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UNINA9910464574203321 |
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Autore |
Leaf Murray J. |
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Titolo |
The anthropology of Eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / / Murray J. Leaf |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Anthropology of religion - Asia |
Religion and sociology - Asia |
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Asia Religion |
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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 index. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Related Approaches; "Higher" Traditions in General; The Theory; Using the Theory; Common Themes; The Order of Description; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Two: Vedas and Vedanta; Indus Valley Ideas; South Asian Texts and Sects; Translation Issues; The Vedas; The Upanishads; Organizations, Personnel, and Constituency of Vedanta; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Three: Jain and Buddhist Traditions; The Jain Tradition; The Buddhist Tradition; Buddhist Ethics: The Middle Way; Conclusion |
Further ReadingNotes; Chapter Four: Hindu Traditions; Hinduism, Hindu Society, and Caste; Sikhism: Living Bhakti; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Five: China's Main Religions; Taoism; Confucianism; Legalism; Buddhism in China; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Six: Japan's Religious Traditions; Background; Shinto; Japanese Buddhist Sects; Zen; Bushido; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Seven: Conclusion; Religion and Social Development; Religion and Ethics; Final Thought; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Anthropology of Eastern Religions: Ideas, Organizations, and |
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Constituencies is a comparative survey of the world's major religious traditions as professional enterprises and, often, as social movements. Documenting the principle ideas behind Eastern religious traditions from an anthropological perspective, Murray J. Leaf demonstrates how these ideas have been used in building internal organizations that mobilize or fail to mobilize external support. |
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UNINA9910715275203321 |
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Autore |
Smithers G. A. |
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A one-piece lunar regolith bag garage prototype / / G.A. Smithers [and seven others] |
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MSFC, AL : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, , September 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 79 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (mostly color) |
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Regolith |
Ground support equipment |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-79). |
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UNINA9910619468303321 |
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Autore |
Berry R. Stephen |
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Titolo |
Finite-Time Thermodynamics |
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MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
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1 electronic resource (368 p.) |
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Economics, finance, business & management |
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The theory around the concept of finite time describes how processes of any nature can be optimized in situations when their rate is required to be non-negligible, i.e., they must come to completion in a finite time. What the theory makes explicit is “the cost of haste”. Intuitively, it is quite obvious that you drive your car differently if you want to reach your destination as quickly as possible as opposed to the case when you are running out of gas. Finite-time thermodynamics quantifies such opposing requirements and may provide the optimal control to achieve the best compromise. The theory was initially developed for heat engines (steam, Otto, Stirling, a.o.) and for refrigerators, but it has by now evolved into essentially all areas of dynamic systems from the most abstract ones to the most practical ones. The present collection shows some fascinating current examples. |
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