Avatar and philosophy : learning to see / / edited by George A. Dunn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
Collana | Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
ISBN |
1-118-88676-3
1-118-88671-2 1-118-88687-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series; Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments: I See These People; Introduction: Time to Wake Up; Part I Seeing Eywa: "I'm With Her, Jake. She's Real!"; 1 The Silence of Our Mother: Eywa as the Voice of Feminine Care Ethics; How Can You See, with Jujubes for Eyes?; The Gifts of Our Mother; The Work of Our Mother; Mother Takes Sides; Notes; 2 "Eywa Will Provide": Pantheism, Christianity, and the Value of Nature; "They're Fly-Bitten Savages Who Live in a Tree"
"You Are Not in Kansas Anymore. You Are on Pandora""We Will See If Your Insanity Can Be Cured"; "She's Always Going on About ... the Spirits of Animals"; "The Most Hostile Environment Known to Man"; "I See You, Brother, and Thank You"; Notes; 3 The Tantra of Avatar; Weaving with Eywa; "These Dreams of Flying"; Divine, Mind-Blowing Bliss; "Maybe You Should Teach Me"; Tasting the Nectar; Alien Sex and Sandstone Temples; "I Don't Want to Be Late for My Own Party"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Part II Seeing the Na'vi: "You Will Teach Him Our Ways"; 4 Learning to See the Na'vi The Company Man, the Colonel, and the GruntsGood Observation Isn't Seeing; "I Need to Take Some Samples"; Jake, Empty Cup of the Jarhead Clan; Loving and Learning; Notes; 5 It Doesn't Take an Avatar: How to Empathize with a Blue-Skinned Alien; "A Demon in a False Body"; "I'd Say We Understand Them Just Fine"; "No One Can Teach You to See"; "My Cup Is Empty"; "I Fell in Love"; "I Didn't Sign Up for This Shit"; Notes; 6 "I See You" through a Glass Darkly: Avatar and the Limits of Empathy; Empathy in Blue; Empathy Versus the Vulcan Mind Meld; Empathy, Tsaheylu, and the iPod "Get Out of My Head!" Tsaheylu and Mirror NeuronsHow the Video Log Helps Us Think: The Extended Mind Hypothesis; Norm Spellman's Homework: The Socially Extended Mind; Nature, Culture, and USB Portals; Notes; Part III Seeing Nature: "Try to See the Forest through Her Eyes"; 7 Seeing the Na'vi Way: Respecting Life and Mind in All Organisms; "They Killed Their Mother": The High Price of Insanity; Philosophers, Dogs, and Viperwolves; Seeing through the Eye of Eywa; Wild Justice for All; Where There's Life, There's Mind; "More Connections Than the Human Brain"; Last Shadow; Notes 8 They're Not Just Goddamn Trees: Hegel's Philosophy of Nature and the Avatar of SpiritSpirit-"Driven" Avatars; The Hungry Na'vi; "Just Goddamn Trees"; The Romantic Alternative: "Feel Her"; The Dialectical Alternative: "All Energy Is Borrowed"; "The Eye of Eywa"; Notes; 9 "Everything Is Backwards Now": Avatar, Anthropocentrism, and Relational Reason; Deep Humanity in an Alien Avatar; "Out There Is the True World"; "Lost in the Woods"; "Everything Is Backwards Now"; Notes; Part IV Seeing Our Bodies: "They've Got Great Muscle Tone"; 10 The Identity of Avatars and Na'vi Wisdom The Continuity of the Self: Your Future Is in His Hands1 |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Avatar and philosophy : learning to see / / edited by George A. Dunn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
Collana | Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
ISBN |
1-118-88676-3
1-118-88671-2 1-118-88687-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series; Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments: I See These People; Introduction: Time to Wake Up; Part I Seeing Eywa: "I'm With Her, Jake. She's Real!"; 1 The Silence of Our Mother: Eywa as the Voice of Feminine Care Ethics; How Can You See, with Jujubes for Eyes?; The Gifts of Our Mother; The Work of Our Mother; Mother Takes Sides; Notes; 2 "Eywa Will Provide": Pantheism, Christianity, and the Value of Nature; "They're Fly-Bitten Savages Who Live in a Tree"
"You Are Not in Kansas Anymore. You Are on Pandora""We Will See If Your Insanity Can Be Cured"; "She's Always Going on About ... the Spirits of Animals"; "The Most Hostile Environment Known to Man"; "I See You, Brother, and Thank You"; Notes; 3 The Tantra of Avatar; Weaving with Eywa; "These Dreams of Flying"; Divine, Mind-Blowing Bliss; "Maybe You Should Teach Me"; Tasting the Nectar; Alien Sex and Sandstone Temples; "I Don't Want to Be Late for My Own Party"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Part II Seeing the Na'vi: "You Will Teach Him Our Ways"; 4 Learning to See the Na'vi The Company Man, the Colonel, and the GruntsGood Observation Isn't Seeing; "I Need to Take Some Samples"; Jake, Empty Cup of the Jarhead Clan; Loving and Learning; Notes; 5 It Doesn't Take an Avatar: How to Empathize with a Blue-Skinned Alien; "A Demon in a False Body"; "I'd Say We Understand Them Just Fine"; "No One Can Teach You to See"; "My Cup Is Empty"; "I Fell in Love"; "I Didn't Sign Up for This Shit"; Notes; 6 "I See You" through a Glass Darkly: Avatar and the Limits of Empathy; Empathy in Blue; Empathy Versus the Vulcan Mind Meld; Empathy, Tsaheylu, and the iPod "Get Out of My Head!" Tsaheylu and Mirror NeuronsHow the Video Log Helps Us Think: The Extended Mind Hypothesis; Norm Spellman's Homework: The Socially Extended Mind; Nature, Culture, and USB Portals; Notes; Part III Seeing Nature: "Try to See the Forest through Her Eyes"; 7 Seeing the Na'vi Way: Respecting Life and Mind in All Organisms; "They Killed Their Mother": The High Price of Insanity; Philosophers, Dogs, and Viperwolves; Seeing through the Eye of Eywa; Wild Justice for All; Where There's Life, There's Mind; "More Connections Than the Human Brain"; Last Shadow; Notes 8 They're Not Just Goddamn Trees: Hegel's Philosophy of Nature and the Avatar of SpiritSpirit-"Driven" Avatars; The Hungry Na'vi; "Just Goddamn Trees"; The Romantic Alternative: "Feel Her"; The Dialectical Alternative: "All Energy Is Borrowed"; "The Eye of Eywa"; Notes; 9 "Everything Is Backwards Now": Avatar, Anthropocentrism, and Relational Reason; Deep Humanity in an Alien Avatar; "Out There Is the True World"; "Lost in the Woods"; "Everything Is Backwards Now"; Notes; Part IV Seeing Our Bodies: "They've Got Great Muscle Tone"; 10 The Identity of Avatars and Na'vi Wisdom The Continuity of the Self: Your Future Is in His Hands1 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829045303321 |
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Hunger games and philosophy : a critique of pure treason / / edited by George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud |
Autore | Dunn George A |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | ELECTRONIC BOOK |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
MichaudNicolas |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico | Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
1118206029
1280589779 9786613619600 1118206045 |
Classificazione | YAN041000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason -- Contents -- Acknowledgments: "It's Like the Bread. How I Never Get Over Owing You for That. -- Introduction: Let The Hunger Games and Philosophy Begin! -- Part One: "Having an Eye for Beauty Isn't Necessarily a Weakness": The Art of Resisting the Capitol -- 1. "The Final Word on Entertainment": Mimetic and Monstrous Art in the Hunger Games -- 2. "Somewhere between Hair Ribbons and Rainbows": How Even the Shortest Song Can Change the World -- 3. "I Will Be Your Mockingjay": The Power and Paradox of Metaphor in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- Part Two: "We're Fickle, Stupid Beings": Hungering for Morality in an Immoral World -- 4. "The Odds Have Not Been Very Dependable of Late": Morality and Luck in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- 5. The Joy of Watching Others Suffer: Schadenfreude and the Hunger Games -- 6. "So Here I Am in His Debt Again": Katniss, Gifts, and Invisible Strings -- Part Three: "I am as Radiant as the Sun": The Natural, The Unnatural, and Not-So-Weird Science -- 7. Competition and Kindness: The Darwinian World of the Hunger Games -- 8. "No Mutt Is Good"-Really? Creating Interspecies Chimeras -- Part Four: "Peeta Bakes. I Hunt.": What Katniss can teach us About Love, Caring, and Gender -- 9. Why Katniss Chooses Peeta: Looking at Love through a Stoic Lens -- 10. "She Has No Idea. The Effect She Can Have.": Katniss and the Politics of Gender -- 11. Sometimes the World Is Hungry for People Who Care: Katniss and the Feminist Care Ethic -- Part Five: "As Long As You can Find Yourself, You'll never Starve": How to be Yourself When it's all a Big Show -- 12. Why Does Katniss Fail at Everything She Fakes? Being versus Seeming to Be in the Hunger Games Trilogy -- 13. Who Is Peeta Mellark? The Problem of Identity in Panem.
Part Six: "Here's Some Advice. Stay Alive.": A Tribute's Guide to the morality and Logic of Warfare -- 14. "Safe to Do What?": Morality and the War of All against All in the Arena -- 15. Starting Fires Can Get You Burned: The Just-War Tradition and the Rebellion against the Capitol -- 16. The Tribute's Dilemma: The Hunger Games and Game Theory -- Part Seven: "It Must Be Very Fragile If a Handful of Berries Can Bring It Down": The Political Philosophy of Coriolanus Snow -- 17. Discipline and the Docile Body: Regulating Hungers in the Capitol -- 18. "All of This Is Wrong": Why One of Rome's Greatest Thinkers Would Despise the Capitol -- 19. Class Is in Session: Power and Privilege in Panem -- Contributors: Our Resistance Squadron -- Index: "A List in My Head of Every Act of Goodness I've Seen Someone Do. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823574703321 |
Dunn George A | ||
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Hunger games and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : a critique of pure treason / / edited by George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
MichaudNicolas |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico | Philosophy in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-20602-9
1-280-58977-9 9786613619600 1-118-20604-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. "Having an eye for beauty isn't necessarily a weakness": the art of resisting the capitol -- pt. 2. "We're fickle, stupid beings": hungering for morality in an immoral world -- pt. 3. "I am as radiant as the sun": the natural, the unnatural, and not-so-weird science -- pt. 4. "Peeta bakes. I hunt.": what Katniss can teach us about love, caring, and gender -- pt. 5. "As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve": how to be yourself when it's all a big show -- pt. 6. "Here's some advice. stay alive.": a tribute's guide to the morality and logic of warfare -- pt. 7. "It must be very fragile if a handful of berries can bring it down": the political philosophy of Coriolanus Snow. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457274703321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Hunger games and philosophy [[electronic book] ] : a critique of pure treason / / edited by George A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | ELECTRONIC BOOK |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
MichaudNicolas |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico | Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
1118206029
1280589779 9786613619600 1118206045 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779095603321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The philosophy of Christopher Nolan / / edited by Jason T. Eberl and George A. Dunn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington Books |
Disciplina | 791.4302/33092 |
ISBN | 1-4985-1353-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793087703321 |
Lexington Books | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sons of anarchy and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : brains before bullets / / edited by George A. Dunn and Jason T. Eberl |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
EberlJason T |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and popculture series |
ISBN |
1-118-64166-3
1-118-64171-X 1-118-64162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "An Equal Mix of Might and Right": Ethics at 92 MPH. Virtue and Vice in the SAMCROpolis: Aristotle Views Sons of Anarchy / Jason T. Eberl -- A Prospect's Guide to Nietzsche / Tim Jung and Minerva Ahumada -- Tig Needs an Escort Home: Is Loyalty A Virtue? / James Edwin Mahon -- A Saint among the Sons: Aquinas on Murder and the Men of Mayhem / Randall M. Jensen -- "Off the Social Grid": The Politics of Mayhem. The MC vs. the Leviathan: Laying Down the (Motor)Cycle of Violence / George A. Dunn -- "The Rat Prince" and The Prince: The Machiavellian Politics of the MC / Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy -- Chaos and Order: Anarchy in the MC / Bruno De Brito Serra -- "Another Fun-Filled Day in the Six Counties": The Real IRA, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? / Philip Smolenski -- SAMCRO Goes to War / Alex Leveringhaus -- "The Concept was Pure, Simple, True": Biker Identity and Meaning. My Skin, My Self: SAMCRO's Ink and Personal Identity / Charlene Elsby -- The Faith of Our Sons and the Tragic Quest / Kevin Corn -- Once a Biker Slut, Always a Biker Slut: Narrative Identity in Charming / Minerva Ahumada and Tim Jung -- SAMCRO and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Massimiliano L. Cappuccio -- "The Passion in his Heart and the Reason in his Mind": Sex, Love, and Gender. Sometimes a Motorcycle is Just a Motorcycle: Freud and Hamlet Come to Charming / Andrea Zanin -- When a Charming Woman Speaks / Leslie A. Aarons -- Mothers of Anarchy: Power, Control, and Care in the Feminine Sphere / Leigh C. Kolb -- "Each Savage Event was a Catalyst for the Next": The Historic and the Homeric Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way / Peter S. Fosl -- Anarchism and Authenticity, or Why SAMCRO Shouldn't Fight History / Peter S. Fosl -- Good Old Fashioned Mayhem / Greg Littmann -- The Road Out of Mayhem / Greg Littmann. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139019803321 |
Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sons of anarchy and philosophy : brains before bullets / / edited by George A. Dunn and Jason T. Eberl |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
EberlJason T |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and popculture series |
ISBN |
1-118-64166-3
1-118-64171-X 1-118-64162-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "An Equal Mix of Might and Right": Ethics at 92 MPH. Virtue and Vice in the SAMCROpolis: Aristotle Views Sons of Anarchy / Jason T. Eberl -- A Prospect's Guide to Nietzsche / Tim Jung and Minerva Ahumada -- Tig Needs an Escort Home: Is Loyalty A Virtue? / James Edwin Mahon -- A Saint among the Sons: Aquinas on Murder and the Men of Mayhem / Randall M. Jensen -- "Off the Social Grid": The Politics of Mayhem. The MC vs. the Leviathan: Laying Down the (Motor)Cycle of Violence / George A. Dunn -- "The Rat Prince" and The Prince: The Machiavellian Politics of the MC / Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy -- Chaos and Order: Anarchy in the MC / Bruno De Brito Serra -- "Another Fun-Filled Day in the Six Counties": The Real IRA, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? / Philip Smolenski -- SAMCRO Goes to War / Alex Leveringhaus -- "The Concept was Pure, Simple, True": Biker Identity and Meaning. My Skin, My Self: SAMCRO's Ink and Personal Identity / Charlene Elsby -- The Faith of Our Sons and the Tragic Quest / Kevin Corn -- Once a Biker Slut, Always a Biker Slut: Narrative Identity in Charming / Minerva Ahumada and Tim Jung -- SAMCRO and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Massimiliano L. Cappuccio -- "The Passion in his Heart and the Reason in his Mind": Sex, Love, and Gender. Sometimes a Motorcycle is Just a Motorcycle: Freud and Hamlet Come to Charming / Andrea Zanin -- When a Charming Woman Speaks / Leslie A. Aarons -- Mothers of Anarchy: Power, Control, and Care in the Feminine Sphere / Leigh C. Kolb -- "Each Savage Event was a Catalyst for the Next": The Historic and the Homeric Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way / Peter S. Fosl -- Anarchism and Authenticity, or Why SAMCRO Shouldn't Fight History / Peter S. Fosl -- Good Old Fashioned Mayhem / Greg Littmann -- The Road Out of Mayhem / Greg Littmann. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825523503321 |
Hoboken, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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True blood and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : we wanna think bad things with you / / edited by George A. Dunn and Rebecca Housel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina |
791.457201
813.54 813/.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
HouselRebecca |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Werewolves in literature Vampires on television Werewolves on television Immortality (Philosophy) Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
0-470-64104-5
1-282-69094-9 9786612690945 0-470-64101-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. "I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- pt. 2. "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- pt. 3. "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- pt. 4. "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- pt. 5. "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791258003321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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True blood and philosophy : we wanna think bad things with you / / edited by George A. Dunn and Rebecca Housel |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DunnGeorge A. <1957->
HouselRebecca |
Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Vampires in literature
Werewolves in literature Vampires on television Werewolves on television Immortality (Philosophy) Philosophy in literature |
ISBN |
0-470-64104-5
1-282-69094-9 9786612690945 0-470-64101-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. "I used to hate vampires, until I got to know one" : vampire-human ethics -- pt. 2. "Life-challenged individuals" : the politics of being dead -- pt. 3. "Their very blood is seductive" : eros, sexuality, and gender -- pt. 4. "I am actually older than your Jesus" : natural, supernatural, and divine -- pt. 5. "Our existence is insanity" : the metaphysics of supernatural beings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814443003321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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