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Mysteries of Africa
"Using the highly popular genre of detective/mystery fiction, this volume explores the insights available in African centered stories. The sample of writings used ranges from the colonial era to the present and covers the work of both Africans and outside observers from Europe and North America".--BOOKJACKET.
Enchanted by Cinema
William Thiele is remembered today as the father of the sound film operetta with seminal classics such as Drei von der Tankstelle (1930). While often considered among the most accomplished directors of Late Weimar cinema, as an Austrian Jew he was vilified during the onset of the Nazi regime in 1933 and fled to the United States where he continued making films until the end of his career in 1960. Enchanted by Cinema closely examines the European musical film pioneer’s work and his cross-cultural perspective across forty years of filmography in Berlin and Hollywood to account for his popularity while discussing issues of ethnicity, exile, comedy, music, gender, and race.
History of Photography
The fourth volume in a history of photography, this is a bibliography of books on the subject.
The Summer of Theory
‘Theory’ – a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties. Theory was more than just a succession of ideas: it was an article of faith, a claim to truth, a lifestyle. It spread among its adherents in cheap paperbacks and triggered heated debates in seminar rooms and cafés. The Frankfurt School, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Adorno, Derrida, Foucault: these and others were the exotic schools and thinkers whose ideas were being devoured by young minds. But where did the fascination for dangerous thoughts come from? In his magnificently written book, Philipp Felsch follows the hopes and dreams of a generation that entered the jungle of difficult texts. His setting is W...
Planning in Germany
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Astrologie und Aufklärung
In astrologischer Massenliteratur, die sich als Esoterik ausgibt, wird ein Argumentationsmuster entwickelt, in dessen Rahmen vornehmlich diffuse autoritäre Strukturen ihrer Anhänger aufgenommen und weitergetrieben werden. Es liegen hier aber auch Wünsche nach einer besseren Welt verborgen, die von den Astrologiegläubigen auf die Sterne projiziert werden, um von dort Strafe und Rettung zugleich zu erwarten. Die Verschränkung dieser Motive macht ihren Doppelcharakter aus: der autoritäre Wunsch nach Ordnung und libertäre Strebungen verbinden sich in der Astrologie zu einer Chimäre von Himmel und Hölle. In der Astrologie liegt damit exemplarisch für die ,,New Age" Bewegung auch ein Zer...
