Technology Tradition And Survival

Author : Richard Tapper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135777020
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology, Tradition and Survival written by Richard Tapper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.

Author : Charles Weiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190946261
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Survival Nexus written by Charles Weiss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The impact of science and technology on world affairs is shaped by politics, economics, business, ethics, law, psychology, and culture. This nexus is a neglected aspect of international affairs. It cuts across and unites diverse issues critical to human survival: climate change, global health, nuclear weapons, Internet governance, cybersecurity, jobs, competitiveness, poverty, hunger, and the management of new technologies like autonomous weapons, hypersonic missiles, geoengineering, and gene drivers. Advances in science and technology promise both great benefits and critical threats. Appropriate policies can stimulate and guide scientific and technological advance to create new ways to achieve a healthy environment, sustainable energy systems, equitable growth, full employment, and reduced poverty. But we are allowing technology to push ourselves into uncharted and dangerous territory. Long-standing modes of international cooperation are under increasing pressure, and we are making too little effort to strengthen and update them. Nor are we building the strong global norms that we need to manage new technologies. Underlying all of the global problems discussed in this book are considerations of basic ethics: our willingness to respect scientific facts, to act today to forestall long-run dangers, and to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits, costs, and risks from advances in science and technology"--

Author : Jerry Mander
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780871567390
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Absence of the Sacred written by Jerry Mander and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1991 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mander goes beyond television (which he proclaimed as being dangerous to personal health and sanity in Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television) to critique our technological society as a whole, challenge its utopian promises, and track its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. "Will interest all readers concerned about our environment and quality of life".-- Publishers Weekly.

Author : C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1845648226
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eco-Architecture V written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature (Eco-Architecture 2014). Eco-Architecture implies a new approach to the design process intended to harmonise its products with nature. This involves ideas such as minimum use of energy at each stage of the building process, taking into account the amount required during the extraction and transportation of materials, their fabrication, assembly, building erection, maintenance and eventual future recycling. Another important issue is the adaptation of the architectural design to the natural environment, learning from nature and long time honoured samples of traditional constructions. The papers in this book deal with topics such as building technologies, design by passive systems, design with nature, cultural sensitivity, life cycle assessment, resources and rehabilitation and many others. Also included are case studies from many different places around the world. Eco-Architecture by definition is a highly multi-disciplinary subject. Eco-Architecture V: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature will therefore be of interest to, in addition to architects, many other professionals, including engineers, planners, physical scientists, sociologists and economists. Topics covered include: Design with nature; Energy efficiency; Building technologies; Ecological impacts of materials; Bioclimatic design; Water quality; Green facades; Ecological and cultural sensitivity; Education and training; Case studies; Design by passive systems; Adapted reuse; Life cycle assessment and durability; Transformative design; Sustainability indices in architecture.

Author : Benedikt Pontzen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108901506
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam in a Zongo written by Benedikt Pontzen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on empirical and archival research, this ethnography is an exploration of the diversity and complexity of 'everyday' lived religion among Muslims in Ghana's Asante region, demonstrating the interconnectedness of Islam with people's lives in a zongo community.

Author : Andre Gerolymatos
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429913720
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles Made of Sand written by Andre Gerolymatos and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Extensively researched—with detailed source notes and an expansive bibliography—and cogently argued, Gerolymatos's study of diplomacy by espionage is timely and instructive." - Publishers Weekly With roots in imperialism and the nineteenth-century mindset of the "Great Game," Western nations have waged an intricate spy game this past century to establish control over the Middle East, secure access to key resources and regions of commerce, and prevent the spread of Soviet communism into the region. From the Suez Canal to the former Ottoman Empire, British and American intelligence communities have conspired to topple regimes and initiate Muslim leaders as pawns in a geopolitical chess game fought against Marxist expansion. Yet while the Iron Curtain was doomed to fall near the end of the twentieth century, this pattern of tunnel vision has created a different monster. The resulting resurgence of Muslim radicalism, and the induction of Arabs and other Muslims into the dark arts of espionage and sabotage, have only served to fan the flames in an already incendiary region and deepen the tensions between the Middle East and the West today. An authority on international studies and the history of guerilla warfare, André Gerolymatos offers the contemporary reader insight into the intelligence game that is still waged internationally with lethal intent, and into the Middle Eastern terrorist networks that had evolved over the decades. In this definitive account of covert operations in the Middle East, the author brings to life the extraordinary men and women whose successes and failures have shaped relations, and he reveals how the explosive nature of the region today has direct roots in the history of American and Western intervention.

Author : Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1845457951
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology written by Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During recent years, attempts have been made to move beyond the Eurocentric perspective that characterized the social sciences, especially anthropology, for over 150 years. A debate on the “anthropology of anthropology” was needed, one that would consider other forms of knowledge, modalities of writing, and political and intellectual practices. This volume undertakes that challenge: it is the result of discussions held at the first organized encounter between Iranian, American, and European anthropologists since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is considered an important first step in overcoming the dichotomy between “peripheral anthropologies” versus “central anthropologies.” The contributors examine, from a critical perspective, the historical, cultural, and political field in which anthropological research emerged in Iran at the beginning of the twentieth century and in which it continues to develop today.

Author : George Joffe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136654577
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamist Radicalisation in North Africa written by George Joffe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the current issues and analytical approaches to the phenomenon of radicalisation in North Africa. Taking a comprehensive approach to the subject, it looks at the processes that lead to radicalisation, rather than the often violent outcomes.

Author : Khalid Ben-Srhir
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135772266
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain and Morocco During the Embassy of John Drummond Hay written by Khalid Ben-Srhir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the life and work of the British representative in Tangier, John Drummond Hay, this book provides fascinating insights into a critical period in Moroccan history and Moroccan-British relations during the nineteenth-century.

Author : Viktor Nedović
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319240404
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging and Traditional Technologies for Safe, Healthy and Quality Food written by Viktor Nedović and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 2002, the Central European Food Congress (CEFood) has been a biannual meeting intended for food producers and distributors as well as researchers and educators to promote research, development, innovation and education within food science and technology in the Middle European region with a tight connection to global trends. The 6th CEFood, held in Novi Sad, Serbia, May 23-26, 2012, highlighted the novel technologies and traditional foods aimed at both the European and global markets. Specifically, CEFood 2012 focused on the latest progress in fundamental and applied food science, research and development, innovative technology, food ingredients, novel trends in nutrition and health, functional and bioactive food, food engineering, food safety and quality and the food and feed market. This book will consist of contributions from various presenters at CEFood 2012, covering the major themes of this Congress. Chapters contributed by expert presenters from the 6th CEFood Congress of 2012 Highlights the novel technologies of food science Discusses the future of the food industry and food research