Rethinking recycling.

Rethinking Philosophy in an Oriental Way

Facing the Plastic Bottleneck: Rethinking Recycling

In order to gain a frame of reference for the current and future state of solid waste generation and treatment, trends pertaining to the use and disposal of plastics were analyzed to project plastic waste for the next decade. By extrapolating per capita plastic waste data, a logistic function was fitted to suggest that the annual per capita value is headed to stabilize at 94.97 thousand tons. W...

Hamid al-Din Kermani rethinking Isma‘ilian theory of imamate

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Work on Oneself: Rethinking Authenticity

This article addresses the concept of authenticity, a characteristic of late modern Western culture. This characteristic is viewed by some as an ideal and by others as a root of the problems inherent within Western culture. After discussing various viewpoints, the author supports the idea that authenticity should not be totally accepted or rejected and sets forth a proposal based on the so-call...

Qabusnama of Persian Architecture: Rethinking the history of making Gunbad-i Qābus

This study aims to investigate the origins, concepts, and symbolic and formal functions of the Gunbad-i Qābus tomb-tower based on interpretation of its inscription.  This hermeneutic analysis addresses the historical context of the building formation, rethinking the concepts presented in its ten-piece inscription using philological methods, and compares it with the inscriptions of some other to...