taylor francis ltd sep 2002 (8 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Psychological reflections about dictatorship and its supporters are urgently needed today and Jung explores the problems for psychotherapists at such times and shows how they can help in the process of renewal and reconstruction.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This collection of more than 175 seductive and mind-bending illustrations trick the eye into seeing two different images--but never both at the same time.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Jean-Francois Lyotard, the highly influential twentieth-century philosopher of the postmodern, has had an enormous impact on the course and commitment of contemporary philosophy. 'Lyotard: Philosophy, Politics, and the Sublime' is a thoroughgoing reassessment of his extraordinary legacy and contribution to contemporary cultural, political, ethical, and aesthetic theory, and an indispenable guide to key issues in his philosophy. Fifteen distinguished scholars have contributed new, original essays examining the main themes in Lyotard's work with a focus on the special intersections of philosophy, psychoanalysis, politics, and the experience of the sublime in art. The volume includes an up-to-date bibliography of works by and about Lyotard, previously unpublished photographs of Lyotard, and an incisive essay by Lyotard himself on the philosophical significance of Freud's case of Emma.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Gives concrete advice about designing, delivering, and defending presentations, and is written specifically for students and professionals who have little or no experience of giving presentations.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Does science work best in a democracy Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular political regimes, but they may or may not have been directly determined by them.Science and Ideology brings together a number of comparative case studies to examine the relationship between science and the dominant ideology of a state. Cybernetics in the USA is compared to France and the Soviet Union. Postwar Allied science policy in occupied Germany is juxtaposed to that in Japan. The essays are narrowly focussed, yet cover a wide range of countries and ideologies. The collection provides a unique comparative history of scientific policies and practices in the 20th century.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Mining is fundamental to our lives - we wear and travel in; build, cook and communicate with its products daily. However, it is also one of the most environmentally damaging industries. This study examines how such a huge and multi-facetted industry can be made sustainable, minimizing its harmful impacts and maximizing its social and economic contribution. It analyses the different needs and risks of those affected, as well as issues of supply and demand of minerals throughout the world.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This monograph describes the constitution and properties of magnesium-based alloys containing rare-earth metals. The dependence of their characteristics on their atomic number and place in the periodic table are presented and new ideas for rare-earth metals as alloying additives to magnesium are discussed.