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Socialist Laments
The Ruin -- The Socialists' Cemetery -- The Church -- Concentration Camp Memorials -- The Artists' Cemetery.
The Work of the Dead
The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters—for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how a...
Travelling Goods, Travelling Moods
Looking at cultural appropriation from around the world, this volume uses the field of cultural studies--heavily influenced by both economics and sociology--as a lens through which to view the paradigm of transcultural consumption. The editors present a variety of consumptive phenomena including: the introduction of Chinese foods to the United States, Ford cars in Germany, and American schoolbooks in the Philippines. Rejecting the idea that these interactions were simply forms of "Americanization," Travelling Goods, Travelling Moods fills a gap in consumer studies and enriches the debate about cultural transfer.
Revolution
"Brilliant and beautiful. Now this book exists, it’s hard to know how we did without it." –China Miéville, author of October A cultural and intellectual balance-sheet of the twentieth century's age of revolutions This book reinterprets the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century revolutions by composing a constellation of "dialectical images": Marx's "locomotives of history," Alexandra Kollontai's sexually liberated bodies, Lenin's mummified body, Auguste Blanqui's barricades and red flags, the Paris Commune's demolition of the Vendome Column, among several others. It connects theories with the existential trajectories of the thinkers who elaborated them, by sketching the diverse pr...
The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus
A diverse group of scholars charts new paths in the quest for the historical Jesus. After a decade of stagnation in the study of the historical Jesus, James Crossley and Chris Keith have assembled an international team of scholars to envision the quest anew. The contributors offer new perspectives and fresh methods for reengaging the question of the historical Jesus. Important, timely, and fascinating, The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus is a must read for anyone seeking to understand Jesus of Nazareth. Contributors Michael P. Barber, Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, United States of America Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard Divinity School, United States of America Helen K. B...
Homeownership, Renting and Society
On the eve of the financial crisis, the USA was inhabited by almost 70 percent homeowning households, in comparison to about 45 percent in Germany. Homeownership, Renting and Society presents new evidence showing that this homeownership gap already existed between American and German cities around 1900. Existing explanations based on culture, government housing policy or typical socio-economic factors have difficulties in accounting for these long-term cross-country differences. Using historical case studies on Germany and the USA, the book identifies three institutional domains on the supply-side of the housing market – urban land, housing finance and construction – that set countries o...
La Fabrique de l'urbanisme
Lorsqu'au tournant du XXe siècle, un anglais idéaliste lance l'idée de construire des villes nouvelles baptisées « cité-jardin », l’expérience remorque très rapidement des adeptes en France et en Allemagne. Ces réformateurs fondent des associations pour promouvoir le projet dans leur pays. Creuset d’expériences réformatrices puisant à diverses...
Technology in Modern German History
Industrialization and beyond -- Urban technologies -- High technology -- Visions of progress -- The human body in a highly 'technified' environment -- Rural technologies -- Everyday technologies -- Apprehensions of uncertainty.
Kulturgeschichte der Technik
Menschen waren schon immer auf die Nutzung von Technik angewiesen, aber seit dem 19. Jahrhundert leben wir in einer "verdichteten" technischen Kultur. Was dies für eine moderne Technikgeschichte bedeutet, erläutert Martina Heßler anhand der Bereiche Produktion, Haushalt, Mobilität und Kommunikation, Menschenbild sowie Unfälle und deren Folgen. Dabei schildert sie, wie sich Praktiken und Wahrnehmungen - vor allem in Bezug auf Raum und Zeit - und das menschliche Selbstverständnis im Kontext von Technologien wandelten. Sie liefert damit eine umfassende Einführung in Zugänge und Gegenstand der Technikgeschichte. Darüber hinaus begründet sie damit eine Kulturgeschichte der Technik, die auch zukünftige Entwicklungen in den Blick nimmt.
