically disruptive form of production, or escalating levels of unemployment? What are the practical social, political, and economic implications of the new technology? What are the possibilities for social action in a context where such possibilities are being limited? Stehr proposes that a new social science agenda is needed to address these and other urgent questions arising from the new economic realities." "Knowledge and Economic Conduct is essential reading for students and social scientists with an interest in technology, globalization, and the changing economy, as well as for researchers and policy makers within both the public and private sectors."--Jacket.