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An Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Field
The wide spectrum of links and interrelations found in between the diversity of human sexual expressions and spiritual practices around the world constitutes one of the most fruitful grounds of scholarly research today.
Exploring Sexuality and Spirituality, therefore, introduces an emerging academic field of studies focused on multiple intersections of spirituality and sexuality, from eroticism and ecstasy embodiments to inner spiritual cultivation, intimate relationships, sex education, and gender empowerment. This collection of essays addresses subjects such as prehistoric art, Queer Theology, BDSM, Tantra, the Song of Songs, ‘la petite mort’, asceticism, feminist performative protests, and sexually charged landscapes, among others. Through varied methodologies and state-of-the-art interdisciplinary approaches, this volume becomes highly useful for readers engaged in the integration of scholarly and practical knowledge.
An Introduction to an Interdisciplinary Field
The wide spectrum of links and interrelations found in between the diversity of human sexual expressions and spiritual practices around the world constitutes one of the most fruitful grounds of scholarly research today.
Exploring Sexuality and Spirituality, therefore, introduces an emerging academic field of studies focused on multiple intersections of spirituality and sexuality, from eroticism and ecstasy embodiments to inner spiritual cultivation, intimate relationships, sex education, and gender empowerment. This collection of essays addresses subjects such as prehistoric art, Queer Theology, BDSM, Tantra, the Song of Songs, ‘la petite mort’, asceticism, feminist performative protests, and sexually charged landscapes, among others. Through varied methodologies and state-of-the-art interdisciplinary approaches, this volume becomes highly useful for readers engaged in the integration of scholarly and practical knowledge.
Friedrich Kittler ist einer der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Denker von internationalem Rang. Seine Arbeiten zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, zur Technik- und Kriegsgeschichte, Philosophie, Mathematik und Musik und vor allem der von ihm begründeten historischen Medienwissenschaft wurden bis heute in über ein Dutzend Sprachen übersetzt. Während er für die Einen längst zum Kanon der Maîtres-penseurs zählt, bleibt er für Andere ein enfant terrible, dessen provokanter Zugriff auf unser Geistes- und Kulturerbe nach wie vor irritiert. Unbestritten aber ist, dass Kittlers Schreiben und Reden über vier Dekaden die akademische Welt gründlich verändert hat.
Sein reichhaltiger Nachlass, der im Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach zusammengeführt und gepflegt wird, bildet die Grundlage für die Herausgabe seiner Werke. Die Medien, in denen und über die er gearbeitet hat, sollen spezifisch zum Tragen kommen. Das Programm seiner Gesammelten Werke lautet: »Gesammelte Schriften, Stimmen, Hard- und Software«. Die bei Wilhelm Fink erscheinenden »Gesammelten Schriften« umfassen alle zu Lebzeiten publizierten Texte und Unveröffentlichtes aus dem Nachlass sowie ausgewählte Vorlesungen und Interviews; unter »Stimmen« sollen auf audiovisuellen Medien Vorlesungen, Seminare und Interviews zugänglich gemacht werden; unter »Hard- und Software« sollen Schaltpläne und Source-Codes dokumentiert, erschlossen und auf einem Server zugänglich gemacht werden.
Die Edition der »Gesammelten Schriften« wird voraussichtlich dreizehn Monografien, dreizehn Aufsatz- und drei Interviewbände enthalten. Der Editionsplan geht auf Absprachen zurück, die Friedrich Kittler noch zu Lebzeiten mit seiner Frau Susanne Holl und seinem Verleger Raimar Zons getroffen hat. Als Gesamtherausgeber konnte Martin Stingelin gewonnen werden, der auch den ersten, jetzt im Frühjahr erscheinenden Band (Der Traum und die Rede) ediert. Im Herbst 2014 erscheint Musik und Mathematik II, »Roma aeterna«, aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben und kommentiert von Gerhard Scharbert.
Monographien:
1. Hebbels Einbildungskraft
2. Der Traum und die Rede
3. Aufschreibesysteme 1800/1900
4. Grammophon Film Typewriter
5. Optische Medien
6. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Kulturwissenschaft
7. Unsterbliche
8. Musik und Mathematik I.1, »Aphrodite«
9. Musik und Mathematik I.2, »Eros«
10. Musik und Mathematik II (Nachlass), »Roma aeterna«
11. Musik und Mathematik III und IV (Nachlass)
12. Philosophien der Literatur
13. Radio
Sein reichhaltiger Nachlass, der im Deutschen Literaturarchiv Marbach zusammengeführt und gepflegt wird, bildet die Grundlage für die Herausgabe seiner Werke. Die Medien, in denen und über die er gearbeitet hat, sollen spezifisch zum Tragen kommen. Das Programm seiner Gesammelten Werke lautet: »Gesammelte Schriften, Stimmen, Hard- und Software«. Die bei Wilhelm Fink erscheinenden »Gesammelten Schriften« umfassen alle zu Lebzeiten publizierten Texte und Unveröffentlichtes aus dem Nachlass sowie ausgewählte Vorlesungen und Interviews; unter »Stimmen« sollen auf audiovisuellen Medien Vorlesungen, Seminare und Interviews zugänglich gemacht werden; unter »Hard- und Software« sollen Schaltpläne und Source-Codes dokumentiert, erschlossen und auf einem Server zugänglich gemacht werden.
Die Edition der »Gesammelten Schriften« wird voraussichtlich dreizehn Monografien, dreizehn Aufsatz- und drei Interviewbände enthalten. Der Editionsplan geht auf Absprachen zurück, die Friedrich Kittler noch zu Lebzeiten mit seiner Frau Susanne Holl und seinem Verleger Raimar Zons getroffen hat. Als Gesamtherausgeber konnte Martin Stingelin gewonnen werden, der auch den ersten, jetzt im Frühjahr erscheinenden Band (Der Traum und die Rede) ediert. Im Herbst 2014 erscheint Musik und Mathematik II, »Roma aeterna«, aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben und kommentiert von Gerhard Scharbert.
Monographien:
1. Hebbels Einbildungskraft
2. Der Traum und die Rede
3. Aufschreibesysteme 1800/1900
4. Grammophon Film Typewriter
5. Optische Medien
6. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Kulturwissenschaft
7. Unsterbliche
8. Musik und Mathematik I.1, »Aphrodite«
9. Musik und Mathematik I.2, »Eros«
10. Musik und Mathematik II (Nachlass), »Roma aeterna«
11. Musik und Mathematik III und IV (Nachlass)
12. Philosophien der Literatur
13. Radio
The EU is to-day at a crossroad: either it becomes a great supranational union or it goes back to being an array of separate independent states. Alberto Martinelli and Alessandro Cavalli draw a grand fresco of the society in which the European Union is taking shape. Long term social and cultural trends and main current developments in economics and politics are synthetically outlined. Key questions of identity and nationalism, immigration and inequality, welfare and economic governance, are thoroughly analysed. Main cleavages, conflicts of interest and different visions of member states, as well as institutional reforms and crisis management strategies are critically discussed. A detailed proposal for advancing the process of political integration concludes the volume.
The EU is to-day at a crossroad: either it becomes a great supranational union or it goes back to being an array of separate independent states. Alberto Martinelli and Alessandro Cavalli draw a grand fresco of the society in which the European Union is taking shape. Long term social and cultural trends and main current developments in economics and politics are synthetically outlined. Key questions of identity and nationalism, immigration and inequality, welfare and economic governance, are thoroughly analysed. Main cleavages, conflicts of interest and different visions of member states, as well as institutional reforms and crisis management strategies are critically discussed. A detailed proposal for advancing the process of political integration concludes the volume.
Disability and Dissensus is a comprehensive collection of essays that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of critical cultural disability studies. The volume offers a selection of texts by numerous specialists in different areas of the humanities, both well-established scholars and young academics, as well as practitioners and activists from the USA, the UK, Poland, Ireland, and Greece. Taking inspiration from Critical Disability Studies and Jacques Rancière’s philosophy, the book critically engages with the changing modes of disability representation in contemporary cultures. It sheds light both on inspirations and continuities as well as tensions and conflicts within contemporary disability studies, fostering new understandings of human diversity and contributing to a dissensual ferment of thought in the academia, arts, and activism.
Contributors are: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Marek Mackiewicz-Ziccardi, Małgorzata Sugiera, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, Maria Tsakiri, Murray K. Simpson, James Casey, Agnieszka Izdebska, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Dorota Krzemińska, Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa, Wiktoria Siedlecka-Dorosz, Katarzyna Ojrzyńska, Christian O’Reilly, and Len Collin.
Contributors are: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Marek Mackiewicz-Ziccardi, Małgorzata Sugiera, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, Maria Tsakiri, Murray K. Simpson, James Casey, Agnieszka Izdebska, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Dorota Krzemińska, Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa, Wiktoria Siedlecka-Dorosz, Katarzyna Ojrzyńska, Christian O’Reilly, and Len Collin.
Disability and Dissensus is a comprehensive collection of essays that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of critical cultural disability studies. The volume offers a selection of texts by numerous specialists in different areas of the humanities, both well-established scholars and young academics, as well as practitioners and activists from the USA, the UK, Poland, Ireland, and Greece. Taking inspiration from Critical Disability Studies and Jacques Rancière’s philosophy, the book critically engages with the changing modes of disability representation in contemporary cultures. It sheds light both on inspirations and continuities as well as tensions and conflicts within contemporary disability studies, fostering new understandings of human diversity and contributing to a dissensual ferment of thought in the academia, arts, and activism.
Contributors are: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Marek Mackiewicz-Ziccardi, Małgorzata Sugiera, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, Maria Tsakiri, Murray K. Simpson, James Casey, Agnieszka Izdebska, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Dorota Krzemińska, Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa, Wiktoria Siedlecka-Dorosz, Katarzyna Ojrzyńska, Christian O’Reilly, and Len Collin.
Contributors are: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Dan Goodley, Marek Mackiewicz-Ziccardi, Małgorzata Sugiera, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, Maria Tsakiri, Murray K. Simpson, James Casey, Agnieszka Izdebska, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Dorota Krzemińska, Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa, Wiktoria Siedlecka-Dorosz, Katarzyna Ojrzyńska, Christian O’Reilly, and Len Collin.
Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences
Series:
Rulers & Elites, Volume: 18
Editor:
Jo Van Steenbergen
The concept, practice, institution and appearance of ‘the state’ have been hotly debated ever since the emergence of history as a discipline within modern scholarship. The field of medieval Islamic history, however, has remained aloof from most of these debates. Rather it tends to take for granted the particularity of dynastic trajectories within only slowly changing bureaucratic contexts.
Trajectories of State Formation promotes a more critical and connected understanding of state formation in the late medieval Sultanates of Cairo and of the Timurid, Turkmen and Ottoman dynasties. Projecting seven case studies onto a broad canvas of European and West-Asian research, this volume presents a trans-dynastic reconstruction, interpretation and illustration of statist trajectories across fifteenth century Islamic West-Asia.
Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.
Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.
Eurasian Parallels, Connections and Divergences
Series:
Rulers & Elites, Volume: 18
Editor:
Jo Van Steenbergen
The concept, practice, institution and appearance of ‘the state’ have been hotly debated ever since the emergence of history as a discipline within modern scholarship. The field of medieval Islamic history, however, has remained aloof from most of these debates. Rather it tends to take for granted the particularity of dynastic trajectories within only slowly changing bureaucratic contexts.
Trajectories of State Formation promotes a more critical and connected understanding of state formation in the late medieval Sultanates of Cairo and of the Timurid, Turkmen and Ottoman dynasties. Projecting seven case studies onto a broad canvas of European and West-Asian research, this volume presents a trans-dynastic reconstruction, interpretation and illustration of statist trajectories across fifteenth century Islamic West-Asia.
Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.
Contributors include: Contributors are: Georg Christ, Kristof D’hulster, Jan Dumolyn, Albrecht Fuess, Dimitri J. Kastritsis, Beatrice Forbes Manz, John L. Meloy, Jo Van Steenbergen, and Patrick Wing.
A Critique of Current and Past Norms
The current erotic landscape is contradictory: While the West sees greater sexual and erotic freedom than ever, there is also a movement to restrict the behaviour of various sexual minorities.
Expanding and Restricting the Erotic addresses the way in which the erotic has been constrained and freed, both historically and at present. Topics range from the troubling way in which the mainstream media represents the erotic, to the concept of friends with benefits. Other chapters explore female eroticism, from contemporary female hip hop artists to Latin American women seeking to express their eroticism in the midst of sexual repression. Medieval and Early Modern medical conceptions of the female body are explored, as are ancient Greek erotic practices. Finally, the controversial area of teenage girls’ erotic representation is analysed.
A Critique of Current and Past Norms
The current erotic landscape is contradictory: While the West sees greater sexual and erotic freedom than ever, there is also a movement to restrict the behaviour of various sexual minorities.
Expanding and Restricting the Erotic addresses the way in which the erotic has been constrained and freed, both historically and at present. Topics range from the troubling way in which the mainstream media represents the erotic, to the concept of friends with benefits. Other chapters explore female eroticism, from contemporary female hip hop artists to Latin American women seeking to express their eroticism in the midst of sexual repression. Medieval and Early Modern medical conceptions of the female body are explored, as are ancient Greek erotic practices. Finally, the controversial area of teenage girls’ erotic representation is analysed.
Tess Lee is a novelist. Her inspirational books explore people’s innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Despite her extraordinary success, she’s been unable to find personal happiness. Jack Miller is a federal agent. After spending decades immersed in a violent world, a residue remains. He’s dedicated everything to his job, leaving nothing for himself. The night Tess and Jack meet, their connection is palpable. She examines the scars on his body and says, “I’ve never seen anyone whose outsides match my insides.” The two embark on an epic love story that asks the questions: What happens when people truly see each other? Can unconditional love change the way we see ourselves? Their friends are along for the ride: Omar, Tess’s sarcastic best friend who mysteriously calls her Butterfly; Joe, Jack’s friend from the Bureau who understands the sacrifices he’s made; and Bobby, Jack’s younger friend who never fails to lighten the mood.
Shooting Stars is a novel about walking through our past traumas, moving from darkness to light, and the ways in which love – from lovers, friends, or the art we experience – heals us. Written as unfolding action,
Shooting Stars is a poignant novel that moves back and forth between melancholy, humor, and joy. It can be read entirely for pleasure, selected for book clubs, or used as supplemental reading in a variety of courses in communication, psychology, social work, sociology, or women’s studies/gender studies.
Tess Lee is a novelist. Her inspirational books explore people’s innermost struggles and the human need to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Despite her extraordinary success, she’s been unable to find personal happiness. Jack Miller is a federal agent. After spending decades immersed in a violent world, a residue remains. He’s dedicated everything to his job, leaving nothing for himself. The night Tess and Jack meet, their connection is palpable. She examines the scars on his body and says, “I’ve never seen anyone whose outsides match my insides.” The two embark on an epic love story that asks the questions: What happens when people truly see each other? Can unconditional love change the way we see ourselves? Their friends are along for the ride: Omar, Tess’s sarcastic best friend who mysteriously calls her Butterfly; Joe, Jack’s friend from the Bureau who understands the sacrifices he’s made; and Bobby, Jack’s younger friend who never fails to lighten the mood.
Shooting Stars is a novel about walking through our past traumas, moving from darkness to light, and the ways in which love – from lovers, friends, or the art we experience – heals us. Written as unfolding action,
Shooting Stars is a poignant novel that moves back and forth between melancholy, humor, and joy. It can be read entirely for pleasure, selected for book clubs, or used as supplemental reading in a variety of courses in communication, psychology, social work, sociology, or women’s studies/gender studies.
Old Practices and New Perspectives
In
Moroccan Female Religious Agents: Old Practices and New Perspectives, Ouguir studies Moroccan female religious agents in particular historical women saints and Sufis, the way they constructed powerful saintly personalities that challenged the dominant conventional norms, and the way they are received by venerators and feminist Islamist activists of modern Morocco.
Through hagiographic and oral narratives, Ouguir examines the techniques religious women followed to achieve ethical self-formation and strong religious personalities that promoted them to leadership. She also examined the venerators’, murshidᾱt and Islamist feminists’ reception of women saints in their discourses. Ouguir states convincingly that Moroccan religious women agents in both Morocco’s past and present are to be highlighted for broader discourses on Muslim women and feminism.
Through hagiographic and oral narratives, Ouguir examines the techniques religious women followed to achieve ethical self-formation and strong religious personalities that promoted them to leadership. She also examined the venerators’, murshidᾱt and Islamist feminists’ reception of women saints in their discourses. Ouguir states convincingly that Moroccan religious women agents in both Morocco’s past and present are to be highlighted for broader discourses on Muslim women and feminism.
Old Practices and New Perspectives
In
Moroccan Female Religious Agents: Old Practices and New Perspectives, Ouguir studies Moroccan female religious agents in particular historical women saints and Sufis, the way they constructed powerful saintly personalities that challenged the dominant conventional norms, and the way they are received by venerators and feminist Islamist activists of modern Morocco.
Through hagiographic and oral narratives, Ouguir examines the techniques religious women followed to achieve ethical self-formation and strong religious personalities that promoted them to leadership. She also examined the venerators’, murshidᾱt and Islamist feminists’ reception of women saints in their discourses. Ouguir states convincingly that Moroccan religious women agents in both Morocco’s past and present are to be highlighted for broader discourses on Muslim women and feminism.
Through hagiographic and oral narratives, Ouguir examines the techniques religious women followed to achieve ethical self-formation and strong religious personalities that promoted them to leadership. She also examined the venerators’, murshidᾱt and Islamist feminists’ reception of women saints in their discourses. Ouguir states convincingly that Moroccan religious women agents in both Morocco’s past and present are to be highlighted for broader discourses on Muslim women and feminism.