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Critique of Authenticity
The volume provides a critical assessment of the concept of authenticity and gauges its role, significance and shortcomings in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Many of the contributions communicate with each other and thus acknowledge the enormous significance of this politically, morally, philosophically and economically-charged concept that at the same time harbors dangerous implications and has been critically deconstructed. The volume shows that the alleged need or desire for authenticity is alive and kicking but oftentimes comes at a high price, connected to a culture of experts, authority and exclusionary strategies.
Decolonial Perspectives on Entangled Inequalities
This book engages with decolonial social and cultural analyses of global entangled inequalities by focusing on their local articulations globally and, in particular, in Germany, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom.
The Caliph and the Imam
The authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in the Middle East and the Islamic world. In 632, soon after the Prophet Muhammad died, a struggle broke out among his followers as to who would succeed him. Most Muslims argued that the leader of Islam should be elected by the community's elite and rule as Caliph. They would later become the Sunnis. Otherswho would become known as the Shiabelieved that Muhammad had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor, and that henceforth Ali's offspring should lead as Imams. This dispute over who should guide Muslims, the Caliph or the Imam, marks the origin of the Sunni-Shii split in Islam. Toby Matthiese...
Making Sense
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of death for women worldwide. With advances in molecular engineering in the 1980s, hopes began to rise that a non-toxic and non-invasive treatment for breast cancer could be developed. These hopes were stoked by the researchers, biotech companies, and analysts who worked to make sense of the uncertainties during product development. In Making Sense Sophie Mützel traces this emergence of "innovative breast cancer therapeutics" from the late 1980s up to 2010, through the lens of the narratives of the involved actors. Combining theories of economic and cultural sociology, Mützel shows how stories are integral for ...
Remembering the Unexperienced
This book argues that a helpful framework within which to interpret the paraenesis of Deuteronomy 4:1–40 can be constructed through interaction with the cultural memory interests of German Egyptologist Jan Assmann and the canonical approach of U.S. biblical theologian Brevard Childs. By bringing Assmann's cultural memory concerns to bear on the world within the text, Deuteronomy is brought into fruitful contact with questions from the field of sociology; by asking these questions in interaction with the theologically rich formulation of canon offered by Childs's canonical approach, Deuteronomy is interpreted as an authoritative witness to God for contemporary communities of faith. As a result of this reading strategy the communal and trans-generational nature of covenant stands out. This emphasis, in turn, influences the way Horeb is remembered by later generations and how that memory is transmitted from one generation to the next through ritual practice and the text of Scripture.
The Evolution of Intermediary Institutions in Europe
This book investigates the consecutive shifts between three types of intermediary institutions in the European context: Corporatist, Neo-corporatist and Governance institutions. It does so by combining insights from European Political Economy; European Integration and governance studies; and, socio-legal studies in the European context.
Intensivtierhaltung
Intensivtierhaltung und die Art und Weise der Nahrungsmittelproduktion sind in den westlichen Industrienationen angesichts ökologischer, klimatischer und tierethischer Zusammenhänge in den letzten Jahren zunehmend in den Fokus gesellschaftlicher Aufmerksamkeit gerückt. Umgekehrt proportional zum Rückgang der Hofzahlen und Beschäftigten auf Bauernhöfen im ländlichen Raum ist der Beruf des Landwirts zu einer medial präsenten und kulturell aufgeladenen Projektionsfläche geworden. Barbara Wittmanns Untersuchung rückt die Landwirte und Landwirtinnen selbst in den Mittelpunkt und analysiert und kontextualisiert ihre Positionierungen zu Gesellschaft, ökonomischen, ökologischen sowie tierethischen Problemkomplexen. Sie zeigt, dass unser Bild von konventioneller Produktion sehr viel komplexer und weniger normativ gedacht werden muss.
Konkurrenz in der Geschichte
Anders als es ein verbreiteter wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Modellplatonismus behauptet, ist »Konkurrenz« kein naturwüchsiger Ausdruck individueller Nutzenmaximierung. Wie Menschen um knappe Güter konkurrieren – sei es Geld, Macht, Prestige oder auch die Anerkennung wissenschaftlicher Wahrheiten – und ob dieser Wettbewerb als fair und legitim akzeptiert wird, hängt vielmehr von vielfältigen kulturellen Voraussetzungen, institutionellen Arrangements und sozialen Praktiken ab. An ausgewählten Beispielen der europäischen Geschichte untersuchen die Autoren den Wandel der Praxis, der Rechtfertigung und der sozialen Wirkung von Konkurrenz und Wettbewerb; sie geben der Gegenwartskontroverse um die Entfesselung der Konkurrenz in der globalisierten Welt damit die nötige historische Tiefendimension.
Narrative Praxis
Was ist unter narrativer Therapie und weitergehend narrativer Praxis zu verstehen? Welche konzeptionellen und methodischen Weiter- und Neuentwicklungen hat sie in den letzten Jahren erfahren? Wie kann in verschiedensten Kontexten und Settings narrativ gearbeitet werden, welche Impulse für schulenübergreifendes, beraterisches und therapeutisches Tun ergeben sich daraus? Dieses umfassende Handbuch informiert fundiert und facettenreich über Begrifflichkeiten und theoretische Hintergründe, vor allem aber über die Praxis narrativen Vorgehens in psychosozialen und organisationsbezogenen Arbeitsfeldern. Aus der narrativen Therapie von White und Epston, der Philosophie von Deleuze und Braidotti...
