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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812877003321

Autore

Eagleton Terry <1943->

Titolo

Culture and the death of God / / Terry Eagleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-300-20654-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

200

Soggetti

Religion - History

God

Enlightenment

Religion and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. The Limits of Enlightenment -- CHAPTER 2. Idealists -- CHAPTER 3 .Romantics -- CHAPTER 4. The Crisis of Culture -- CHAPTER 5 .The Death of God -- CHAPTER 6. Modernism and After -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties, and significance of the modern search for a replacement for God. Engaging with a phenomenally wide range of ideas, issues, and thinkers from the Enlightenment to today, Eagleton discusses the state of religion before and after 9/11, the ironies surrounding Western capitalism's part in spawning not only secularism but also fundamentalism, and the unsatisfactory surrogates for the Almighty invented in the post-Enlightenment era.   The author reflects on the unique capacities of religion, the possibilities of culture and art as modern paths to salvation, the so-called war on terror's impact on atheism, and a host of other topics of concern to those who envision a future in which just and compassionate communities thrive. Lucid, stylish, and entertaining in his usual manner, Eagleton presents a brilliant survey of modern thought that also serves as a timely, urgently



needed intervention into our perilous political present.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337927503321

Autore

Shabalin Igor L

Titolo

Ultra-High Temperature Materials II : Refractory Carbides I (Ta, Hf, Nb and Zr Carbides) / / by Igor L. Shabalin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

94-024-1302-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (764 pages)

Disciplina

620.11217

Soggetti

Materials science

Chemistry, Inorganic

Ceramics

Glass

Composite materials

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Inorganic Chemistry

Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A comprehensive guide and reference book.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication -- Preface -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Tantalum Carbides -- Hafnium Monocarbide -- Niobium Carbides -- Zirconium Monocarbide -- Addendum -- Index (Physical Properties) -- Index (Chemical Systems).

Sommario/riassunto

This exhaustive work in three volumes and over 1300 pages provides a thorough treatment of ultra-high temperature materials with melting points over 2500 °C. The first volume focuses on Carbon and Refractory Metals, whilst the second and third are dedicated solely to Refractory compounds and the third to Refractory Alloys and Composites respectively. Topics included are physical (crystallographic, thermodynamic, thermo physical, electrical, optical, physico-mechanical, nuclear) and chemical (solid-state diffusion, interaction



with chemical elements and compounds, interaction with gases, vapours and aqueous solutions) properties of the individual physico-chemical phases of carbon (graphite/graphene), refractory metals (W, Re, Os, Ta, Mo, Nb, Ir) and compounds (oxides, nitrides, carbides, borides, silicides) with melting points in this range. It will be of interest to researchers, engineers, postgraduate, graduate and undergraduate students alike. The reader is provided with the full qualitative and quantitative assessment for the materials, which could be applied in various engineering devices and environmental conditions at ultra-high temperatures, on the basis of the latest updates in the field of physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering.