1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790321103321

Autore

Rapport Nigel <1956->

Titolo

Anyone [[electronic resource] ] : the cosmopolitan subject of anthropology / / Nigel Rapport

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012

ISBN

1-282-25430-8

9786613814951

0-85745-523-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Methodology and history in anthropology ; ; v. 24

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Anthropology - Philosophy

Human behavior - Philosophy

Cosmopolitanism

Globalization - Social aspects

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

Anyone; Methodology and History in Anthropology; Contents; LIST OF FIGURES; Acknowledgements; Introduction - INTENT AND STRUCTURE; PART 1 - What are the meanings of cosmopolitanism, past, present and future?; COSMOPOLITANISM AND COSMOPOLIS: DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES; 1.1 - A HISTORY AND OVERVIEW; 1.2 - A COSMOPOLITAN PROJECT FOR ANTHROPOLOGY; PART 2 - Is Anyone a feature of everyday social life and exchange, a real presence?; 'MY NAME IS RICKEY HIRSCH': A LIFE IN SIX ACTS, WITH MARGINALIA AND A CODA

PART 3 - How is the individuality of Anyone to be accommodated by an objective science and acknowledged by a democratic society?ANYONE IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: EVIDENCING AND ENGAGING; 3.1 - PERSONAL TRUTH, SUBJECTIVITY AS TRUTH; 3.2 - GENERALITY, DISTORTION AND GRATUITOUSNESS; 3.3 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: CIVILITY AS POLITESSE; AFTERWORD: JEWISH COSMOPOLITANISM; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The significance that people grant to their affiliations as members of nations, religions, classes, races, ethnicities and genders is evidence of the vital need for a cosmopolitan project that originates in the figure of



Anyone - the universal and yet individual human being. Cosmopolitanism offers an alternative to multiculturalism, a different vision of identity, belonging, solidarity and justice, that avoids the seemingly intractable character of identity politics: it identifies samenesses of the human condition that underlie the surface differences of history, culture and society, nation, e

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001472490403321

Autore

Ventskevich, G.z.

Titolo

Agrometeorology / G.Z. Ventskevich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jerusalem, : Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1961

Descrizione fisica

300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

551.5

Locazione

DBV

GM1

FAGBC

Collocazione

L VIIIB 19

GM1 AB IV 28

A AGR 1286

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007088703321

Titolo

Geological prior information : informing science and engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Geological Society, 2004

ISBN

1-86239-820-8

1-5231-2236-6

1-4294-1257-7

Collana

Geological Society special publications  ; ; 239

Disciplina

551.01

Soggetti

Geology - Research

Geology - History

Problem solving

Geology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Geology - General

Hydrocarbon reservoirs - Geology

Petroleum

Geochemistry

Metallurgy & Mineralogy

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph