Kategorie: Allgemein
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Book Of The Week Factfulness
Rosling, Hans, Rosling, Ola, Rosling Rönnlund, Anna (2019): Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Story behind the Book Choice As I mentioned last week, I decided to improve my reading habits again by reading (at least) one new book per week. “New” means: new in my list…
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Only The Bright Ones Are Full Of Doubt
Lorenzo, Giovanni di, and Helmut Schmidt (2013). „Eigentlich musst Du mal den Koran lesen.“ Interview with Matthias Nass. In: Auf eine Zigarette mit Helmut Schmidt, 138. English translation “It is commonly said that politicians do not find the time to read.” “I have always read at night, also during my time as a minister and as…
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Distant Reading Close Thinking
Moretti, Franco (2013). Distant Reading, 48–49. Story behind the Passage First, let me clarify one thing. I am not an advocate of any particular literary theorist or cultural critic. When I write about certain approaches, my goal is mainly to share whatever thoughts come up in my mind. I never give a comprehensive account of the…
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Why Always Either Or
Sher, Barbara, with Barbara Smith (1994). I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It, 102. Story behind the Passage The book by Barbara Sher was recommended to me by a doctoral student a few years ago. Actually, she did not recommend…
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The Liberal Arts And Innovation
Nussbaum, Martha C. (2010). Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, 53. Story behind the Passage Hardly any day passes without me thinking about education. It is not like I get up saying: “Hey, let’s think about education today.” It is just that I encounter so many dumbheads that I simply cannot escape thinking…
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Public Intellectuals
Said, Edward W. (1996/1994). Representations of the Public Intellectual. Story behind the Passage In a conversation today, someone brought up the term “public intellectual.” I love that term, as you might know by now. Even though I am constantly mourning that seemingly extinct group of leading minds, I cannot let go of them. Well, that…
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Just Research
Cvetkovich, Ann (2012). Depression: A Public Feeling, 19. Story behind the Passage No worries, I am not going to talk about depression today, in case you are thinking that when looking at the book title. Even though, I could to say a lot about this, I refuse to do so. If you want to learn about…
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Book Of The Week Playing Big
Mohr, Tara (2014). Playing Big: A Practical Guide for Brilliant Women Like You. Story behind the Book Choice This upcoming Tuesday I am going to run a workshop on “Gender Diversity” at a graduate school. In preparation for this, I thought it would be nice to finally read Playing Big. The book has been sitting on…
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Book Of The Week The Alliance
Hoffman, Reid, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh (2014). The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. Story behind the Book Choice This time, it is very easy to understand why I bought this book. It is about talents and employer-employee relationships. This topic has been occupying me since my first days at work after graduating…
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On Both Sides Of The River
Miermont, Dominique Laure (2004). Annemarie Schwarzenbach: Eine beflügelte Ungeduld, 355–56. Story behind the Passage I feel like writing about writing today. This is why I chose Schwarzenbach’s biography. But I do not want to write about Schwarzenbach’s life— I really cannot. So, these lines about writing will have to suffice. The passage struck me because…