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Remembering 1989
This account of the “laboratory of radical democracy” in the months before East Germany’s absorption in the West challenges memories of Germany’s reunification. For many, 1989 is an iconic date, one we associate with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. The year prompts some to rue the defeat of socialism in the East, while others celebrate a victory for democracy and capitalism in the reunified Germany. Remembering 1989 focuses on a largely forgotten interregnum: the months between the outbreak of protests in the German Democratic Republic in 1989 and its absorption by the West in 1990. Anke Pinkert, who herself participated in those protests, recalls these month...
Using Substances to Enhance Performance: A Psychology of Neuroenhancement
Neuroenhancement (NE) is a behavior conceptualized as the use of a potentially psychoactive substance to enhance ones’ already proficient cognitive capacities. Depending on the specific definitions used, prevalence estimates vary greatly between very low 0.3% (for illicit substances) to astonishingly high 89% (for freely available lifestyle substances). These variations indicate that further research and more conceptual and theoretical clarification of the NE construct is dearly needed. The contributions of this research topic aim to do just that. Specific questions addressed are: How prevalent is NE behavior? How can NE research profit from the already more evolved field of social science...
The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe
Beyond this pivotal place in the history of scientific thought, Charles Darwin's writings and his theory of evolution by natural selection have also had a profound impact on art and culture and continue to do so to this day. This book is a comprehensive survey of this enduring cultural impact throughout the continent. With chapters written by leading international scholars that explore how literary writers and popular culture responded to Darwin's thought, the book also includes a complete timeline of his cultural reception in Europe and bibliographies of major translations in each country.
Rassismus in Deutschland
Anna-Christin Ransiek untersucht die Wirkweisen von Rassismus in Deutschland. Sie zeigt auf, wie Rassismus in Deutschland biographisch und gesellschaftlich bearbeitet und interaktiv ausgehandelt wird. Dazu werden vier Typen des biographischen Umgangs mit Rassismus vorgestellt: das selbstgewählte Auffallen, die Distanzierung, die Aufrechterhaltung von Autonomie und die Interventionen. Ihre Studie macht zudem die gegenwärtige gesellschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit Rassismus vor dem Hintergrund von Kolonialismus und Nationalsozialismus sichtbar. Es werden zwei wirkmächtige Diskursstränge präsentiert, vor denen die Biographen und Biographinnen ihre Erfahrungen aufschichten: Rassismus als Randphänomen und Rassismus als gesamtgesellschaftliches Phänomen. Außerdem wird ein Zugang vorgeschlagen, um die Forscherinnen- und Forscherperspektive machtkritisch zu beleuchten.
Philosophy - Basic Notions, Volume 2
A basic introduction to the world of philosophy, with answers to the deepest questions we all ask ourselves, through the lens of the world's greatest philosophers, from Plato and Confucius to modern thinkers. A guide to the fundamental nature of existence, society and the way we think. After an overview of philosophy, with the history of philosophy, branches of philosophy, philosophical concepts and philosophical schools and traditions, specific topics in philosophy are addressed, such as God (religion), good and evil (ethics), animal rights, politics (political philosophy), appearance and reality, science (philosophy of science), mind (philosophy of mind), and art (aesthetics). Philosophy i...
How to become an Early Bird: The easy way to be up with the larks, using new morning routines and better sleep habits
How to become an Early Bird – The easy way to be up with the larks, using new morning routines and better sleep habits – with lots fo pratical tips Getting up in the morning effortlessly, doing things which are good for you, things which you hardly have time for in everyday life, so that you can go to work each day with a deep inner calm. Does that sound like a perfect start to the day? Exactly! Mornings have so much more to offer than tiredness and bad moods. Are you the type of person who would prefer to stay in bed when the alarm goes off? Here you can learn how to change from a grumpy riser into an early bird. You will learn about your inner clock and everything you need to know abou...
Reise in die Verlorengegangenheit
Die "Reise in die Verlorengegangenheit" erzählt vom deutschen Exil - von dem Exodus der kulturellen Elite, mit dem 1933 die Teilung der deutschen Kultur begann. Freyermuths Reise führt vom Berlin der Gegenwart in das von Nazi-Truppen umstellte Marseille, das letzte Schlupfloch der "Falle Europa". In sechs exemplarischen Portraits deutscher Emigranten werden die halbverwischten Spuren dieses wichtigen Teils unserer Geschichte gesichert. Aus einzelnen Schicksalen, Anekdoten und Erinnerungen der portraitierten Künstler weitet sich die Erzählung zu einer Geschichte des deutschen Exils. Gespräche mit Berliner Künstlern, Kulturpolitikern und Intellektuellen über die Vergangenheit von Exil u...
