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Deep distant reading: The rise of realism in Scandinavian literature as a case study
Abstract In this article we make a case for a synchronic and contextualizing perspective on the scaling of literary data, one which qualifies and expands the data points in terms of depth, or thickness, through the help of metadata on the social and historical conditions of the texts. Our case study is an investigation of the rise and impact of realism
Jens Bjerring‐Hansen, Matthew Wilkens
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Abstract “Human or Puppet?” A once popular, now forgotten performance routine explored this question on the popular stage. Concentrating on rare historical materials, this paper uncovers how “Human or Puppet?” performances looked like and how they built on and added to the early twentieth‐century cultural discourse, and trope, of the human machine ...
Anna‐Sophie Jürgens
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Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger as a Philosopher of Time**
Abstract When Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger proposed the concept of epistemic things, he drew inspiration from the art historian George Kubler, who had considered the aesthetic object as resulting from problem‐solving processes in The Shape of Time (1962). Kubler also demonstrated that a sequence of objects could retrace the progress that led to a solution ...
Michael F. Zimmermann
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Karl Lueger and the Reichspost: Construction of a Cult of Personality
This article contributes to the body of research on fin‐de‐siècle Viennese and Austrian history, as well as the history of ideas and press history. It expands on the scholarship by focusing on one newspaper — the Catholic‐conservative Reichspost (affiliated with the Christian Social Party) — to analyse how it perpetuated the cult of personality ...
Chris O'Neill
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Every Sherlock needs a Dr. Watson: A theory of creativity catalysts in organizations
Summary This research investigates when certain coworkers can serve as “catalysts” to enhance the creative performance of others. We draw on social capital theory and the ability‐motivation framework to focus on the characteristics of potential catalysts and the facets of relationships between catalysts and creators.
Gamze Koseoglu +2 more
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How to Teach Manet's Olympia after Transgender Studies
Addressed to art historians as both teachers and researchers, this essay reconsiders the well‐trodden case of Édouard Manet's Olympia (1863) to challenge the conventional assumptions about the nude as a sign for gender. Aligning itself with the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies, the essay models one version of how art historians might ...
David J. Getsy
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ABSTRACT The Weimar Republic opened up a new chapter for society within the borders of what was then called Germany. Ongoing financial difficulties due to the Treaty of Versailles overshadowed and stalled the development of the newly formed republic. But the democracy was not doomed to fail from the beginning. The search for orientation and perspective
Stefan Neuhaus
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Jürgen Habermas and the public intellectual in modern democratic life
Abstract This paper provides an overview of Jürgen Habermas's writings as a public intellectual and relates this work to recent debates about the proper relationship of theory to practice. In addition to being one of the most influential continental philosophers of the postwar era, Habermas is also the leading public intellectual of the Federal ...
Peter J. Verovšek
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Teaching & Learning Guide for: Jürgen Habermas and the Public Intellectual in Modern Democratic Life
Philosophy Compass, Volume 18, Issue 2, February 2023.
Peter J. Verovšek
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Émile Zola devant la censure victorienne [PDF]
Emile Zola devant la censure victorienne — Cette étude donne un aperçu sommaire de quatre formes prises par la censure victorienne — la ligue de moralité (« National Vigilance Association »), les bibliothèques de prêt (« circulating libraries »), la ...
Merkle, Denise
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