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Der diesem Buch zugrunde liegende Ausdruck »Targets of opportunity« meint Ziele, welche zufällig oder ad hoc aus einer günstigen Situation heraus gewählt werden. Es geht also darum, einen organisierten Zeitplan zu suspendieren, um eine seltene oder einmalige Gelegenheit zu ergreifen. Es ist vor allem das Militär, welches darin ein taktisches Moment erkennt. Neuerliche Konjunktur fand dieses etwa bei den US-amerikanischen Kriegsstrategen, die s...

Ever since Aristotle's Poetics, both the theory and the practice of theater have been governed by the assumption that it is a form of representation dominated by what Aristotle calls the "mythos, " or the "plot." This conception of theater has subordinated characteristics related to the theatrical medium, such as the process and place of staging, to the demands of a unified narrative. This readable, thought-provoking, and multidisciplinary stu...

Ever since Aristotle's Poetics, both the theory and the practice of theater have been governed by the assumption that it is a form of representation dominated by what Aristotle calls the "mythos, " or the "plot." This conception of theater has subordinated characteristics related to the theatrical medium, such as the process and place of staging, to the demands of a unified narrative. This readable, thought-provoking, and multidisciplinary stu...

The title of this book echoes a phrase used by the Washington Post to describethe American attempt to kill Saddam Hussein at the start of the war againstIraq. Its theme is the notion of targeting (skopos) as the name of an intentionalstructure in which the subject tries to confirm its invulnerability by aiming todestroy a target. At the center of the first chapter is Odysseus's killing of the suitors, the second concerns Carl Schmitt's Roman C...

The title of this book echoes a phrase used by the Washington Post to describethe American attempt to kill Saddam Hussein at the start of the war againstIraq. Its theme is the notion of targeting (skopos) as the name of an intentionalstructure in which the subject tries to confirm its invulnerability by aiming todestroy a target. At the center of the first chapter is Odysseus's killing of the suitors, the second concerns Carl Schmitt's Roman C...

Demarcating the Disciplines was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.With publication of this volume, Glyph begins a new stage in its existence: the move from Johns Hopkins University Press to the University of Minnesota Press is accompanied by a change in focus. In it...

Excerpt from Mutation in Mosquitoes: Discussion and Communications From the Research Laboratory of Samuel Ellsworth WeberAmong all questions, theoretical or practical - philosophical, scientific, ethical and those of every day life - the problem as to the origin of species I may say stands second only to that of man's conception of himself and his destiny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

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Ready for a Depeche Mode change? There has never been a Depeche Mode Guide like this. It contains 117 answers, much more than you can imagine, comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces what you want to know about Depeche Mod...

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A leading theorist on literature and media reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin's thought by focusing on the critical suffix "-ability" that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The result is an illuminating perspective on Benjamin's thought by way of his language.

Freuds Theorie behauptet, dass das Bewusstsein nicht "Herr im eigenen Hause" sei. Diese Behauptung, sagt nun Samuel Weber, muss auch für Freuds Theorie selbst nachhaltige Konsequenzen haben. Webers Freud-Legende versucht deshalb, die Schriften Freuds mithilfe jener Deutungsmethoden zu lesen, die Freud selbst im Umgang mit Träumen, Witzen, Fehlleistungen und Symptomen erarbeitet hat. Weber zeigt, dass die freudschen Begriffe durch eine Auseinan...

The Legend of Freud is a fine example of what can be done with Freud's texts when philosophical and literary approaches converge, and you leave the couch in the other room. . . . Weber is brilliantly imaginative, respectful of his subject and his readers, and productive of new ideas."--Village Voice Literary Supplement

To the book's original nine essays addressing such topics as professionalism in criticism, the relation between psychoanalysis and hermeneutics, and the contemporary situation of the humanities this new edition adds six essays, one of them previously unpublished. Topics discussed include the future of the university and of the humanities, Kierkegaard's notion of repetition, Josiah Royce's conception of a community of interpretation, and the pr...