Search
Search Results
-
Memories of Others for the Sake of Our Own: Imported Events in American Presidential Rhetoric (1945–2020)
In light of the incessant passage of ideas, images, cultural products, and people across cultures and borders, this research—located in the third...
-
Colonial Biopolitics and the Great Bengal Famine of 1943
An estimated 3 million people died due to the Bengal famine of 1943. The purpose of this article is to theorize the Bengal famine through the lens of...
-
Heroes as Harbingers of Social Change: Gender, Race, and Hero Choice in the USA and Britain
Acknowledging the importance of heroes in the framing of political identities and building on the expanding interdisciplinary scholarship, this paper...
-
Emotionen als Kapitalform
In den vorigen Kapiteln ist, ausgehend vom Begriff der sozialen Handlung Webers, die Soziologie Bourdieus in den Grundzügen vorgestellt worden; vor...
-
Imaginary Myths: Roland Barthes and the Rhetorical Induction
The diffusion of contemporary myths is closely related to the iconic power of mainstream media, especially TV and cinema, in line with the...
-
Cults, Leaders, Groups
This chapter analyses ‘madness’, leaders and gurus explaining how great leaders possess a ‘madness’ so they can function well in a crisis. This...
-
Listen for Inspiration
A new indoor playground opened in Helsinki. It offered educational playrooms for the babies’ and toddlers’ creative thinking. It was distinctive from...
-
“Culture Matters”: Towards Understanding the Crisis of Culture in Bangladesh
This chapter aims at offering a theoretical and hypothetical approach to understanding the crisis of culture in Bangladesh, a nation forever plagued...
-
In der Royal Navy
Nach dem erfolgreichen Abschluss seiner Schulzeit in Gordonstoun zog Francis in die elterliche Wohnung am Londoner Zoo – und fand sich wenig später...
-
Domenico Losurdo on Stalin: A Dialectical and Comparative Perspective on a Controversial Legacy
This article explores the insights of the Italian Marxist philosopher Domenico Losurdo on Stalin, with a focus on his controversial work: Stalin:...
-
Reform: Success and Failure, Civil Service and Conflict of Interest
Reform of the Civil service became a pressing question by the mid-nineteenth century. It was driven by the need for greater efficiciency,...
-
The Enfranchisement of Women Versus the Enfranchisement of Children
The arguments made against giving children the vote are many and varied. It is often assumed that cumulatively they add up to an overwhelming case....
-
Introduction
During the Cold War, threats posed by the “other” side coexisted with desires to maintain connections across the Iron Curtain. Journalists often...
-
Dreamers, Sufferers, Builders
This chapter explores the ‘pre-histories’ of Arts in Health across the 1930s, 40s and 50s. These decades saw a fundamental shift, from local health...