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UNINA9910786053003321 |
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Autore |
Carrette Jeremy |
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Titolo |
Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
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1-280-05422-0 |
9786610054220 |
1-134-41597-4 |
0-203-49487-3 |
0-203-60104-1 |
1-134-41598-2 |
1-283-96173-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Capitalism |
Globalization |
Religious aspects |
Spiritual life |
Religion - General |
Religion |
Philosophy & Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index |
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From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away |
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the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism.Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs.Exposing how spirituality has today come to embody the privatization of religion in the modern West, |
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UNINA9910741168603321 |
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Autore |
Fernandes Antonio S. C |
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The contribution of technology to added value / / by Antonio S.C Fernandes |
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London ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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1 online resource (viii, 104 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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620.0042 |
658.5 |
658.514 |
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Engineering |
Engineering design |
Engineering economy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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1.Introduction -- 2.Technology in Growth Models -- 3.A Model to Measure Technology -- 4.The Value Added by Technology -- 5.Technology Dependence Taxonomy -- 6.Value Representing Technology and Knowledge -- 7.Key Conclusions. |
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There is a wide consensus that introduction of technology to the production process contributes to an overall economic value, however, confusion between technology, knowledge and capital often makes value calculations ambiguous and non-objective. The Contribution of Technology to Added Value addresses not only this issue of definition |
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but also provides a production model to assess the value contribution of technology within the production process. A clarification of fundamental semantics provides a significant taxonomy for technology dependence, and allows understanding and modeling of how knowledge, technology and capital individually contribute to production and to value adding. A new technology dependence taxonomy is proposed and assessed following chapters explaining growth models, the KTC model and technology index values. Balancing theoretical knowledge with real-world data and applications The Contribution of Technology to Added Value clarifies the issue of value adding for a range of different viewpoints and purposes; from academic to industry and service across engineering, economics and management. . |
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UNINA9910955576803321 |
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Autore |
Hart Donna |
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Titolo |
Man the hunted : primates, predators, and human evolution / / Donna Hart, Robert W. Sussman |
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Boulder, CO, : Westview Press |
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Philadelphia, PA, : Perseus Books Group [distributor], c2009 |
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9780813339368 |
0813339367 |
9780429978715 |
0429978715 |
9780429967634 |
0429967632 |
9780429499081 |
0429499086 |
9780786725946 |
078672594X |
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Edizione |
[Expanded ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Primates - Behavior |
Predation (Biology) |
Primates - Evolution |
Human evolution |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-345) and index. |
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CONTENTS; Foreword to the First Edition ix; Preface to the Expanded Paperback Edition xv; 1 JUST ANOTHER ITEM ON THE MENU 1; Fossil Evidence and Living Primates, 5; Predation and Primate Studies, 9; An Accurate Appraisal of Predation, 9; 2 DEBUNKING "MAN THE HUNTER" 11; Will the First Hominid Please Stand Up? 13; A Messy Bush, 21; Wanderlust, 22; Man the Hunter? 23; Man the Dancer! 28; We Were Not "Cat Food"! 30; 3 WHO'S EATING WHOM? 33; A Tale of Two Families, 34; The Prey Flee, the Predator Pursues, 38; Who Are These Primate Prey? 41; The Dichotomy about Death, 45 |
The James Carville Approach, 46Predation Risk versus Predation Rate, 52; Who Was Eating Our Hominid Ancestors? 55; 4 LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! 57; Choose Your Weapon, 63; The Long and Winding Road from South Africa to Georgia, 70; Killing Machines, 76; Before the Age of Ulcers, 77; Perfect Primate Predators, 80; Give Us the Bear Facts, 84; 5 COURSING HYENAS AND HUNGRY DOGS 89; Wolves at the Door, 90; No Laughing Matter, 95; Howls in the Prehistoric Night, 97; Leaders of the Pack, 104; 6 MISSIONARY POSITION 111; The Serpentine Route, 112; Breathing Fire: The Komodo Dragon, 124 |
My, What Big Teeth You Have! 127On Top of Everything Else, Sharks, Too? 133; 7 TERROR FROM THE SKY 135; Featherweights and Talon Tips, 138; Crested Viragos, 141; An Alfred Hitchcock Moment, 147; The Record of Giant Raptors, 149; The Taung Child Tells Its Tale, 151; Running Hawks, Hungry Toucans, and Giant Owls, 155; 8 WE WEREN'T JUST WAITING AROUND TO BE EATEN! 161; Heavyweight Champions, 166; Why Hermits Seem Odd, 170; We Saw . . . Food. We Came . . . Down from the Trees.We Conquered . . . Gravity, 174; On the Path to Einstein, 180; Daytime Talk Shows, 182 |
Making a Last Stand: Counterattack and Chutzpah, 186Weapons of Mass Destruction, 189; 9 GENTLE SAVAGE OR BLOODTHIRSTY BRUTE? 191; The Hunting Myth and Sociobiology, 194; Chimpanzee and Human Males as Demonic Killers, 201; Chimpanzee Aggression, 207; Getting Out of Our Genes, 211; The Other 50%, 213; 10 MAN THE HUNTED 219; Sink Your Teeth into This! 226; Painting the Family Portrait, 231; Habitat for Humanity, 235; Macaques Us? 239; Put It All Together and What Do You Have? 242; Man the Hunted, 245; The Oldest Story, 248; 11 THE LAST WORD 251 |
Carnivore Crimes: More about Bears, Big Cats, and Hyenas, 257Python Pestilence and Eagle Escapades, 262; Man the Cannibal, 265; Cut Marks, Tooth Marks, and Question Marks, 268; Man the Sneaky Meat Thief, 271; Man the Peace-Loving Hippie? 275; Conventional Wisdom as Science, 283; Really Our Last Words, 284; Acknowledgments 287; Notes 289; Bibliography 311; Index 347; About the Authors 359 |
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A provocative view of human evolution that contends early humans occupied a far more vulnerable position in the food chain than we like to imagine. |
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