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Myths of a Near Past: Envisioning Finance Capitalism anno 2007 [PDF]
, 2009 This paper seeks to extend earlier work on particular features and manifestations of capitalism (De Cock et al., 2001). Our 2001 Myths of a Near Future paper offered ephemera readers a large depository of images concerning the New Economy.
De Cock, CJL, Fitchett, J, Volkmann, C
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FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: RILKE AND VENICE REVISITED
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 127-193, April 2025.ABSTRACT Rilke loved Venice and visited or passed through a dozen times between 1897 and 1920. He wrote extensively about the city in prose and verse between 1898 and 1908, including a cycle of poems in the Neue Gedichte and a polemical ‘Aufzeichnung’ in Malte Laurids Brigge.
Robert Vilain
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DIE ARBEIT DES ÜBERSETZENS: RILKE UND MICHELANGELO („SE ’L MIE ROZZO MARTELLO‘‘)
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 194-216, April 2025.ABSTRACT This essay examines Rainer Maria Rilke's reception of the sculptor and poet Michelangelo in the context of interest in the Renaissance around 1900, focusing first on the Stundenbuch, the Florenzer Tagebuch and the story ʻVon einem, der die Steine belauschtʼ (from the prose collection: Geschichten vom lieben Gott).
Astrid Dröse, Jörg Robert
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The Urban Anthropologist as Flâneur; the Symbolic Pattern of Indonesian Cities [PDF]
, 2012 Cities are places full of symbols. In the past decades, Indonesian cities have become the cradle of urban symbolism studies. In this article, the author presents the results of these studies.
Nas, P. J. (Peter)
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De Verfall e Verkümmerung a Katastrophe: a modernidade em Walter Benjamin
Pandaemonium Germanicum: Revista de Estudos Germanísticos, 2022 O objetivo desse artigo é retomar uma série de conceitos-chave e noções de Walter Benjamin – na edição alemã de seus escritos – a partir da hipótese de que, através de seu preceito de den Pessimismus organisieren, há uma passagem do enfoque da ...
André Macedo
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The show must go on: making money glamorizing oppression [PDF]
, 2005 This article presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the glamorization of the courtesan image as proposed by Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge. The film sparked the appearance of high-street fashion inspired by the image of
Buck-Morss, Susan +12 more
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Decolonizing the Muslim mind: A philosophical critique
The Philosophical Forum, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 353-375, Winter 2024.Abstract The crises of the Islamic world revolve around “epistemic colonialism.” So, in order to decolonize the Muslim mind, we must be able to deconstruct the Western episteme, and this involves dissociating ourselves from the Eurocentric knowledge system that gradually became ascendent since the Renaissance through such ideas as progress and ...
Muhammad U. Faruque
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German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 297-314, July 2024.Abstract In addition to her literary activities, the writer Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856) was committed to the emancipation of women throughout her life. She took a public stand on women's literary activity, participated in anthology and journal projects and wrote portraits of women in various genres. Among her correspondents was Amalie Struve (1824–62)
Jadwiga Kita‐Huber
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German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 315-331, July 2024.Abstract In the time preceding, during, and following the revolution in France, Germany, and other European nations in 1848/49, numerous women writers actively participated in the fight for freedom and democracy. However, their involvement manifested in diverse forms.
Renata Dampc‐Jarosz
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German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 402-422, July 2024.Abstract Louise Aston's work during the 1840s is usually read within the context of the author's life and biography. This paper differs from this reading. Instead, I explore the extent to which a reading fixated on the author's life runs the risk of overlooking the perspective of behaviours and gender roles that Aston portrayed in her fictional worlds.
Andree Michaelis‐König
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