1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797501003321

Autore

Chan Adrian <1936->

Titolo

Orientalism in sinology / / Adrian Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, California : , : Academica Press, , [2010]

©2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

951.0072

Soggetti

Orientalism - History

China Study and teaching History

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: Orientalism in sinology. -- In the beginning: the cosmogonic divide -- Universalism and ethnocentrism: Christianity, Chinese culture and sinology -- A supplanting vocabulary -- The Orientalist odyssey, I -- The Orientalist odyssey, II -- Contemporary politics and Orientalism, or the Empire strikes back! -- Reasons for its persistence: by way of a conclusion.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784806203321

Autore

Achinstein Peter

Titolo

Particles and waves : historical essays in the philosophy of science / / Peter Achinstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

0-19-773120-1

0-19-802300-6

1-280-52549-5

9786610525492

0-19-534505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p. ) : halftones, line drawings

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy - History

Physics - Methodology - History

Wave-particle duality - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains six published and two new essays, focusing on philosophical problems surrounding the postulation of unobservable entities such as light waves, molecules and electrons.