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Uberoi, J. P. Singh

The European modernity: science, truth, and method / J.P.S. Uberoi - New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. - 143 p.: ill.; 22 cm.

Includes bibliography and index.

1. Symmetry and the Hermetic Tradition
I The vision of Dante
II The Hermetic tradition
III Paracelsus
IV Conclusion: male and female
2. The Body of Christ and the Origin of Modernity
I The problem of the origin of modernity
II The Marburg colloquy (1529)
III The new religion and dualism of
mind and the world
IV Science under the modern regime
V Postscript
3. The Other Science of Nature in Europe
I The problem and the framework
II At the frontier: the human body
III The science of colours
IV The radical European underground
4. The Manhattan Project and the End of Modernity
I The Manhattan project (1945)
II The science of vivisection
III The technology of obsolescence in war and peace
IV Conclusion: the world system
5. Self and Other: Dualism and Non-dualism I Opposition and mediation
II Pluralism, civil society and the state
III Unity in variety

ISBN: 0195655478

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--Philosophy--History.
Science--History.--Europe

Dewey Class. No.: 940 / UBE/E