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What is a popular image of science and where does it come from?
Little is known about the formation of science images and their
transformation into popular images of science. In this anthology,
contributions from two areas of expertise: image theory and history
and sociology of the sciences explore techniques of constructing
science images and transforming them into highly ambivalent images
that represent the sciences. The essays, most of them with
illustrations, present evidence that popular images of the sciences
are based upon abstract theories rather than facts, and, equally,
images of scientists are stimulated by imagination rather than
historical knowledge.
In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship
between the imagination and images both material and mental.
Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including
photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors
focus on the role of the creative imagination in seeing and
producing images and the imaginary.
What is a popular image of science and where does it come from?
Little is known about the formation of science images and their
transformation into popular images of science. In this anthology,
contributions from two areas of expertise: image theory and history
and the sociology of the sciences, explore techniques of
constructing science images and transforming them into highly
ambivalent images that represent the sciences. The essays, most of
them with illustrations, present evidence that popular images of
the sciences are based upon abstract theories rather than facts,
and, equally, images of scientists are stimulated by imagination
rather than historical knowledge.
In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the
relationship between the imagination and images both material and
mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including
photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors
focus on the role of the creative imagination in seeing and
producing images and the imaginary.
Is the world en route to becoming a linguistic colony of the United
States? Or is this dramatic view an exaggeration, and there is no
danger to linguistic diversity at all? The German language is at
the center of an intensive debate on this issue. Its position in
the world is under increasing pressure due to the growing
importance of (American) English as the language of globalization.
The articles in this volume deal with the national and
international position of German in relation to English, language
policies, the future of German as a language of science, German in
the USA, and the intellectual and aesthetic dimensions of
encountering a foreign language. They present critical assessments
addressing the dangers for the future of languages other than
English, as well as positions which perceive the growing importance
of English as a challenge and resource rather than as a threat. Key
features: reknown editors famous contributors, among them Wolfgang
Thierse (president of the German Bundestag), Peter Eisenberg
(involved in the German spelling reform), David Crystal (famous
linguist), representatives of the Goethe institute current and
politically controversial topic: how does globalization influence
the diversity of languages
This volume will explore the specific role which war has played in
the constitution of a modern mentality. It will be divided into
three parts: one dealing with issues of conceptualizing war,
violence, and modernity/ modernism, one devoted to issues of the
First World War as an exemplary experience in the 20th century; and
one concerned with issues of violence and its representation in the
aftermath of the first modern war.
"The volume's broad geographic scope and inventive exploration of
diverse vernacular expressions will convince readers that
modernization and modernism were far more open-ended and
heterogeneous than previously acknowledged."--H-Net Reviews
"This collection of essays imaginatively and with great insight
discusses the various vernaculars within modernist architectural
practice, thereby altering our understanding of modernism's
relationship to the past, its uses of memory, and its embeddedness
in historically and geographically specific contexts." --Andreas
Huyssen, Columbia University
"The volume's broad geographic scope and inventive exploration of
diverse vernacular expressions will convince readers that
modernization and modernism were far more open-ended and
heterogeneous than previously acknowledged."--H-Net Reviews
"This collection of essays imaginatively and with great insight
discusses the various vernaculars within modernist architectural
practice, thereby altering our understanding of modernism's
relationship to the past, its uses of memory, and its embeddedness
in historically and geographically specific contexts." --Andreas
Huyssen, Columbia University
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