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Christine Heimannsberg
Gelobtes Land, die dystopische Climate Fiction Trilogie: Mit CO2 verbindet man den Klimawandel, schmelzende Gletscher und Überflutungen. Mittlerweile ist der Klimawandel auch in der Literatur angekommen. „Climate Fiction“ oder „Cli-fi“ lautet das Stichwort, das zuletzt verstärkt in den Feuilletons auftauchte. Die deutsche Autorin Christine Heimannsberg präsentiert mit ihrer Debüt-Trilogie „Gelobtes Land“ eine ungewöhnliche, spannende Dystopie, die ökologische wie humanistische Themen geschickt im neuen Genre zusammenführt.
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Theory of architectureNovember 2014The extended self
Architecture, memes and minds
by Chris Abel
In his wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, Chris Abel argues that, despite progress in sustainable development and design, resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based and energy-hungry culture is impeding efforts to avert drastic climate change. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and technology, from the first use of tools as artificial extensions to the human body, to the motorized cities spreading around the world, whose uncontrolled effects are changing the planet itself. Advancing a new concept of the meme, called the 'technical meme,' as the primary agent of cognitive extension and technical embodiment, Abel proposes a theory of the 'extended self' encompassing material and spatial as well as psychological and social elements. Drawing upon research from philosophy, psychology and the neurosciences, the book presents a new approach to environmental and cultural studies that will appeal to a broad readership searching for insights into the origins of the crisis.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024Neither use nor ornament
A cultural biography of clutter and procrastination
by Tracey Potts
Neither use nor ornament is a book about personal productivity, told from the perspective of its obstacles: clutter and procrastination. It offers a challenge to the self-help promise of a clutter-free life, lived in a permanent state of efficiency and flow. The book reveals how contemporary projections of the good, productive life rely on images of failure. Riffing on the aphorism 'less is more' - a dominant refrain in present day productivity advice - it tells stories about streamlining, efficiency and tidiness over a time period of around 100 years. By focusing on the shadows of productivity advice, Neither use nor ornament seeks to unravel the moral narratives that hold individuals to account for their inefficiencies and muddles.
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January 1995Aufbruch und Abenteuer
Frauen-Reisen um die Welt ab 1785
by Herausgegeben von Potts, Lydia
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1995Chris, die Kerze und die Geschichte vom Abendmahl
Ein Buch zur Konfirmation
by Küstenmacher, Werner
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October 2016Die goldenen Tage
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by Monica Sabolo
Crans-Montana in den 1960ern. Jahr für Jahr treffen sich in dem mondänen Urlaubsort drei betörende junge Frauen: Chris, Charlie und Claudia. Ein paar Jungen sind den sirenenhaften Erscheinungen hoffnungslos verfallen. Dazu verdammt, die »drei Cs« aus der Ferne – auf der Skipiste, am Pool, im Nachtclub – zu beobachten, bedeuten für die Jungen bereits die unscheinbarsten Gesten die Welt. Und dann gibt es da auch noch ihre unbezwingbaren Konkurrenten: »die Italiener«. Die Jahre verstreichen, es werden exzentrische Feste gefeiert, Ehen geschlossen, und noch immer streben Chris, Charlie, Claudia und ihre ehemaligen Verehrer nach dem vielleicht Unerreichbaren: Leichtigkeit, Liebe, Wahrhaftigkeit. Die goldenen Tage erzählt vom Aufstieg und Fall einer jeunesse dorée, von ihren unschuldigen ersten Verliebtheiten und späteren abgründigen Obsessionen. Eine atemberaubende Gratwanderung zwischen Unbeschwertheit, Glamour und Tragik – und eine Lektüre, die Sehnsüchte heraufbeschwört, die man längst für vergessen hielt.
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The ArtsNovember 2010After the Event
New perspectives on art history
by Amelia Jones, Charles Merewether, John Potts, Marsha Meskimmon
The event occurs in and over time; the aftermath concerns the traces, which are frozen into images, objects, re-presentations. Traditionally, art history is written in the aftermath as representational. A different perspective on the visual arts is opened up when scholars insist on exploring the status of the event itself, allowing temporality to remain in place. By focusing on the event, recognition of the complex character of the traces becomes all the more evident, challenging the singularity of representation itself. This book opens up debates on art history and theory to a broad range of perspectives, offering fresh approaches to art history and media culture alongside diverse investigations into cross-cultural and non-Western art practices. The essays draw together a wide and regionally diverse range of scholars from numerous areas, including film and documentary studies, philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, media theory and performance studies, as well as art history and theory. ;
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1972Schriften
Wittgenstein-Repetitorium
by Christopher Coope, Peter Geach, Timothy Potts, Roger White, Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2017Northern Ireland and the crisis of anti-racism
by Chris Gilligan
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