05707nam 22009375 450 991108831700332120251116190529.09786611365974978128136597212813659719781403984586140398458110.1057/9781403984586(CKB)1000000000342598(SSID)ssj0000138357(PQKBManifestationID)11146745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138357(PQKBWorkID)10100856(PQKB)11772558(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8458-6(MiAaPQ)EBC308210(Au-PeEL)EBL308210(CaPaEBR)ebr10155123(CaONFJC)MIL136597(OCoLC)124039466(Perlego)3496453(EXLCZ)99100000000034259820151222d2006 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrThe Dialectics of Transformation in Africa /by E. Bongmba1st ed. 2006.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2006.1 online resource (X, 310 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781349533411 1349533416 9781403972118 1403972117 Includes bibliographical references ([213]-300) and index.COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DEFINING THE HUMAN CRISIS IN AFRICA -- The Privatization of Power -- The Pauperization of the State -- The Prodigalization of the State -- The Proliferation of Violence -- CHAPTER 2 THE GENESIS OF THE AFRICAN CRISIS: THE MANIFESTATION OF A POLITICAL WILL -- Mamdani on Citizen and Subject -- Independence Opened a Space for Change -- Outworking of Political Will: Ahidjo's Political Philosophy in Cameroon -- The Single Party as a Mechanism of Political Totality -- Totality Over Subjects -- CHAPTER 3 RECOVERY IDEAS I: ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS, DEMOCRACY, AND GOVERNANCE -- Structural Adjustment Program -- Hopeful Initiatives: The African Union and Nepad -- Democracy -- Theorizing Democracy for the Future -- The Church and Democracy in Africa -- Good Governance -- Governance Is a Social Praxis -- CHAPTER 4 RECOVERY IDEAS 2: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE -- Civil Society -- Christian Churches and Faith-Based Organizations as Civil Society -- The African Renaissance -- Defining the Renaissance -- Debating the Renaissance -- The African Renaissance in Global Perspective -- CHAPTER 5 TOWARD AN INTERSUBJECTIVE POLITICAL COMMUNITY IN AFRICA -- Wimbum Articulations of Intersubjectivity -- Subjectivity and the Political Community -- The Ego and the Alter Ego in Intersubjective Phenomenology -- Beyond Husserl to Genuine Intersubjectivity -- Intersubjectivity and a New Political Ethics -- CHAPTER 6 RETHINKING GENDER RELATIONS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION -- African Women in Feminist and Gender Discourse -- African Widows: A Phenomenology of Eros -- The Erotic Is a Realm of Freedom -- CHAPTER 7 RETHINKING POWER IN AFRICA: RELIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Religion and Society: Ambiguity and Promise -- Religion and Power in the Post-Patrimonial State.Religion and the Possibility of Peacebuilding -- On Àse-Yoruba Perspectives on Power -- Theological Perspectives on Power -- Power is constitutive of being -- Power is derived from God -- Those who have political power must not use it for self-aggrandizement -- Power should be exercised in the light of human finitude -- Power should be tempered with the spirit of Christ -- Political power should be used to empower people -- Power should be used to strengthen intersubjective relations -- Leaders should use their power to promote justice -- Political power should be employed to promote freedom -- The dynamics of power requires a new theology of the future -- CONCLUSION: BEYOND PESSIMISM TO OPTIMISM: IN LOVE WITH AFRICA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.A discussion of political and religious crisis in Africa, this book covers such topics as democratic transition, good governance, civil society and the African renaissance. Elias K. Bongmba proposes humanistic interventions centred on the recovery of interpersonal relations and seeks to understand the ongoing struggles in Africa.ReligionPhilosophyReligion and sociologyAfricaPolitics and governmentEthnologyAfricaCultureReligionSociologyPhilosophy of ReligionSociology of ReligionAfrican PoliticsAfrican CultureReligionSociologyReligionPhilosophy.Religion and sociology.AfricaPolitics and government.EthnologyCulture.Religion.Sociology.Philosophy of Religion.Sociology of Religion.African Politics.African Culture.Religion.Sociology.303.4/096Bongmba Elias Kifon1953-1616513MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911088317003321The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa4748072UNINA05662nam 2200805 a 450 991115059360332120251116194741.097866134337709781283433778128343377X97898143439929814343994(CKB)3400000000016066(EBL)840616(OCoLC)858228119(SSID)ssj0000985567(PQKBManifestationID)11575105(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000985567(PQKBWorkID)10933152(PQKB)11315474(MiAaPQ)EBC840616(WSP)00008135(Au-PeEL)EBL840616(CaPaEBR)ebr10524575(CaONFJC)MIL343377(Perlego)848730(EXLCZ)99340000000001606620120210d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvances in multi-photon processes and spectroscopy /edited by S.H. Lin, A.A. Villaeys, Y. Fujimura1st ed.Singapore World Scientific20111 online resource (259 p.)Advances in multi-photon processes and spectroscopy ;v. 20Description based upon print version of record.9789814343985 9814343986 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; 1. Wave Packet Analysis of Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy K. Niu, B. Zhao, Z. Sun and Soo-Y. Lee; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 2.1 Coupled wave theory of FSRS and its limitations; 2.2 Quantum theory of FSRS; 3. Applications, Results and Discussion; 3.1 Analytic results for FSRS from a stationary state with polyatomic harmonic potentials; 3.2 Application to FSRS of Rhodamine 6G; 3.3 Application to the FSRS from a coherent vibrational state of CDCl 3; 3.3.1 Direct fifth-order process; 3.3.2 Cascade processes; 3.3.3 Direct fifth-order and cascade results of CDCl 34. Conclusion and outlookAcknowledgements; References; 2. Field-Free Molecular Alignment by Two Femosecond Laser Pulses Chengyin Wu, Hongbing Jiang and Qihuang Gong; 1. Introduction; 2. Theory; 2.1 Creation of rotational wavepacket; 2.2 Characterization of rotational wavepacket; 2.3 Control of rotational wavepacket; 3. Experimental Method; 4. Results and Discussion; 4.1 Manipulation of alignment structures; 4.2 Enhancement of molecular alignment; 4.3 Control of molecular population; 5. Applications of Field-Free Aligned Molecules - Frequency Tuning of Few Cycle Femtosecond Laser Pulses5.1 Parameters5.2 Simulation; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3. High-Order Harmonic Generation from C60 Fullerene Plasma T. Ozaki; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental Set-up; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1 Observation of high-order harmonics from C fullerenes; 3.2 Influence of various experimental parameters on the HHG efficiency in fullerene plasma; 3.3 Simulations of harmonic spectra from C fullerenes; 3.4 Discussions; 4. Conclusions; References4. Attosecond Pulse Generation, Characterization and Application Shouyuan Chen, Steve Gilbertson, He Wang, Michael Chini, Kun Zhao, Sabih Khan, Yi Wu, and Zenghu Chang1. Introduction; 2. Ultrafast Laser Development and CE Phase Stabilization for Attosecond Pulse Generation; 2.1 CE phase drift caused by the grating drift in stretcher and compressor; 2.2 CE phase stabilization of multi-pass and regenerative amplifiers; 3. Attosecond Gating Technology; 3.1 Two-color gating; 3.2 Polarization gating; 3.3 Double optical gating; 3.4 Generalized double optical gating; 3.5 DOG and GDOG optics4. Attosecond Pulse Measurement and Characterization4.1 Attosecond streak camera; 4.2 Frequency-resolved optical gating for complete reconstruction of attosecond bursts; 4.3 Phase retrieval by omega oscillation filtering; 5. Application of Attosecond Pulse; 5.1 Study of Helium autoionization by attosecond streaking; 5.2 Time resolved spectroscopy study of Argon; 6. Summary and Outlook; References; 5. Near-Field Imaging of Optical-Field Structures and Plasmon Wave Functions in Metal Nanostructures Hiromi Okamoto and Kohei Imura; 1. Introduction2. What can be Observed by Near-Field Optical Imaging?This book presents the latest developments and issues in both experimental and theoretical studies of multi-photon processes and the spectroscopy of atoms, molecules and nanomaterials in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Material Science. It is an important addition to an advanced series that contains review papers suitable for both active researchers in these areas and non-experts who wish to enter the field. Special attention is paid to the recent progress of nonlinear photon-matter interactions applied to femtosecond laser induced nonadiabatic molecular alignment, high-order harmonic generatiADVANCES IN MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES AND SPECTROSCOPYMultiphoton processesSpectrum analysisLaser spectroscopyMolecular spectraMultiphoton processes.Spectrum analysis.Laser spectroscopy.Molecular spectra.543.0858543.5543/.0858Lin S. H(Sheng Hsien),1937-Villaeys A. AFujimura Y(Yuichi)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911150593603321UNINA