Culture, Civilization, and Humanity, Heggy, Tarek

Автор: Smil Vaclav
Название: Energy and Civilization: A History
ISBN: 0262536161 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262536165
Издательство: MIT Press
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A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization.

"I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years.
--Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year

Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows--ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity--for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization.

Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts--from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.

Автор: Kemp Barry
Название: Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 0415827264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415827263
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This new edition of Barry Kemp`s popular text, now revised to include the latest developments in the field, presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people.

Автор: Suoqiao Qian
Название: Chinese Culture: Its Humanity And Modernity
ISBN: 1786348993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786348999
Издательство: World Scientific Publishing
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Описание: Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world. While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like today.This book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture intended for college students as well as for general readers interested in the topic. While 'Chinese culture' is often deployed in terms of kung fu, Confucius or calligraphy, this book refers to the traditional and modern experiences out of which contemporary Chinese people have grown. Internationally renowned scholar in China Studies, Professor Qian Suoqiao invites readers to join him on an exciting intellectual journey to critically explore important issues including history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, communism, the rise of China and her soft power which contribute to the formation of what we call 'Chinese'.

Автор: Weitz Eric D.
Название: A World Divided: The Global Struggle for Human Rights in the Age of Nation-States
ISBN: 0691205140 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691205144
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into some 200 independent countries that proclaim human rights-a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably develop together. But the reality is far more problematic, as Eric Weitz shows in this compelling global history of the fate of human rights in a world of nation-states. Through vivid histories from virtually every continent, A World Divided describes how, since the eighteenth century, nationalists have established states that grant human rights to some people while excluding others, setting the stage for many of today's problems, from the refugee crisis to right-wing nationalism.

Only the advance of international human rights will move us beyond a world divided between those who have rights and those who don't.

Автор: Qian, Suoqiao (newcastle Univ, Uk)
Название: Chinese culture: its humanity and modernity
ISBN: 1786349051 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786349057
Издательство: World Scientific Publishing
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Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influence, there has been significant interest in learning the Chinese language around the world. While we constantly hear about China in political and economic terms, we rarely come across a book that explains what Chinese culture or a Chinese person is like today.

This book offers a critical overview of Chinese culture intended for college students as well as for general readers interested in the topic. While 'Chinese culture' is often deployed in terms of kung fu, Confucius or calligraphy, this book refers to the traditional and modern experiences out of which contemporary Chinese people have grown. Internationally renowned scholar in China Studies, Professor Qian Suoqiao invites readers to join him on an exciting intellectual journey to critically explore important issues including history, language, governmentality, self-cultivation, aesthetics of life, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, communism, the rise of China and her soft power which contribute to the formation of what we call 'Chinese'.

Автор: Heggy, Tarek
Название: Culture, Civilization, and Humanity
ISBN: 0714684341 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780714684345
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Название: Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins (Ariane Thomas)
ISBN: 1606066498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781606066492
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: A rich and vivid overview of ancient Mesopotamia, the "cradle of civilization"

Автор: Teng
Название: The History of Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange
ISBN: 1138576735 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138576735
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book traces back to the history of Japanese civilization, clarifies the unique thinking mode of Japanese nation, analyses the unique aesthetic viewpoints. In the process of absorbing each other`s culture, China and Japan show different acceptance modes, as well as different characteristics.

Автор: Bergeton
Название: The Emergence of Civilizational Consciousness in Early China
ISBN: 1138344095 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138344099
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book provides a comparative history of Chinese and European concepts of civilization. Studying how language has been used in the West and China to construct identities and negotiate relationships between a `civilised self` and `uncivilised others`, it provides a re-examination of the origins and development of these ideas in Old Chinese.

Автор: Waddy
Название: The Essential Guide to Western Civilization
ISBN: 113871030X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138710306
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This Essential Guide offers a concise overview of European history developed to suit the undergraduate Western Civilization curriculum.

Автор: Matar
Название: An Arab Ambassador in the Mediterranean World
ISBN: 0815348967 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815348962
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This book provides translated selections from the writings of Muhammad Ibn Othman al-Miknasi (d. 1799). The only writings by an Arab-Muslim in the pre-modern period that present a comparative perspective, his travelogues provide unique insight with in to Christendom and Islam.

Название: Culture and Civilization
ISBN: 141284973X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781412849739
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This volume of Culture and Civilization focuses on cosmopolitanism, the global polity, and political ramifications of globalization