Tag: Humanities and Social Sciences
How to stay mentally fit in old age – Health
If you want to stay mentally fit in old age, it is best to look for stimulating activities. Which are they? It almost doesn’t matter. The main thing is that…
Sociology: who becomes a star in sport? And why? – Knowledge
Researchers have studied the role performance plays in the rise to fame and glory – using the well-documented example of basketball. They achieve results that go far beyond the sport.…
Sociology: who becomes a star? And why? – Knowledge
Researchers have studied the role performance plays in the rise to fame and glory – using the well-documented example of basketball. They achieve results that go far beyond the sport.…
Balloons in World War II: Japan’s Fu-Gos as Secret Weapons – Knowledge
White balloons in the sky over the USA, unknown flying objects, pieces of debris that pose riddles. Balloons have been alarming the US government not just since the alleged Chinese…
Paper Intercontinental Weapons: Japan’s Fu-Gos in World War II – Knowledge
White balloons in the sky over the USA, unknown flying objects, pieces of debris that pose riddles. Balloons have been alarming the US government not just since the alleged Chinese…
A master of philosophical conversation: obituary for Dieter Henrich – culture
Of Thomas Steinfeld Whoever met Dieter Henrich met, in an emphatic sense, a philosopher. You got to know a self-assured person who seemed to be serious about an academic subject…
Jan Philipp Reemtsma turns 70 – culture
In his major book “Trust and Violence”, which was published in 2008, Jan Philipp Reemtsma writes: “Fear of the future is the awareness of one’s own freedom: I don’t know…
Bruno Latour: What do epidemics mean for society? – Culture
The full appeal of Bruno Latour’s scientific studies is felt in a single question that he chose as the subtitle of a book chapter in 1999: “Where were the microbes…
humanities anti-racist refoundation – culture
The current renewal movements at the university, which advocate a “decolonial”, “anti-racist” and “anti-sexist” orientation of the humanities and social sciences, do not primarily problematize the materials and methods dealt…
Wolfenbüttel: Jubilee of the Duke August Library – culture
In September 1666 – the year in which London burned down and had to be rebuilt – an old, learned prince died in the German province of small states. Duke…