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I, Robot
In this technothriller, a Japanese detective stumbles onto deployment of military robots. With cutting-edge technology, I, Robot is a fast read.
The Dictatorship Syndrome
The study of dictatorship in the West has acquired an almost exotic dimension. But authoritarian regimes remain a painful reality for billions of people worldwide who still live under them, their freedoms violated and their rights abused. They are subject to arbitrary arrest, torture, corruption, ignorance, and injustice. What is the nature of dictatorship? How does it take hold? In what conditions and circumstances is it permitted to thrive? And how do dictators retain power, even when reviled and mocked by those they govern? In this deeply considered and at times provocative short work, Alaa Al Aswany tells us that, as with any disease, to understand the syndrome of dictatorship we must first consider the circumstances of its emergence, along with the symptoms and complications it causes in both the people and the dictator.
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Walking to Jerusalem
2017 marked three important anniversaries for the Palestinian people: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 50 years since the Six-day War; and ten years since the Blockade of Gaza. As an act of penance, solidarity and hope, actor and musician Justin Butcher - along with ten other companions for the full route, plus another hundred joining him for various stretches along the way - walked from London to Jerusalem. This book is the record of his journey: a combination of walking journal, travel writing and pilgrim stories. It's less of a travel guide to walking across Europe and more an exploration of the many strands radiating from the Holy Land and its narrative, weaving paths across place and history, through the lives of Justin's fellow-walkers - and, of course, his own life. Between the route itinerary and the themes of Balfour and Christian Zionism, Weizmann and cordite, colonialism, Jerusalem Syndrome and Desert spirituality, Justin charts a chronicle of serendipity: happenstances hilarious, infuriating and occasionally numinous - or, as pilgrims might say, encounters with the Divine.
Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Poverty, inequality, violent conflicts, climate change, migration, racism, burn-out are just a few of the symptoms showing how living life to the fullest is out of reach for so many people in our world. Is, then, seeking 'fullness of life and justice for all' not a too ambitious project? For nothing less than the wellbeing of humanity - and in extension, the whole of creation - is at stake. On the other hand, we see people responding, acting and struggling for justice, liberation and a more sustainable world. How to make sense of the ideas of fullness of life and justice for all, in light of the many crises humanity currently faces but also the glimpses of positive and hopeful responses? Eve...
The Other Israel
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Die Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert
The series European-Jewish Studies reflects the international network and competence of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish studies (MMZ). Thanks to the highly interdisciplinary character of the series, which is edited in collaboration with the Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies Berlin-Brandenburg, particular emphasis is placed on the way in which history, the humanities and cultural sciences approach the subject, as well as on fundamental intellectual, political and religious questions that inspire Jewish life and thinking today, and have influenced it in the past. The CONTRIBUTIONS publish excellent monographs and anthologies on the entire spectrum of themes from Jewish studies. The series is peer-reviewed.
Mega-Manipulation
Der offene Disput ist die Grundvoraussetzung einer demokratischen Gesellschaft. Diese Voraussetzung ist in Deutschland wie in vielen anderen westlichen Staaten schon lange nicht mehr gegeben. Die Politik der etablierten Kräfte in Deutschland wird von einer marktradikalen und kriegsaffinen Allparteienkoalition gesteuert. Die Bewusstseinsindustrie reflektiert und verstärkt diese Ideologien. Dass Verfassungsstaat und Demokratie dabei unter die Räder kommen, nehmen die Ideologen billigend in Kauf. Es geht nicht mehr allein um Medienmanipulation und Propaganda, es geht um psychologische Kriegsführung, Informationskrieg und zunehmend um Zensur gegen die Zivilgesellschaft. Ullrich Mies hat ein internationales Autorenteam versammelt, das eigene Gedanken zur Propaganda in den westlichen Fassadendemokratien formuliert und sich weder der herrschenden Meinungsmacht der marktkonformen "Demokraten" unterwirft, noch den Vorgaben der sprachlichen Türsteher der Political Correctness.
Die Vermessung der sozialen Welt
Der Band legt eine kritische Zeitdiagnose und sozialwissenschaftliche Analyse der aktuellen sozialen und politischen Verhältnisse des 21. Jahrhunderts vor. Inspiriert durch Daniel Kehlmanns „Die Vermessung der Welt“ nehmen die Autorinnen und Autoren eine „Vermessung der sozialen Welt“ vor. Ausgangspunkt sind Prozesse der neoliberalen Globalisierung, die nahezu alle Lebensbereiche prägen und durchdringen. Der Band beschäftigt sich des Weiteren mit dem Phänomen der Migration und Integration, mit der Ethnisierung sozialer Konflikte sowie mit dem Erstarken rechtsextremer Ideologien. Thematisiert werden die sich daraus ergebenden Anforderungen an die politische Bildung – auch als Präventionsmöglichkeit gegen Ideologien der extremen Rechten.
