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In the Company of Many Good Poets. Collected Papers of Franco Montanari

Vol. II: Ancient Authors

By: Franco Montanari

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In the Company of Many Good Poets. Collected Papers of Franco Montanari

Vol. II: Ancient Authors

By: Franco Montanari

Volume I of Franco Montanari's "Kleine Schriften" comprises some 66 papers on ancient scholarship, a topic which he decisively helped establishing as an extremely important field of study; they include general surveys of Alexandrian and Pergamene philology, major contributions to ancient Homeric scholarship (with a particular emphasis on Aristarchus), ancient scholarship on Hesiod and Aeschylus, as well as an important number of editions and notes on papyrological scholarly texts. Volume II consists of 42 contributions to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus, Euripides, the Athenaion Politeia, Lucian, Nonnus, philosophical papyri, the reception of antiquity and portraits of contemporary scholars.

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3110772329

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Historical Ethnobiology

By: Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros

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Historical Ethnobiology

By: Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros

Historical Ethnobiology presents a unique approach to analyzing human-nature interactions, using theoretical and methodological aspects to examine historical scientific knowledge. This book disseminates the notion that past local narratives of biodiversity influence the determination of both historical and modern scientific decisions. Beginning with a brief history of ethnobiology's development, this book delves into conceptual models, historical knowledge areas, and the theoretical matrix of ethnobiology. This book also focuses on the importance of memory including topics of memory production by human in different epochs and how individual memory records contribute to social history and the understanding of the past effects of human interaction with nature. Looking ahead, it discusses the importance of records such as these for determining future mankind's relationships with nature to preserve biodiversity and ensure conservation. Historical Ethnobiology is the first book to focus on past human-nature interactions and their interpretations in today's scientific culture. This book is an excellent resource for students and researchers in biology, ethnobiology, and anthropology. - Presents an inclusive interpretation and use of historical botanical, zoological and geographical registers kept in institutions to reconnect the past with modern issues - Illuminates documental analysis of past interactions between humans and nature - Provides a comprehensive and accessible reference point to provide insights into a rapidly growing field

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Academic Press

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0128167297

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Graphs, Maps, Trees

Abstract Models for Literary History

By: Franco Moretti

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Graphs, Maps, Trees

Abstract Models for Literary History

By: Franco Moretti

In this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them instead. In place of the traditionally selective literary canon of a few hundred texts, Moretti offers charts, maps and time lines, developing the idea of "distant reading" into a full-blown experiment in literary historiography, in which the canon disappears into the larger literary system. Charting entire genres-the epistolary, the gothic, and the historical novel-as well as the literary output of countries such as Japan, Italy, Spain, and Nigeria, he shows how literary history looks significantly different from what is commonly supposed and how the concept of aesthetic form can be radically redefined.

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Verso Books

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1789603315

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The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

An Introduction

By: Franco Fabbro

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The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

An Introduction

By: Franco Fabbro

This book introduces the reader to both neurolinguistics per se and the neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. Neurolinguistics may roughly be defined as a subset of neuropsychology, namely the study of the representation and processing of language in the brain. To this effect, the first chapters of the book focus on the basic neuropsychology of language processing and acquisition. The second half of the book addresses the issues of cerebral representation and processing of language in bi-or multilingual subjects. All aspects are systematically dealt with, namely the definition of bilingualism; an analysis of all the issues related to bilingual aphasia, i.e. patterns of recovery of the patients' carious languages in diverse population; an investigation of the methodologies used in the study of the neuropsychological aspects of the various linguistic functions, such as comprehension, production and translation; and lastly, the issues of cerebral lateralization and neuroanatomical localization of the numerous cortical and subcortical structures subserving the various language system components in multilingual subjects. It is an excellent introduction to both the neuropsychology of language and the phenomena related to bilingualism. This book will be of particular interest to students of language therapy, aphasiology, applied psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and, in general, to students of medicine who wish to become more knowledgeable about the specific needs of patients in a multilingual society.

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Psychology Press

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1134840144

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Distant Reading

By: Franco Moretti

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Distant Reading

By: Franco Moretti

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD How does a literary historian end up thinking in terms of z-scores, principal component analysis, and clustering coefficients? The essays in Distant Reading led to a new and often contested paradigm of literary analysis. In presenting them here Franco Moretti reconstructs his intellectual trajectory, the theoretical influences over his work, and explores the polemics that have often developed around his positions. From the evolutionary model of “Modern European Literature,” through the geo-cultural insights of “Conjectures of World Literature” and “Planet Hollywood,” to the quantitative findings of “Style, inc.” and the abstract patterns of “Network Theory, Plot Analysis,” the book follows two decades of conceptual development, organizing them around the metaphor of “distant reading,” that has come to define—well beyond the wildest expectations of its author—a growing field of unorthodox literary studies.

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1781683336

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Faith Without Dogma

The Place of Religion in Postmodern Societies

By: Franco Ferrarotti

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Faith Without Dogma

The Place of Religion in Postmodern Societies

By: Franco Ferrarotti

We live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important sociologist of religion alive, captures the source of this paradox in the title of his new book, Faith without Dogma. For it is belief that propels membership, while the absence of dogma results in a reticence to accept hierarchical direction from above or beyond. Basing much of his analysis on the postwar struggles within Roman Catholicism, Ferrarotti views the demand for religious renewal and revival as part and parcel of the emergence of broad social agendas - agendas to which not even the Roman curia could remain impervious. The former easy relationships between Church and State, especially authoritarian states in Europe and Latin America, gave way to a critical defense of individual rights within a context of a broadened vision of Christian doctrine. In addition to issues involved in internal affairs of religion. Ferrarotti explores a series of developments that have changed for all time the nature of Church survival. The critical element, one that goes beyond specific doctrinal accommodations, is the new primary connection of Church to people rather than Church to State. This came about through the widespread acceptance of science and technology as frames of intellectual reference, the emergence of secularization as mediating religious claims and the creation from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern eras of "civil religions." The volume concludes with a set of chapters on the nature of sacred events and objects, the emergence of new varieties of prayer, and concludes with a chapter on the relationship of ideology to theology prepared especially for the English language edition of Faith without Dogma. This is a book likely to attract a broad audience among religionists and culturologists, as well as social scientists.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412823323

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Against Urbanism

By: Franco La Cecla

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Against Urbanism

By: Franco La Cecla

After demolishing the myth of the rock star architect with his book Against Architecture, Franco La Cecla now explores the decisive challenges that cities are going to have to confront in the near future. Urban planning and development has become increasingly inadequate in response to the daily realities of life in our cities. Human, economic, ethnic, and environmental factors are systematically overlooked in city planning and housing development, and anachronistic, sterile, and formalistic architecture almost invariably prevails. Meanwhile, our cities grow out of internal impulses, not only in slums and favelas but through the pressing needs for public spaces which have sprung forth in great events and movements such as Istanbul’s Gezi Park and Occupy Wall Street. Never more than today has democracy played itself out in public spaces, sidewalks, and streets. Urban planners and developers, however, are still prisoners of an obsolete vision of passivity which betrays actual city needs and demands. A new urban science is required which can, first of all, guarantee a civil, dignified life for all—urban development which ensures the right to a humane mode of daily living, which has been and still is completely ignored. “Accustomed as we are to thinking that changes take place online or on a global scale, we sense that they are not made of human bodies in urban spaces and that the mere presence in the square of people claiming their right to the city is a political fact, explosive in nature.” —Franco La Cecla (from Against Urbanism)

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PM Press

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1629633321

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Mind Force

On Human Attractions

By: Franco Orsucci

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Mind Force

On Human Attractions

By: Franco Orsucci

Connections between genes and molecules, neurons and hormones, thinking and language, people and organizations create a continuous flow of synchronized interactions. These intermingled interactions form dynamical networks across many scales, from molecular, to biological, to cognitive and social. In a sequence of cycles, the reader is guided in this heterogeneous hypernetwork to discover the fields and landscapes of Mind Force. Mind, brain, body and society emerge from the same stream through the complexity of nature: the energy of Mind Force and human attractions.

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World Scientific

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9812771220

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Faith without Dogma

Place of Religion in Postmodern Societies

By: Franco Ferrarotti

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Faith without Dogma

Place of Religion in Postmodern Societies

By: Franco Ferrarotti

We live in a time of high Church membership, but low Church attendance. Franco Ferrarotti, arguably the most important sociologist of religion alive, captures the source of this paradox In the title of his new book, Faith without Dogma. For it is belief that propels membership, while the absence of dogma results in a reticence to accept hierarchical direction from above or beyond. Basing much of his analysis on the postwar struggles within Roman Catholicism, Ferrarotti views the demand for religious renewal and revival as part and parcel of the emergence of broad social agendas—agendas to which not even the Roman curia could remain impervious. The former easy relationships between Church and State, especially authoritarian states in Europe and Latin America, gave way to a critical defense of individual rights within a context of a broadened vision of Christian doctrine. In addition to issues Involved in internal affairs of religion, Ferrarotti explores a series of developments that have changed for all time the nature of Church survival. The critical element, one that goes beyond specific doctrinal accommodations, is the new primary connection of Church to people rather than Church to State. This came about through the widespread acceptance of science and technology as frames of intellectual reference, the emergence of secularization as mediating religious claims and the creation from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern eras of "civil religions." The volume concludes with a set of chapters on the nature of sacred events and objects, the emergence of new varieties of prayer, and concludes with a chapter on the relationship of ideology to theology prepared especially for the English language edition of Faith without Dogma. This is a book likely to attract a broad audience among religionists and culturologists, as well as social scientists.

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Routledge

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1000159809

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Franco Corelli

By: Rene Seghers,Franco Corelli

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Franco Corelli

By: Rene Seghers,Franco Corelli

(Amadeus). His exceptional good looks made him a matinee idol, and Franco Corelli the Prince of Tenors was dubbed "Mr. Soldout" for 20 consecutive years. In 1958, just seven years after beginning his career, he was already the highest-paid tenor in Italy. Following his Met debut in 1961, he was celebrated as the greatest tenor in the world, a position that he retained until his departure from the Met in 1975. His charismatic performances in such operas as La Vestale and Fedora (both in collaboration with Maria Callas), coupled with a formidable mystique, as well as a number of notorious and colorful incidents, including his real-life sword fight with Boris Christoff in Rome, the Callas walkout there, the beating up of a spectator in Naples, and the alleged biting of Birgit Nilsson on a Boston tour of Turandot , created a mania for Corelli. Nearly a decade in the making, this definitive biography is based on the author's extensive research of theater archives and interviews with the opera star's numerous friends, family members, colleagues (Nilsson, Pavarotti, and many others), as well as the management of some of the world's leading opera houses.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1617746843

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Social Theory for Old and New Modernities

Essays on Society and Culture, 1976-2005

By: Franco Ferrarotti

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Social Theory for Old and New Modernities

Essays on Society and Culture, 1976-2005

By: Franco Ferrarotti

Franco Ferrarotti's essays are of special interest to social scientists working in social theory and cultural sociology. His insights are far-reaching and applicable to those studying the areas of religion, immigration, violence, and social movements.

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Lexington Books

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073911509X

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The Impact of Space Experiments on Our Knowledge of the Physics of the Universe

By: Franco Giovannelli,Lola Sabau-Graziati

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The Impact of Space Experiments on Our Knowledge of the Physics of the Universe

By: Franco Giovannelli,Lola Sabau-Graziati

Space experiments have opened practically all electromagnetic windows on the Universe. A discussion of the most important results obtained with multi-frequency photonic astrophysics experiments will provide new input to advance our knowledge of physics, very often in its more extreme conditions. A multitude of high quality data across the whole electromagnetic spectrum came at the scientific community's disposal a few years after the beginning of the Space Era. With these data we are attempting to explain the physics governing the Universe and its origin, which continues to be a matter of the greatest curiosity for humanity. In this book we describe the latest steps of the investigations born with the advent of space experiments. We highlight the most important results, identify unsolved problems, and comment on perspectives we can reasonably expect. This book aims to provide a useful tool for the reader who is not specialized in space astrophysics and for students. Therefore, the book is written in the form of a review with a still reasonable length, taking into account the complexity of the arguments discussed. We do not claim to present a complete picture of the physics governing the Universe, but have rather selected particular topics for a more thorough discussion. A cross section of essays on historical, modern, and philosophical topics is offered and combined with personal views into tricks of the space astrophysics trade.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401733589

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Radiation Sensors with 3D Electrodes

By: Cinzia Da Vià,Gian-Franco Dalla Betta,Sherwood Parker

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Radiation Sensors with 3D Electrodes

By: Cinzia Da Vià,Gian-Franco Dalla Betta,Sherwood Parker

Written by the leading names in this field, this book introduces the technical properties, design and fabrication details, measurement results, and applications of three-dimensional silicon radiation sensors. Such devices are currently used in the ATLAS experiment at the European Centre for Particle Physics (CERN) for particle tracking in high energy physics. These sensors are the radiation hardest devices ever fabricated and have applications in ground-breaking research in neutron detection, medical dosimetry and space technologies and more. Chapters explore the essential features of silicon particle detectors, interactions of radiation with matter, radiation damage effects, and micro-fabrication, in addition to a providing historical overview of the field. This book will be a key reference for students and researchers working with sensor technologies. Features: The first book dedicated to this unique and growing subject area, which is also widely applicable in high-energy physics, medical physics, space science and beyond Authored by Sherwood Parker, the inventor of the concept of 3D detectors; Cinzia Da Vià, who has brought 3DSi technology to application; and Gian-Franco Dalla Betta, a leading figure in the design and fabrication technology of these devices Explains to non-experts the essential features of silicon particle detectors, interactions of radiation with matter, radiation damage effects, and micro-fabrication

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CRC Press

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0429619448

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Painting with Words, Writing with Pictures

Word and Image in the Work of Italo Calvino

By: Franco Ricci

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Painting with Words, Writing with Pictures

Word and Image in the Work of Italo Calvino

By: Franco Ricci

Ricci's book ranges widely over Calvino's oeuvre to illustrate the accuracy of the idea articulated by Calvino himself that a visual image lies at the origin of all his narrative. The book's main theme is the difficult interface between word and image that Calvino struggled with throughout his career, the act of perception that rendered visible that which was invisible and transformed what was seen into what is read. Ricci holds that Calvino's narrative has an 'imagocentric' program and that his literary strategy is 'ekphrastic' i.e. it is characterized by literary description of visual representation, real or imaginary. The book is interdisciplinary in nature and will interest not only scholars of literature but also those who work with the visual arts and with information technology.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802035078

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9780802035073

Il Protocollo di Almeda

By: Franco Bellanti

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Il Protocollo di Almeda

By: Franco Bellanti

La vicenda - mentre a Roma si sta riunendo il conclave per l'elezione del nuovo papa - è ambientata ad Almeda, un paese immaginario della Sicilia occidentale, in un tempo ambiguo, in un'atmosfera percorsa dal senso della fine e del male. Un umile impiegato di provincia, Taddeo Medina, attore dilettante di sacre rappresentazioni, improvvisamente durante la recita del Mortorio impazzisce, un suo amico, Temistocle Gasdia, che interpreta Giuda muore sulla scena. Tre loro amici, appassionati come i primi di funerali, sotto la guida di uno dei tre, Vargas, si prendono cura del folle. Partendo da una strana lettera trovata nel copione del Gasdia, in un cui si parla di un Protocollo per l'elezione del papa, mentre si occupa con gli amici del folle Taddeo che progressivamente si trasforma in poeta musico e infine in maestro e profeta (tra gli altri, Lao-tzu, Confucio, Krishna, Milarepa, Padmasambhava, San Francesco, Ahmed, Salomone, Y.), Vargas indaga.

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1471644359

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In the Company of Many Good Poets. Collected Papers of Franco Montanari

In the Company of Many Good Poets. Collected Papers of Franco Montanari

Historical Ethnobiology

Historical Ethnobiology

Graphs, Maps, Trees

Graphs, Maps, Trees

The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

Distant Reading

Distant Reading

Faith Without Dogma

Faith Without Dogma

Against Urbanism

Against Urbanism

Mind Force

Mind Force

Faith without Dogma

Faith without Dogma

Franco Corelli

Franco Corelli

Social Theory for Old and New Modernities

Social Theory for Old and New Modernities

The Impact of Space Experiments on Our Knowledge of the Physics of the Universe

The Impact of Space Experiments on Our Knowledge of the Physics of the Universe

Radiation Sensors with 3D Electrodes

Radiation Sensors with 3D Electrodes

Painting with Words, Writing with Pictures

Painting with Words, Writing with Pictures

Il Protocollo di Almeda

Il Protocollo di Almeda

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