Books by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

Aus dem Inhalt Philosophe, Philosophie - Einleitung: "Philosophe" ¿ Grundbegriff der Aufklärung - Abestzung einer Interaktionsrolle von gesellschaftlichen Konventionen: Der "philosophe" als Stoiker und Misantrhop (etwa 1680 1730) - Konstitution des Subjekts der Aufklärung: Die Rolle des "philosophe" als Konvergenzpunkt von Reflexion und gesellschaftlichem Handeln (etwa 1730 1751) - Eroberung des Publikums: Der publizistische Kampf zwischen "philosophes" und "anti-philosophes" in der aufgeklärten Öffentlichkeit (etwa 1751 1776) - Selbstapotheose der Jahrhunderts und vorrevolutionäre Radikalisierung: Die "philosophie" als modische Lebensform und ihre Auffächerung (1776 1788) - Beschwörung und Distanzierung der Vergangenheit: "Philosophie" und "philosophes" im revolutionären Selbstverständnis (1789 1799) Terreur, Terroriste, Terrorisme: - Aspekte des sozialen Wissens um "Angst uind Schrecken" im Ancien Régime - Entwicklung und Verbreitung des Terreur-Begriffs von 1779 bis zum 9. Thermidor des Jahres II - "Terreur" zur Kennzeichnung der Regierungspraxis vor dem 9. Thermidor - "Terreur" als Epochenbegriff - Der Terreur-Begriff in der innenpolitischen Auseinandersetzung nach Thermidor - "Terreur" als außenpolitisches Mittel - Der Terreur-Begriff in der Wertung der Jakobinerdiktatur nach Thermidor

Considering a range of present-day phenomena, from the immediacy effects of literature to the impact of hypercommunication, globalization, and sports, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht notes an important shift in our relationship to history and the passage of time. Although we continue to use concepts inherited from a "e;historicist"e; viewpoint, a notion of time articulated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the actual construction of time in which we live in today, which shapes our perceptions, experiences, and actions, is no longer historicist. Without fully realizing it, we now inhabit a new, unnamed space in which the "e;closed future"e; and "e;ever-available past"e; (a past we have not managed to leave behind) converge to produce an "e;ever-broadening present of simultaneities."e; This profound change to a key dimension of our existence has complex consequences for the way in which we think about ourselves and our relation to the material world. At the same time, the ubiquity of digital media has eliminated our tactile sense of physical space, altering our perception of our world. Gumbrecht draws on his mastery of the philosophy of language to enrich his everyday observations, traveling to Disneyland, a small town in Louisiana, and the center of Vienna to produce striking sketches of our broad presence in the world.

This book explores the act of reading as the experiencing of specific moods and atmospheres.

In this volume, four leading American scientists and humanists unfold the controversial potential of Schroedinger's thought.

"Production of Presence" is a comprehensive version of the thinking of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. most consistently original literary It offers a personalized account of some of the central theoretical movements in literary studies and in the humanities over the past 30 years.

Through a bold combination of meticulous historiographical research and autobiographical material, this book characterizes the post-World War II era as a time of "latency" during which there emerged a new "chronotope," or change in our relationship to time.

This work describes an intellectual trajectory that can be traced from the interdisciplinary re-orientation of the humanities in Germany between 1975 and 1990 to similar issues being discussed in North America today.