1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786053003321

Autore

Carrette Jeremy

Titolo

Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

1-280-05422-0

9786610054220

1-134-41597-4

0-203-49487-3

0-203-60104-1

1-134-41598-2

1-283-96173-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingRichard

Disciplina

201.73

204

Soggetti

Capitalism

Globalization

Religious aspects

Spiritual life

Religion - General

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away



the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism.Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs.Exposing how spirituality has today come to embody the privatization of religion in the modern West,

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910741168603321

Autore

Fernandes Antonio S. C

Titolo

The contribution of technology to added value / / by Antonio S.C Fernandes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

1-4471-5001-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 104 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

620

620.0042

658.5

658.514

Soggetti

Engineering

Engineering design

Engineering economy

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.

Nota di contenuto

1.Introduction -- 2.Technology in Growth Models -- 3.A Model to Measure Technology -- 4.The Value Added by Technology -- 5.Technology Dependence Taxonomy -- 6.Value Representing Technology and Knowledge -- 7.Key Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

There is a wide consensus that introduction of technology to the production process contributes to an overall economic value, however, confusion between technology, knowledge and capital often makes value calculations ambiguous and non-objective. The Contribution of Technology to Added Value addresses not only this issue of definition



but also provides a production model to assess the value contribution of technology within the production process. A clarification  of fundamental semantics  provides a significant taxonomy for technology dependence, and allows understanding and modeling of how knowledge, technology and capital individually contribute to production and to value adding. A new technology dependence taxonomy is proposed and assessed following chapters explaining growth models, the KTC model and technology index values. Balancing theoretical knowledge with real-world data and applications The Contribution of Technology to Added Value clarifies the issue of value adding for a range of different viewpoints and purposes; from academic to industry and service across engineering, economics and management.  .