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Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere
| Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
| Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
| ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
| Classificazione | BE 2460 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783075303321 |
Obeyesekere Gananath
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| Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere
| Imagining karma : ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth / / Gananath Obeyesekere |
| Autore | Obeyesekere Gananath |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina | 291.2/37 |
| Collana | Comparative studies in religion and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Reincarnation - Buddhism
Reincarnation Religious ethics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
amerindian tradition
buddhism buddhist tradition canada classicists cosmology cross cultural scholarship cultural relativism cultural stories death empedocles ethics greek tradition human condition indic civilizations indologists intellectual context karma melanesia methodological framework nietzsche personal transformation philosophy pindar plato pythagoras rebirth reincarnation siberia textbooks weber west africa wittgenstein |
| ISBN |
0-520-93630-2
1-59734-669-1 |
| Classificazione | BE 2460 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Karma and Rebirth in Indic Religions: Origins and Transformations -- 2. Non-Indic Theories of Rebirth -- 3. The Imaginary Experiment and the Buddhist Implications -- 4. The Buddhist Ascesis -- 5. Eschatology and Soteriology in Greek Rebirth -- 6. Rebirth and Reason -- 7. Imprisoning Frames and Open Debates: Trobriander, Buddhist, and Balinese Rebirth Revisited -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813931003321 |
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Obeyesekere Gananath
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| Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles ; ; London : , : University of California Press, , [2002] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Insatiable appetite [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / / Richard P. Tucker
| Insatiable appetite [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / / Richard P. Tucker |
| Autore | Tucker Richard P. <1938-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (567 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/0913 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tropical crops - Economic aspects - History - 20th century
Tropical crops - Environmental aspects - History - 20th century Investments, American - Tropics - History - 20th century Environmental degradation - Tropics - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
american history bananas beef biodiversity caribbean central america civilization coffee commerce commodities conservation cultivation ecology environment environmental history environmental impact environmentalism forest free trade land speculation latin american history monocrops nonfiction pacific plantations rubber south america southeast asia sugar timber trade transnational history tropical crops tropical lands tropical ports tropics west africa white mans burden |
| ISBN |
0-520-92381-2
1-282-35645-3 9786612356452 1-59734-678-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. America's Sweet Tooth: The Sugar Trust And The Caribbean Lowlands -- 2. Lords Of The Pacific: Sugar Barons In The Hawaiian And Philippine Islands -- 3. Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies And The Tropical American Lowlands -- 4. The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market And The Hill Regions Of Latin America -- 5. The Tropical Cost Of The Automotive Age: Corporate Rubber Empires And The Rainforest -- 6. The Crop On Hooves: Yankee Interests In Tropical Cattle Ranching -- 7. Unsustainable Yield: American Foresters And Tropical Timber Resources -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780080603321 |
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Tucker Richard P. <1938->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / / Richard P. Tucker
| Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / / Richard P. Tucker |
| Autore | Tucker Richard P. <1938-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (567 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7/0913 |
| Soggetto topico |
Tropical crops - Economic aspects - History - 20th century
Tropical crops - Environmental aspects - History - 20th century Investments, American - Tropics - History - 20th century Environmental degradation - Tropics - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
american history bananas beef biodiversity caribbean central america civilization coffee commerce commodities conservation cultivation ecology environment environmental history environmental impact environmentalism forest free trade land speculation latin american history monocrops nonfiction pacific plantations rubber south america southeast asia sugar timber trade transnational history tropical crops tropical lands tropical ports tropics west africa white mans burden |
| ISBN |
0-520-92381-2
1-282-35645-3 9786612356452 1-59734-678-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. America's Sweet Tooth: The Sugar Trust And The Caribbean Lowlands -- 2. Lords Of The Pacific: Sugar Barons In The Hawaiian And Philippine Islands -- 3. Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies And The Tropical American Lowlands -- 4. The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market And The Hill Regions Of Latin America -- 5. The Tropical Cost Of The Automotive Age: Corporate Rubber Empires And The Rainforest -- 6. The Crop On Hooves: Yankee Interests In Tropical Cattle Ranching -- 7. Unsustainable Yield: American Foresters And Tropical Timber Resources -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817978703321 |
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Tucker Richard P. <1938->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tenants of East Harlem [[electronic resource] /] / Russell Leigh Sharman
| The tenants of East Harlem [[electronic resource] /] / Russell Leigh Sharman |
| Autore | Sharman Russell Leigh <1972-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.8/009747/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban - New York (State) - New York
Urban anthropology - New York (State) - New York Ethnicity - New York (State) - New York Community development, Urban - New York (State) - New York Gentrification - New York (State) - New York |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
america anthropologists anthropology chinese americans class differences east harlem ethnic differences gender studies gentrification harlem residents housing immigrant experiences inner city life italian americans new york nonfiction biography oral histories personal stories puerto ricans race issues sociology street life transient living undocumented mexicans united states urban history urban life west africa |
| ISBN |
1-282-77205-8
9786612772054 0-520-93954-9 1-60129-526-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | East Harlem -- Pleasant Avenue : the Italians -- 106th street : the Puerto Ricans -- 125th Street : the African Americans -- 116th Street : the Mexicans -- Third Avenue : the West Africans -- Second avenue : the Chinese -- Urban "renewal" and the final migration. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784412803321 |
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Sharman Russell Leigh <1972->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tenants of East Harlem [[electronic resource] /] / Russell Leigh Sharman
| The tenants of East Harlem [[electronic resource] /] / Russell Leigh Sharman |
| Autore | Sharman Russell Leigh <1972-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.8/009747/1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban - New York (State) - New York
Urban anthropology - New York (State) - New York Ethnicity - New York (State) - New York Community development, Urban - New York (State) - New York Gentrification - New York (State) - New York |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african americans
america anthropologists anthropology chinese americans class differences east harlem ethnic differences gender studies gentrification harlem residents housing immigrant experiences inner city life italian americans new york nonfiction biography oral histories personal stories puerto ricans race issues sociology street life transient living undocumented mexicans united states urban history urban life west africa |
| ISBN |
1-282-77205-8
9786612772054 0-520-93954-9 1-60129-526-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | East Harlem -- Pleasant Avenue : the Italians -- 106th street : the Puerto Ricans -- 125th Street : the African Americans -- 116th Street : the Mexicans -- Third Avenue : the West Africans -- Second avenue : the Chinese -- Urban "renewal" and the final migration. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824565003321 |
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Sharman Russell Leigh <1972->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women, agency, and the state in Guinea : silent politics / / Carole Ammann
| Women, agency, and the state in Guinea : silent politics / / Carole Ammann |
| Autore | Ammann Carole |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 305.42096652 |
| Collana | Routledge studies on gender and sexuality in Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Women - Political activity - Guinea
Political participation - Sex differences - Guinea Women - Guinea - Social conditions - 21st century Urban women - Guinea - Kankan - Social conditions - 21st century Women - Government policy - Guinea Urban anthropology - Guinea - Kankan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african women articulations muslim africa passive networks political particpation west africa |
| ISBN |
0-429-19954-6
0-429-57866-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : Women's political articulations in a Guinean city -- Gendered conceptions throughout Guinean history -- Contested presidential elections in 2010 -- Expectations of the new president -- The Guinean State doing gender -- Women's limited impacts on institutional politics -- Everyday politics -- Struggling for recognition : interactions with local authorities -- Conclusion : women's silent politics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765833303321 |
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Ammann Carole
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| Taylor & Francis, 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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