Overview :By the hundreds of millions we show up, stand in line, turn on, and tune in to watch, mesmerized, as athletes perform. And yet this experien... Read More
Overview :When it comes to understanding the ontology of individual existence--that is the everyday behaviors that we all perform and hardly ever thin... Read More
Overview :Philology--the discovery, editing, and presentation of historical texts--was once a firmly established discipline that formed the core study... Read More
Overview :What is it the legacy that humankind has been living with since 1945? We were once convinced that time was the agent of change. But in the p... Read More
Overview :Considering a range of present-day phenomena, from the immediacy effects of literature to the impact of hypercommunication, globalization, a... Read More
Overview : "The translation of these essays by Gumbrecht on literary theory and history marks the appearance in English of one of Europe's most learne... Read More
Overview :What are the various atmospheres or moods that the reading of literary works can trigger? Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht has long argued that the fun... Read More
Overview :Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on thei... Read More
Overview :Since its publication in 1936, Walter Benjamin's "Artwork" essay has become a canonical text about the status and place of the fine arts in ... Read More
Overview :Travel back to the year 1926 and into the rush of experiences that made people feel they were living on the edge of time. Touch a world wher... Read More
Overview :Philosopher and translator, novelist, art critic, and editor of the "Encyclop die," Denis Diderot was one of the liveliest figures within th... Read More
Overview :Erwin Schr dinger (1887-1961) is best known as a co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of a mathematical descr... Read More
Overview :Production of Presence is a comprehensive version of the thinking of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, one of the most consistently original literary s... Read More