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Künste dekolonisieren
De- und postkoloniale ästhetische Praktiken haben als Interventionen das Kunstfeld nachhaltig verändert und einen wichtigen Beitrag zu postkolonialer Kritik und dekolonialer Theorie-Praxis geleistet. Sie haben Gegen-Narrative und Methoden der Erinnerung entworfen und für die Sicht- und Lesbarkeit hegemonialer Strukturen sensibilisiert. Dennoch ist angesichts der fortgesetzten epistemischen Gewalt die Dekolonisierung der Künste ein unabgeschlossener und umkämpfter Prozess. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes fokussieren gegenwärtige künstlerische, ästhetische und epistemische Praktiken des Lernens und Verlernens und fragen nach den Konsequenzen dieser Wissenspraktiken für die Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, für die Institutionen der Kunst und für die Frage der Vermittlung von Kunst.
Handbuch Philosophische Ästhetik
Dieses Handbuch führt prägnant in die philosophische Ästhetik ein. Behandelt werden sowohl klassisch historische und zeitgenössische Positionen und Theorien in ihrer Vielfalt. Der Band ist thematisch in vier Bereiche gegliedert: Ästhetische Eigenschaften, Ästhetische Objekte, Ästhetische Erfahrungen und Urteile sowie das Schöne, das Wahre und das Gute. Die Beiträge unterscheiden sich nicht nur im Hinblick auf ihre Fragestellung, sondern zum Teil auch in Struktur und Methodik: So setzen manche vorwiegend systematische und andere eher historische Schwerpunkte; manche sind analytisch und andere eher phänomenologisch oder hermeneutisch geprägt; manche konzentrieren sich auf die Darstellung bestehender Problem- und Diskussionszusammenhänge, während andere eigene Lösungsvorschläge bieten. Diese Unterschiede deuten an, wie vielfältig die philosophische Ästhetik sein kann.
An den Rändern des Wissens
Künste bilden einen genuinen Bereich der Produktion von Wissen. Künstlerisches Wissen steht dabei im Austausch mit anderen kulturellen, sozialen oder politischen Wissensbereichen, es ist zugleich mit Praktiken verbunden, die an die Ränder etablierter und konsolidierter Wissensformen führen können. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes stellen transdisziplinäre Ansätze zum Verständnis künstlerischer Wissensgenerierung vor, die aus dem Graduiertenkolleg »Das Wissen der Künste« hervorgegangen sind.
Dark Matter
A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken. But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return - when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible. And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark...
The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions," begins The Girls of Slender Means, Dame Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. The novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds. Chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the Best Modern Novels in the Sunday Times of London, The Girls of Slender Means is a taut and eerily perfect novel by an author The New York Times has called "one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment."
The Trick is to Keep Breathing
"A young drama teacher in the West of Scotland suffers deep psychological problems which affect all areas of her life. She fails to find meaning in anything around her, but in her search she strips situations of their conventional values and sees them in a sharp, new light." --Publisher's description.
The Secret Keeper
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.
The Summer House
THE STUNNING NOVEL, PERFECT FOR A SUMMER HOLIDAY, FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR A life-changing secret. An unforgettable summer. Arriving at the familiar old stone church nestled in the beautiful countryside of Hampshire, Antoinette prepares to say goodbye to her husband; the man she has loved for as long as she can remember. Little does she know, the arrival of the beautiful and mysterious Phaedra will make her question everything about the man she shared her life with. Phaedra loved George too, and couldn’t bear to stay away from his funeral. But Phaedra is hiding a deeply buried secret. One that will change the lives of Antoinette and her family forever, and one that she can no...
Ma(r)king the Difference
This research delivers a conceptual reconstruction of the trajectory of concepts used to mark qualitative differences among identities from the 16th to the 21st century in central Europe and the Americas. The surplus lies in the inclusion of colonial history in the genealogy of Western political thought and ideas, as well as in the postcolonial discussion of multiculturalism. The manuscript deals with the power and authority of translation providing the reader with an insight into the history of colonial racism through a deep conceptual analysis of three historical debates that have not been previously discussed together. By linking the so-called “Indian Question”, the “Jewish Question” and the multicultural question, this thesis includes a valuable critical revision of the origins of Humanism in colonial times and contexts and an original critique to the power and violence of language in ma(r)king differences, which is described in terms of translation. This thesis was selected among the three best dissertations in critical social thinking of the year 2019 by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
Afterwards
"A GRIPPING NOVEL." —New York Times Book Review When her children's school is set ablaze, Grace runs into the burning building to rescue her teenage daughter, Jenny. In the aftermath, badly injured, Grace learns the police have identified the arsonist, but they have blamed the wrong person. Only Detective Sarah McBride, the sister-in-law Grace has never liked, is searching for the real arsonist--a hunt that becomes urgent when it's clear Jenny is still the perpetrator's target. Page-turning suspense combines with a beautiful portrayal of deep family bonds to make this a stunning and riveting read. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content
