Kategorie: Allgemein
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Putting Culture Into Words
Horkheimer, Max, and Theodor W. Adorno (1944/2007). “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: 41–72. In: Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Ed. Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Douglas M. Kellner, 45. Story behind the Passage To clarify this straight away: Today I am actually dealing with “culture” not in the sense of “languge, habits, norms, etc.” but…
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Book Of The Week Madame Blavatzky
Lachman, Gary (2012). Madame Blavatzky: The Mother of Modern Spirituality. Story behind the Book Choice Many books just come to you via other people. This was the case with this one as well. If I had seen this book in a store or on the screen in the online book store, I would not have…
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Going To Places
Dr. Seuss (1990). Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Story behind the Passage A dear friend of mine gave me the Dr. Seuss book as a birthday present. As you can tell, this is exactly my level of literary sophistication. I am not kidding. I mean it. The most memorable books I ever received as presents, I…
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Culture And Politics
CultureReport. Eunic Yearbook 2017/2018. Mafaldo Dâmaso, 151. Story behind the Passage This passage is from a book that I picked up at a huge Middle Eastern conference three years ago. It was actually the last academic conference I attended, I think. If it will remain the last academic conference I ever attended, I do not know.…
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Breathing
Iyengar, B. K. S. (2015/1966). Light on Yoga: The Definitive Guide to Yoga Practice, 361. Story behind the Passage A few weeks ago, I noticed that my breathing was slightly off. This does not happen to me that often anymore, but it did. So, it was like an alarm bell going off. I have to…
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Slug Sex
Stable, Michele, and Linda Gamlin (1990). Wissen für Kinder: Tiere, 15. Story behind the Passage No, I am not kidding. Yesterday in the garden while chaffing some wood, I happened to notice a slug couple underneath a shadowy bush. Actually, that was the bush where I had buried the snake from a few weeks ago. The…
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Will Moves Mountains
Cliff, Jimmy (1970). “You Can Get It if You Really want.” Musixmatch Story behind the Passage How much needs to happen for people to finally ACT? I am not talking about any specific action. I am simply talking about my life-long topic: the gap between thinking, talking, and acting. The question is always on my…
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Book Of The Week Teresa Von Avila
Prinz, Alois (2017). Teresa von Avila: Die Biographie. Geschichte hinter der Buchauswahl Diese Biographie über Teresa von Avila ist sozusagen eine Biographie über die Biographie. Teresa selbst schrieb zu ihren Lebzeiten ihre Geschichte in La Vida auf. Prinz integriert Erkenntnisse aus dieser und weiteren Schriften in seine eigene historische Recherche. Diese Mischung erlaubt es, zwischen…
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Soccer Language And Leadership
Roberts, Wess (1987). Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, 25. Story behind the Passage Today in a conversation, I suddenly noticed that 80% of our analogies revolved around soccer. We compared business characters to famous players, we talked about certain moves in a way that you describe a player’s typical position in the game. And altogether…
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Neurotic
Plath, Sylvia (1963). The Bell Jar, 98. Story behind the Passage Maybe it is fall or maybe the full moon. I do not know. But sometimes the days are gloomy without you knowing why. Or you know why but you to not want to know. That is the worst kind of non-knowledge ever. So, I decided…