Numerical Analysis and Parallel Processing : Lectures given at the Lancaster Numerical Analysis Summer School July 1987. / TURNER P.R.

• Record Nr.: UNINA990001241820403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin [etc.] : Springer-Verlag, 1989
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Mathematics ; 1397
• Locazione: MA1
• Collocazione: C-20-(1397
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The genesis of modernity / / Arpad Szakolczai

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955465903321
• Autore: Szakolczai Arpad
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-135-13425-1; 1-283-96422-8; 0-203-39038-5; 1-135-13418-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 36
• Classificazione: 71.02
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetti: Historical sociology; Civilization, Modern - Philosophy
• 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. [263]-269) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Max Weber : charisma and the world of the city -- pt. 2. Eric Voegelin : metaxy and the order of the soul -- pt. 3. Michel Foucault : parrhesia and the care of the self.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity.Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorist