1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452356303321

Autore

Ben-Naim Arieh

Titolo

Molecular Theory of Solutions [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006

ISBN

1-282-36586-X

9786612365867

9786610870332

0-19-153849-3

1-4356-0725-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

541.34

541/.34

Soggetti

Molecular theory

Solution (Chemistry)

Chemical & Materials Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Chemical Engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Molecular distribution functions; 3 Thermodynamic quantities expressed in terms of molecular distribution functions; 4 The Kirkwood-Buff theory of solutions; 5 Ideal solutions; 6 Deviations from ideal solutions; 7 Solvation thermodynamics; 8 Local composition and preferential solvation; Appendices; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

- ;This book presents new and updated developments in the molecular theory of mixtures and solutions. It is based on the theory of Kirkwood and Buff which was published more than fifty years ago. This theory has been dormant for almost two decades. It has



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779549403321

Autore

Jahanbegloo Ramin

Titolo

The Gandhian moment [[electronic resource] /] / Ramin Jahanbegloo ; with a foreword by the Dalai Lama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-674-07487-4

0-674-07485-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

954.03/5092

Soggetti

Passive resistance

Nonviolence

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

Introduction: Gandhi's inversion of modern political perception -- Principles of Gandhian politics -- The critique of modern civilization -- Gandhi's public philosophy: linking the moral with the political -- Gandhi's reception in India -- Gandhi and beyond -- Conclusion: Gandhi today.

Sommario/riassunto

Gandhi is revered as a historic leader, the father of Indian independence, and the inspiration for nonviolent protest around the world. But the importance of these practical achievements has obscured Gandhi's stature as an extraordinarily innovative political thinker. Ramin Jahanbegloo presents Gandhi the political theorist-the intellectual founder of a system predicated on the power of nonviolence to challenge state sovereignty and domination. A philosopher and an activist in his own right, Jahanbegloo guides us through Gandhi's core ideas, shows how they shaped political protest from 1960's America to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond, and calls for their use today by Muslims demanding change. Gandhi challenged mainstream political ideas most forcefully on sovereignty. He argued that state power is not legitimate simply when it commands general support or because it protects us from anarchy. Instead, legitimacy depends on the consent of dutiful citizens willing to challenge the state nonviolently when it acts immorally. The culmination of the inner struggle to recognize one's duty to act, Jahanbegloo says, is the ultimate "Gandhian



moment." Gandhi's ideas have motivated such famous figures as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. As Jahanbegloo demonstrates, they also inspired the unheralded Muslim activists Abul Kalam Azad and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, whose work for Indian independence answers those today who doubt the viability of nonviolent Islamic protest. The book is a powerful reminder of Gandhi's enduring political relevance and a pioneering account of his extraordinary intellectual achievements.