1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791846503321

Titolo

Addressing modernity : social systems theory and U.S. cultures / / edited by Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2011

ISBN

1-282-99172-8

9786612991721

90-420-3258-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 pages)

Collana

Postmodern studies ; ; 45

Altri autori (Persone)

BergthallerHannes

SchinkoCarsten

Disciplina

306.0973

Soggetti

Civilization, Modern

Social systems

Culture

United States Civilization

United States Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- From National Cultures to the Semantics of Modern Society / Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko -- The Emergence of Literature as Art and the Refinement of Literary Perspective / Martin Klepper -- Reading the Waste Land: Textuality, Mediality, Modernity / Christoph Reinfandt -- Black Boxes and White Noise. Don DeLillo and the Reality of Literature / Edgar Landgraf -- Who is Afraid of Arnold Schwarzenegger? Absurd Democracy in the United States / Hans Georg Moeller -- The Semantics of Self-Denial: The New American Studies through the Lens of Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory / Michael Boyden -- Nation of Speculation: The Constitution of a Financial Public in 19th Century America / Urs Staeheli -- Institutionalised Individualism. Parsons and Luhmann on American Society / Gert Verschraegen -- Why Did Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory Find So Little Resonance in the United States of America? / Rodrigo Jokisch -- Drawing out the Reader: Tourism, Literature, Individuality / Ulrich Brinkmann -- Steps to an Ecology of Systems:



Whole Earth and Systemic Holism / Bruce Clarke -- The System in the Garden: American Studies and Functional Differentiation / Andrew McMurry -- World-Systems Colliding: Thomas Pynchon and Niklas Luhmann / Joseph Tabbi -- Luhmann, Literature, and American Multiculturalism / Carsten Schinko.

Sommario/riassunto

Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems is one of the most ambitious attempts to create a coherent account of global modernity. Primarily interested in the fundamental structures of modern society, however, Luhmann himself paid relatively little attention to regional variations. The aim of this book is to seek out modernity in one particular location: The United States of America. Gathering essays from a group of cultural and literary scholars, sociologists, and philosophers, Addressing Modernity reassesses the claims of American exceptionalism by setting them in the context of Luhmann’s conception of modernity, and explores how social systems theory can generate new perspectives on what has often been described as the first thoroughly modern nation. As a study of American society and culture from a Luhmannian vantage point, the book is of interest to scholars from both American Studies and social systems theory in general.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911035054903321

Autore

Yang Chi

Titolo

Atlas of Customized TMJ-Cranio-Jaw Prosthesis : Managing Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / / edited by Chi Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9789819506118

9789819506101

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages)

Collana

Medicine Series

Disciplina

617.52059

Soggetti

Mouth - Surgery

Surgery, Plastic

Teeth - Radiography

Orthopedic surgery

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Plastic Surgery

Dental Radiology

Surgical Orthopedics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 The History of Temporomandibular Joint Diseases and Their Treatment -- Chapter 2 Application Fundamentals of Temporomandibular Joint Related Cranium and Jaw Prosthesis -- Chapter 3 Prosthetic Reconstruction of TMJ Diseases -- Chapter 4 Total joint replacement with simultaneous orthognathic surgery for dentofacial deformities secondary to TMJ diseases -- Chapter 5 Joint Preservation Combined with Orthognathic Surgery for Temporomandibular Joint Originated Dentofacial Deformities -- Chapter 6 Prosthetic Reconstruction of Combined Temporomandibular TMJ-skull base Diseases -- Chapter 7 Reconstruction of skull base-fossa diseases, while preserving the TMJ -- Chapter 8 Prosthetic reconstruction of combined temporomandibular joint-mandibular diseases with non-salvageable joint -- Chapter 9 Reconstruction of mandibular diseases with salvageable joint -- Chapter 10 Treatment for Condylar Dislocation -- Chapter 11 Future trends: For prostheses in



the experimental phase, reflecting on experience and recognizing the challenges.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the independent design, material research and development, digital design, and technological improvement of the reconstruction of temporomandibular joint prostheses. This book illustrates the key points of surgical techniques through detailed cases, introduces the concept of prosthetic design through systematic literature, summarizes experience and shortcomings through scientific analysis, reflects a rigorous academic attitude, and conveys cutting-edge disciplinary knowledge. It is of great significance in the development of personalized, refined, and efficient restoration and reconstruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery exploration. This book mainly focuses on various late-stage temporomandibular joint diseases and systematically introduces the role of various customized prostheses in temporomandibular joint reconstruction. It presents a comprehensive prosthetic design plan, detailed surgical steps explanation, and complete follow-up results. Itprovides new treatment ideas and prosthetic products for oral and maxillofacial surgeons when dealing with such difficult and recurrent diseases.