Kategorie: Allgemein

Fogerty, John Cameron. “Proud Mary.” Story behind the Passage As so often happens, an encounter today made me ponder. It was a remarkable encounter — unexpected, spontaneous, with someone really unremarkably remarkable. Just a wonderful and inspiring person who brings joy and wellbeing to the people with what he does. In the car afterwards, I turned on the…

Nohlen, Dieter, ed. (2003). Kleines Lexikon der Politik, 32. Story behind the Passage It must have been in 2000 when I chose my majors in high school. It was 2005 when I chose my subjects in university. In both cases, I chose Political Science or “Politics and Economy,” as it was called in high school. Little…

Mill, John Stuart (2009/1869). On the Subjection of Women, 5. Story behind the Passage I read Mill today in preparation for a class tomorrow. I could not remember whether I had read the Subjection of Women before. For sure, I read Mill a lot during my undergraduate studies. I even think that Mill was my entry…

Scheufele, Bertram (2003). Frames — Framing — Framing-Effekte: Theoretische und methodische Grundlegung des Framing-Ansatzes sowie empirische Befunde zur Nachrichtenproduktion, 13. Story behind the Passage The book above was one of the major resources I used for writing my PhD. I first learned about framing theory in Communication Studies. It is one of these “common-sense” theories which we all tacitly…

Alpert, Herb. Jerusalem. Story behind the Passage Just turn on the news and you will see the reason why a writer has to write about Israel today — and probably for a long time to come. My Learnings Bombs flickering in the air, People in the shelter. Explosions and fire everywhere. Oh, Jerusalem. There were times of…

Jobs, Steve (2005). “Commencement Address.” Stanford University. Story behind the Passage I keep thinking about Steve Jobs today. Especially people who are capable of doing many things, and who actually do them, can cheat themselves very well. I mean, I am talking about myself here. I do so many things because I think they are…

Behdad, Ali (2005). “On Globalization, Again!” In: Postcolonial Studies and Beyond. Ania Loomba et al., eds, 73. Story behind the Passage What occupies my in mind today is very simple and complex at the same time — as always when I start thinking about something. There is the simple question of borders and if they can be overcome….

Affleck, Ben, and Matt Damon (1997). Good Will Hunting. Story behind the Passage Yesterday I watched Good Will Hunting. I had never seen the movie before. I discovered it by accident. I am happy I did. The movie deeply affected me. It triggered something that I do not want to explain at length right now. But…