L'actuel et l'actualité / / Jean-Paul Desbiens, Laurent Potvin |
Autore | Desbiens Jean-Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 909.82 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Civilization, Modern - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-4123-7047-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Nota di contenuto | Quatrième de couverture -- Note de l'éditeur -- Avant-propos de l'auteur -- 1. Éducation -- 2. Langue -- 3. Médias -- 4. Mœurs -- 5. Politique canadienne et québécoise -- 6. Politique internationale -- 7. Religion, éthique, spiritualité -- 8. Sociologie -- 9. Syndicalisme -- 10. Divers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132743503321 |
Desbiens Jean-Paul
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Addressing modernity [[electronic resource] ] : social systems theory and U.S. cultures / / edited by Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BergthallerHannes
SchinkoCarsten |
Collana | Postmodern studies |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Social systems Culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-99172-8
9786612991721 90-420-3258-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- From National Cultures to the Semantics of Modern Society / Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko -- The Emergence of Literature as Art and the Refinement of Literary Perspective / Martin Klepper -- Reading the Waste Land: Textuality, Mediality, Modernity / Christoph Reinfandt -- Black Boxes and White Noise. Don DeLillo and the Reality of Literature / Edgar Landgraf -- Who is Afraid of Arnold Schwarzenegger? Absurd Democracy in the United States / Hans Georg Moeller -- The Semantics of Self-Denial: The New American Studies through the Lens of Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory / Michael Boyden -- Nation of Speculation: The Constitution of a Financial Public in 19th Century America / Urs Staeheli -- Institutionalised Individualism. Parsons and Luhmann on American Society / Gert Verschraegen -- Why Did Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory Find So Little Resonance in the United States of America? / Rodrigo Jokisch -- Drawing out the Reader: Tourism, Literature, Individuality / Ulrich Brinkmann -- Steps to an Ecology of Systems: Whole Earth and Systemic Holism / Bruce Clarke -- The System in the Garden: American Studies and Functional Differentiation / Andrew McMurry -- World-Systems Colliding: Thomas Pynchon and Niklas Luhmann / Joseph Tabbi -- Luhmann, Literature, and American Multiculturalism / Carsten Schinko. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459017803321 |
Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2011 | ||
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Addressing modernity : social systems theory and U.S. cultures / / edited by Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BergthallerHannes
SchinkoCarsten |
Collana | Postmodern studies |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Social systems Culture |
ISBN |
1-282-99172-8
9786612991721 90-420-3258-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- From National Cultures to the Semantics of Modern Society / Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko -- The Emergence of Literature as Art and the Refinement of Literary Perspective / Martin Klepper -- Reading the Waste Land: Textuality, Mediality, Modernity / Christoph Reinfandt -- Black Boxes and White Noise. Don DeLillo and the Reality of Literature / Edgar Landgraf -- Who is Afraid of Arnold Schwarzenegger? Absurd Democracy in the United States / Hans Georg Moeller -- The Semantics of Self-Denial: The New American Studies through the Lens of Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory / Michael Boyden -- Nation of Speculation: The Constitution of a Financial Public in 19th Century America / Urs Staeheli -- Institutionalised Individualism. Parsons and Luhmann on American Society / Gert Verschraegen -- Why Did Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory Find So Little Resonance in the United States of America? / Rodrigo Jokisch -- Drawing out the Reader: Tourism, Literature, Individuality / Ulrich Brinkmann -- Steps to an Ecology of Systems: Whole Earth and Systemic Holism / Bruce Clarke -- The System in the Garden: American Studies and Functional Differentiation / Andrew McMurry -- World-Systems Colliding: Thomas Pynchon and Niklas Luhmann / Joseph Tabbi -- Luhmann, Literature, and American Multiculturalism / Carsten Schinko. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791846503321 |
Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2011 | ||
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Addressing modernity : social systems theory and U.S. cultures / / edited by Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BergthallerHannes
SchinkoCarsten |
Collana | Postmodern studies |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Social systems Culture |
ISBN |
1-282-99172-8
9786612991721 90-420-3258-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- From National Cultures to the Semantics of Modern Society / Hannes Bergthaller and Carsten Schinko -- The Emergence of Literature as Art and the Refinement of Literary Perspective / Martin Klepper -- Reading the Waste Land: Textuality, Mediality, Modernity / Christoph Reinfandt -- Black Boxes and White Noise. Don DeLillo and the Reality of Literature / Edgar Landgraf -- Who is Afraid of Arnold Schwarzenegger? Absurd Democracy in the United States / Hans Georg Moeller -- The Semantics of Self-Denial: The New American Studies through the Lens of Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory / Michael Boyden -- Nation of Speculation: The Constitution of a Financial Public in 19th Century America / Urs Staeheli -- Institutionalised Individualism. Parsons and Luhmann on American Society / Gert Verschraegen -- Why Did Luhmann’s Social Systems Theory Find So Little Resonance in the United States of America? / Rodrigo Jokisch -- Drawing out the Reader: Tourism, Literature, Individuality / Ulrich Brinkmann -- Steps to an Ecology of Systems: Whole Earth and Systemic Holism / Bruce Clarke -- The System in the Garden: American Studies and Functional Differentiation / Andrew McMurry -- World-Systems Colliding: Thomas Pynchon and Niklas Luhmann / Joseph Tabbi -- Luhmann, Literature, and American Multiculturalism / Carsten Schinko. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818538103321 |
Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2011 | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465174403321 |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792288103321 |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813921603321 |
Taiwo Olufemi
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
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After thoughts : beyond the 'system' : political and cultural lectures / / by Agnes Heller ; edited and with an introduction by John Grumley |
Autore | Heller Ágnes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (182 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.01 |
Collana | Social and Critical Theory |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy Political science - Philosophy |
ISBN | 90-04-42038-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Are all revolutions betrayed? -- Truth in politics -- Progress, regress and human rights -- Cosmopolitanism as philosophy, refuge, and destiny -- Are there obligations without rights? -- On the concept of 'care' -- In praise of imperfection -- Is representation of the Holocaust possible? -- Past, present and future of universities -- Is the language of philosophy in a state of crisis? -- Reflections on the dynamics of personal identity in modernity -- The 'end of philosophy' (four times) or Karl Marx as a German philosopher -- Nietzsche on dreams -- What went wrong with the religion of reason? -- De libero arbitrio (On free choice of the will) -- Fathers and sons in the Bible -- Infinity as concept and as imagination. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838242803321 |
Heller Ágnes
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Leiden Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020 | ||
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Against war [[electronic resource] ] : views from the underside of modernity / / Nelson Maldonado-Torres |
Autore | Maldonado Torres Nelson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina | 172/.42 |
Collana | Latin America otherwise |
Soggetto topico |
War (Philosophy)
Postcolonialism Civilization, Modern Postmodernism Political science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-10914-X
9786613109149 0-8223-8899-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Western modernity and the paradigm of war -- Searching for ethics in a violent world : a Jewish response to the paradigm of war -- From liberalism to Hitlerism : tracing the origins of violence and war -- From fraternity to altericity, or reason in the service of love -- Of masters and slaves, or Frantz Fanon and the ethico-political struggle for non-sexist human fraternity -- God and the other in the self-recognition of imperial man -- Recognition from below : the meaning of the cry and the gift of the self in the struggle for recognition -- From the ethical to the geopolitical : a Latin American response to coloniality, neoliberal globalization, and war -- Enrique Dussel's ethics and philosophy of liberation -- Enrique Dussel's contribution to the de-colonial turn : from the critique of modernity to transmodernity -- Conclusion: Beyond the paradigm of war. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777994903321 |
Maldonado Torres Nelson
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
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Against war : views from the underside of modernity / / Nelson Maldonado-Torres |
Autore | Maldonado Torres Nelson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina |
172/.42
172.42 |
Collana | Latin America otherwise |
Soggetto topico |
War (Philosophy)
Postcolonialism Civilization, Modern Postmodernism Political science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-283-10914-X
9786613109149 0-8223-8899-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Western modernity and the paradigm of war -- Searching for ethics in a violent world : a Jewish response to the paradigm of war -- From liberalism to Hitlerism : tracing the origins of violence and war -- From fraternity to altericity, or reason in the service of love -- Of masters and slaves, or Frantz Fanon and the ethico-political struggle for non-sexist human fraternity -- God and the other in the self-recognition of imperial man -- Recognition from below : the meaning of the cry and the gift of the self in the struggle for recognition -- From the ethical to the geopolitical : a Latin American response to coloniality, neoliberal globalization, and war -- Enrique Dussel's ethics and philosophy of liberation -- Enrique Dussel's contribution to the de-colonial turn : from the critique of modernity to transmodernity -- Conclusion: Beyond the paradigm of war. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824221803321 |
Maldonado Torres Nelson
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
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