1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910800068603321

Autore

Mautner Gerlinde <1963-, >

Titolo

Language and the market society : critical reflections on discourse and dominance / / Gerlinde Mautner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-14704-3

1-135-14705-1

1-282-57006-4

9786612570063

0-203-85599-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical studies in discourse ; ; 2

Disciplina

306.44

401.41

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Discourse analysis

Capitalism - Social aspects

Language and languages - Economic aspects

Dominance (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Digging up the world: introduction -- Part I: Conceptual groundwork: 2. Invited invaders? the market society and discourse -- 3. In praise of doubt: the theoretical framework -- Part II: Applications: 4. Delivering government: marketisation in public-sector administration -- 5. Learn how to make money: marketisation in higher education -- 6. Shop 'n' pray: marketisation in religion -- 7. How YOU are like shampoo: marketisation in the personal sphere -- Part III: Perspectives: 8. Picking holes: critiquing the critical approach -- 9. From lament to agenda: critical resistance to marketisation -- 10. Saving the frog from boiling: concluding remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910765841903321

Titolo

Artificial Life VI : : Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Artificial Life / / Charles  E. Taylor, Richard K. Belew, Christoph Adami, Hiroaki Kitano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : The MIT Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-262-51099-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Disciplina

570/.1/13

Soggetti

Biological systems - Computer simulation - Congresses

Biological systems - Simulation methods - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The term "artificial life" describes research into synthetic systems that possess some of the essential properties of life. This truly interdisciplinary effort includes biologists, computer scientists, physicists, chemists, geneticists, and others. The field may be viewed as an attempt to understand high-level behavior from low-level rules-for example, how the simple interactions between ants and their environment lead to complex trail-following behavior. An understanding of such relationships in particular systems can suggest novel solutions to complex real-world problems such as disease prevention, stock-market prediction, and data-mining on the Internet.  Since their inception in 1987, the Artificial Life meetings have grown from small workshops to truly international conferences, reflecting the fields increasing appeal to researchers in all areas of science.