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The European modernity: science, truth, and method / J.P.S. Uberoi

By: Uberoi, J. P. Singh Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002Description: 143 p.: ill.; 22 cmISBN: 0195655478Subject(s): Science -- Philosophy -- History | Science -- Europe -- HistoryDDC classification: 940

Contents:

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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	940 UBE/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03374

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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

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