Allegory and philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ) [[electronic resource] ] : with a translation of the book of the prophet Muhammad's ascent to heaven / / Peter Heath

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778982603321
• Autore: Heath Peter <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1992
• ISBN: 1-283-21170-X; 9786613211705; 0-8122-0222-8; 0-585-11282-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Collana: Middle Ages series
• Altri autori (Persone): Avicenna <980-1037.>
• Disciplina: 181/.5
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Medieval; Islamic philosophy; Allegory
• 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 (p. [215]-236) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Allegory and philosophy -- pt. 3. The Miʻrâj Nâma -- pt. 4. Interpretation and allegory.
• Sommario/riassunto: Islamic allegory is the product of a cohesive literary tradition to which few contributed as significantly as Ibn Sina (Avicenna), the eleventh-century Muslim philosopher. Peter Heath here offers a detailed examination of Avicenna's contribution, paying special attention to Avicenna's psychology and poetics and to the ways in which they influenced strains of theological, mystical, and literary thought in subsequent Islamic—and Western—intellectual and religious history.Heath begins by showing how Avicenna's writings fit into the context and general history of Islamic allegory and explores the interaction among allegory, allegoresis, and philosophy in Avicenna's thought. He then provides a brief introduction to Avicenna as an historical figure. From there, he examines the ways in which Avicenna's cosmological, psychological, and epistemological theories find parallel, if diverse, expression in the disparate formats of philosophical and allegorical narration. Included in this book is an illustration of Avicenna's ; allegorical practice. This takes the form of a translation of the Mi'raj Nama (The Book of the Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven), a short treatise in Persian generally attributed to Avicenna.The text concludes with an investigation of the literary dimension Avicenna's allegorical theory and practice by examining his use of description metaphor. Allegory and Philosophy in Avicenna is an original and important work that breaks new ground by applying the techniques of modern literary criticism to the study of Medieval Islamic philosophy. It will be of interest to scholars and students of medieval Islamic and Western literature and philosophy.

The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War / / Campbell Craig, Sergey Radchenko

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823652903321
• Autore: Craig Campbell <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-282-08847-5; 9786612088476; 0-300-14265-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 201 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.82/5
• Soggetti: Cold War; Atomic bomb - Political 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 (p. 171-195) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and atomic wartime diplomacy -- The great game -- Truman, the bomb, and the end of World War II -- Responding to Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- The Baruch Plan and the onset of American Cold War -- Stalin and the burial of international control.
• Sommario/riassunto: After a devastating world war, culminating in the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was clear that the United States and the Soviet Union had to establish a cooperative order if the planet was to ; escape an atomic World War III. In this provocative study, Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko show how the atomic bomb pushed the United States and the Soviet Union not toward cooperation but toward deep bipolar confrontation. Joseph Stalin, sure that the Americans meant to deploy their new weapon against Russia and defeat socialism, would stop at nothing to build his own bomb. Harry Truman, initially willing to consider cooperation, discovered that its pursuit would mean political suicide, especially when news of Soviet atomic spies reached the public. Both superpowers, moreover, discerned a new reality of the atomic age: now, cooperation must be total. The dangers posed by the bomb meant that intermediate measures of international cooperation would protect no one. Yet no two nations in history were less prepared to pursue total cooperation than were the United States and the Soviet Union. The logic of the bomb pointed them toward immediate Cold War.