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Yesterday
Nostalgia, supposedly, is the sphere of the sentimentalist. But also, and most definitely, it is a force in the creation of the present and future and thus worth careful thought. Yesterday argues that nostalgia's critics defend an idea of progress as naïve as the longing they denounce, while conflating nostalgia itself with historical whitewashing.
The Uses of the Past in Contemporary Western Popular Culture
This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the different ways in which the past remains present in Western popular culture in the twenty-first century. It combines theoretical analyses with case study-based chapters focusing on examples from Britain, the US, and Germany, among other countries. In doing so, it pushes beyond a simplistic and monolithic conception of what ‘nostalgia’ is to allow for a more nuanced and varied conceptualisation of this phenomenon, and to also incorporate other ways of understanding the invoking or inclusion of different histories within cultural objects, formats, and practices.
ALLES ANDERE ALS IDEAL
AAAI geht der Frage nach, warum der Mensch heute bei aller postulierten Freiheit so offensichtlich unfrei ist, warum die Liebe bei aller postulierten Romantik so offensichtlich lieblos ist und warum unser politisches Ideal bei allem wohlmeinenden Pathos so offensichtliches Unheil anrichtet. In einer Art Tatortbegehung zeigt das Buch anhand von familienbiografischen Ereignissen dreier Generationen die politische und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung der vergangenen Jahrzehnte auf und führt vor Augen, was immerwährende Dilemmata und unveränderbare Natur des Menschen sind, aber auch wo die Zufluchtsorte künftiger Generationen in einer dramatisch veränderten Welt liegen. Diese Haltung gibt zugleich den Grundton des Buches vor: Der Mensch bleibt, was er ist. Seine Ausstattung und sein Werkzeugkoffer sind nicht besser geworden. Genauso wenig wie die Probleme, in die er hineinrasselt und die Zwänge, denen er sich ausgesetzt sieht. Dennoch kann er von den Erfahrungen seiner Väter lernen - solange es Familie noch gibt.
The Four Industrial Revolutions
Decision-makers in industry, legislation, and society need to be equipped with the right knowledge about the 4th Industrial Revolution, the Internet of Things, and how technological innovation will shape the world of tomorrow. This book explains, what you need to know about Digitalization and the innovation momentum driving it. Technological progress has never been faster than it is today, and the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution frightens many stakeholders. Tobias Becker, a 25-year engineering world veteran at the forefront of innovation explains the fundamental mechanisms of innovation, their culmination in technological revolutions, and how these have always generated value for ...
Popular Culture in Europe since 1800
This book tells the story of the history of popular culture in Europe since 1800, providing a framework which challenges traditional associations that have formulated popular culture firmly in relation to the post-1945 period and the economic power of the USA. Focusing on key themes associated with modernity – secularisation, industrialisation, social cohesion and control, globalisation and technological change – this synthesis of research across a very wide field fills a gap that has long been felt by students and educators working in the field of popular culture. While it is organised as a history of cultural forms, it can also be used across a wide range of social science and humaniti...
Local Lives, Parallel Histories
The division of Germany separated a nation, divided communities, and inevitably shaped the life histories of those growing up in the socialist dictatorship of the East and the liberal democracy of the West. This peculiarly German experience of the Cold War is usually viewed through the lens of divided Berlin or other border communities. What has been much less explored, however, is what division meant to the millions of Germans in the East and West who lived far away from the Wall and the centres of political power. This volume is the first comparative study to examine how villagers in both Germanies dealt with the imposition of two very different systems in their everyday lives. Focusing on...
Emotional Cities
Analysing debates about emotions and urban change in Berlin and Cairo, Joseph Ben Prestel questions the assumed dissimilarity of the history of European and Middle Eastern cities in the second half of the 19th century
Popular Musical Theatre in London and Berlin
This is the first book to reconstruct early popular musical theatre as a transnational and highly cosmopolitan entertainment industry.
Inszenierte Moderne
Die moderne Populärkultur kam auf der Bühne zur Welt. Noch bevor Film und Radio sich etablierten, entwickelte sich das Unterhaltungstheater zu einer kommerziellen und grenzüberschreitenden Vergnügungsindustrie, die ein Massenpublikum erreichte. Tobias Becker vergleicht die Theaterlandschaften von Berlin und London und zeichnet den kulturellen Austausch zwischen diesen Metropolen im Zeitalter der ‚langen Jahrhundertwende‘ zwischen 1880 und 1930 nach. Darauf aufbauend untersucht seine Studie, wie die zeitgenössischen gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Umwälzungen auf der Bühne dargestellt wurden. Denn das Theater modernisierte sich nicht nur, es reflektierte die Moderne zugleich. Inszenierte Moderne leistet damit einen Beitrag zur Mediengeschichte und zur Geschichte der europäischen Populärkultur wie auch zur Stadtgeschichte Berlins und Londons sowie zur Erforschung der deutsch-britischen Beziehungen.
The Cambridge Companion to Operetta
A collection of essays revealing how operetta spread across borders and became popular on the musical stages of the world.
