Civilisation, Religion and Epochal Changes of Cultures

Epochal Changes in ENSO–Streamflow Relationships in Sri Lanka

In an effort to use climate predictions for streamflow and malaria hazard prediction, the decadal variability of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influence on streamflow and rainfall in the Kelani River in Sri Lanka was investigated based on records from 1925 to 1995. In the last half century, the warm ENSO phase was associated with decreased annual streamflow and the cold ENSO phase wit...

Madness and Civilisation

main theme a fascinating topic. In Renaissance Europe the insane were frequently at large. The Age of Enlightenment, coinciding with the increased growth of cities, seems to have led to their confinement?and to intensified ill-treatment. The account of these developments enables Dr. Foucault to imply that the role of the doctor as a magician and as the protagonist of society's attitudes to the ...

Dental Disease and Civilisation

Inaugural Lecture in the Chair of Dentistry, of the Queen's University of Be/fast DENTAL disease is the almost universal experience of modern man. In Great Britain, the United States, Germany, Scandinavia and New Zealand-countries which may be looked upon as highly civilised-dental caries is extremely widespread. Parodontal disease is also common, while maldevelopment of the jaws and irregulari...

The Statistical Dynamics of Epochal Evolution

The Episteme of Knowledge Civilisation

The paper starts with a discussion of the concept of knowledge society, economy or civilization, while stressing possible different interpretations of several issues: the reasons of emergence of knowledge societies, the issue of perceiving knowledge as capacity of action versus perceiving it as intellectual heritage of humanity, the issue of public versus private ownership of knowledge as the s...