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UNINA9910452813503321 |
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Faulkner Robert K. <1934-> |
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The case for greatness [[electronic resource] ] : honorable ambition and its critics / / Robert Faulkner |
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New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2007 |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 264 p.)) |
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Ambition |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index. |
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Introduction: Honorable statesmen and obscuring theories -- The gentleman-statesman : Aristotle's (complicated) great-souled man -- Imperial ambition in free politics : the problem of Thucydides' Alcibiades -- The soul of grand ambition : Alcibiades cross-examined by Socrates -- Imperial grandeur and imperial hollowness : Xenophon's Cyrus the Great -- Obscuring the truly great : Washington and modern theories of fame -- Honorable greatness denied (1) : the egalitarian web -- Honorable greatness denied (2) : the premises. |
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The Case for Greatness is a spirited look at political ambition, good and bad, with particular attention to honorable ambition. Robert Faulkner contends that too many modern accounts of leadership slight such things as determination to excel, good judgment, justice, and a sense of honor-the very qualities that distinguish the truly great. And here he offers an attempt to recover "a reasonable understanding of excellence," that which distinguishes a Franklin D. Roosevelt and a Lincoln from lesser leaders. Faulkner finds the most telling diagnoses in antiquity and examines closely Aristotle's great-souled man, two accounts of the spectacular and dubious Athenian politician Alcibiades, and the life of the imperial conqueror Cyrus the Great. There results a complex and compelling picture of greatness and its problems. Faulkner dissects military and imperial ambition, the art of leadership, and, in the later example of George Washington, ambition in the service of popular self-government. He also addresses modern indictments of |
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even the best forms of political greatness, whether in the critical thinking of Hobbes, the idealism of Kant, the relativism and brutalism of Nietzsche, or the egalitarianism of Rawls and Arendt. He shows how modern philosophy came to doubt and indeed disdain even the best forms of ambition. This book is a nuanced defense of admirable ambition and the honor-seeking life, as well as an irresistible invitation to apply these terms to our own times and leaders. |
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UNINA9910254579603321 |
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Correlations in Condensed Matter under Extreme Conditions : A tribute to Renato Pucci on the occasion of his 70th birthday / / edited by G. G. N. Angilella, Antonino La Magna |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XVI, 401 p. 126 illus.) |
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Superconductivity |
Superconductors |
Physics |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical |
Materials—Surfaces |
Thin films |
Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity |
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics |
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry |
Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Part I Condensed matter theory -- 1 Peierls and spin-density instability: from polyacetylene to grapheme -- 2 Can the d-orbital splitting unveil the local structure of Cu2+ ions? -- 3 Title to be |
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announced -- 4 Regularities in transition temperatures for superconducting high-Tc cuprates as well as for BCS-like materials -- 5 Title to be announced by G. G. N. Angilella and N. H. March -- 6 Electronic Topological Transitions in low-dimensional -- 7 Band gaps and effective oscillator models for solid hydrogen and H2O ice at high pressure -- 8 Anomalous magnetism and superconductivity in lanthanide metals at extreme pressure -- 9 Equations of state for solids under strong compression with fingerprints for electronic anomalies -- 10 One-dimensional interacting systems: from condensed matter to cold atoms -- 11 Spatial pathways of supercurrents and collective dynamics -- 12 Electron structure and transport in disordered low dimensional systems -- 13 Transport properties of strained grapheme -- 14 Defect-induced magnetism in graphene: an ab initio pan study -- 15 Title to be announced, by A. Pidatella and R. Mazzarello -- 16 Hydrogen-bonded systems under intense electric fields -- 17 Title to be announced, by G. Compagnini -- Part II Molecular chemistry -- 18 Novel common methodologies between physics and theoretical chemistry: density functional theory -- 19 Electron density, Kohn-Sham frontier orbitals, and Fukui functions -- 20 Exact density functionals -- 21 Electrides and their high-pressure chemistry -- 22 Structure of small molecules predicted by second-order density matrix theory without an underlying antisymmetric wave function -- 23 Correlation of large polarons in non-linear low-dimensional molecular systems -- 24 Simple approaches to calculate correlation energy in polyatomic molecular systems -- 25 Non equilibrium steady states and electron transport in molecular systems -- Part III Theoretical physics -- 26 From condensed matter to QCD: a journey through gauge theories on board of a variational tool -- Part IV Philosophy and history of science -- 27 The languages of science, religion, and theology -- 28 Symmetries and physics -- 29 Science and religion: a difficult relationship -- 30 The bold and the humble: physics and epistemology -- 31 Majorana: from atomic and molecular, to nuclear physics -- 32 Einstein and his struggle for peace -- Author index -- Keyword index. |
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This book addresses a wide range of topics relating to the properties and behavior of condensed matter under extreme conditions such as intense magnetic and electric fields, high pressures, heat and cold, and mechanical stresses. It is divided into four sections devoted to condensed matter theory, molecular chemistry, theoretical physics, and the philosophy and history of science. The main themes include electronic correlations in material systems under extreme pressure and temperature conditions, surface physics, the transport properties of low-dimensional electronic systems, applications of the density functional theory in molecular systems, and graphene. The book is the outcome of a workshop held at the University of Catania, Italy, in honor of Professor Renato Pucci on the occasion of his 70th birthday. It includes selected invited contributions from collaborators and co-authors of Professor Pucci during his long and successful career, as well as from other distinguished guest authors. |
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UNISA996660267603316 |
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Autore |
Irwin-Rogers Keir |
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Titolo |
Preventing Violence : The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach |
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Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025 |
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©2025 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (0 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BillinghamLuke |
FraserAlistair <1982-> |
GillonFern |
McVieSusan |
NewburnTim |
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Public health |
Criminology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Front Cover -- Preventing Violence
The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Scope -- ‘Youth violence’ -- Geographic focus -- Generalisability -- Trends in violence -- The causes of interpersonal violence -- Root causes -- Direct causes -- The ecological framework -- The relationship between shame, mattering, and violence -- The public health approach to violence prevention -- The limitations of existing interpretations of the public health approach -- Advancing the public health approach using the ‘Four Is’ framework -- Researching the public health approach to violence prevention -- Interviews and focus groups -- Documentary analysis -- Police-recorded crime data -- Workshops with regional VRUs -- Ethics -- Summary -- Structure and style -- Part I: A short history of the public health approach to violence prevention |
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This book explores the public health approach to preventing |
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interpersonal violence, focusing on its application in England and Wales. Authored by experts in criminology, the work examines the history, current practices, and future directions of this approach. It provides an in-depth analysis of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs), their development, and the challenges they face. The authors argue for a more comprehensive and coordinated strategy to address violence, emphasizing evidence-based interventions and multi-agency collaboration. The intended audience includes policymakers, researchers, and professionals in public health, criminology, and social policy, seeking to develop safer societies through informed strategies for violence prevention. |
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