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ISBN: 9780674088825

Content: "Imagined Futures offers a new explanation for the dynamics of modern capitalism and the restlessness of our economy, based on our temporal orientation. Building on a historical account of how competition and the credit system have forced actors to orient their decisions towards a future that is portrayed and perceived as offering both limitless opportunities and immeasurable risks, Beckert shows how the uncertainty inherent in the future pressures actors to form expectations of distinct outcomes and prevents them from calculating optimal decisions. But how do actors make decisions in a world that contains such fundamental uncertainty? Beckert argues that decisions in the economy are based on imaginaries of the future, which he calls fictional expectations, which allow us to act as if we know the future, providing the reassurance needed to embrace endeavors whose outcomes are unknowable. Beckert shows how these fictional expectations are the underlying force that propels the economy, from investments and the operation of the monetary system to innovations and the purchase of new consumer goods, and how economic crises ensue when these fictional expectations collapse. With its focus on the role of expectations in the economy, Imagined Futures addresses the central macro-level question in the history of the social sciences: What are the sources of the epic growth and repeated crises in modern capitalism?"--Provided by publisher

Note: Hier auch später erschienene unveränderte Nachdrucke , IntroductionPart One: Decision-making in an uncertain world -- The temporal order of capitalism -- Expectations and uncertainty -- Fictional expectations -- Part Two: Building blocks of capitalism -- Money and credit: the promise of future value -- Investments: imaginaries of profit -- Innovation: imaginaries of technological futures -- Consumption: value from meaning -- Part Three: Instruments of imagination -- Forecasting: creating the present -- Economic theory: the crystal ball of calculative devices -- Conclusion: the enchanted world of capitalism.

Additional Edition: Übersetzt als Beckert, Jens, 1967 - Imaginierte Zukunft

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Beckert, Jens, 1967 - Imagined futures Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780674545878

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Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Sociology

Keywords: Kapitalismus ; Entscheidungsprozess ; Reaktion ; Zukunft ; Entscheidung ; Entscheidungsfindung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaft ; Prognose ; Zukunftserwartung ; Gesellschaft ; Wirtschaftssoziologie ; Bibliographie enthalten

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Author information: Beckert, Jens 1967-

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Format: 1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-107-24160-X , 1-139-89130-8 , 1-107-25112-5 , 1-107-24780-2 , 1-107-25029-3 , 1-107-24863-9 , 1-139-34378-5

Content: This is the first book to focus on Latin epic verse saints' lives in their medieval historical contexts. Anna Taylor examines how these works promoted bonds of friendship and expressed rivalries among writers, monasteries, saints, earthly patrons, teachers and students in Western Europe in the central Middle Ages. Using philological, codicological and microhistorical approaches, Professor Taylor reveals new insights that will reshape our understanding of monasticism, patronage and education. These texts give historians an unprecedented glimpse inside the early medieval classroom, provide a nuanced view of the complicated synthesis of the Christian and Classical heritages, and show the cultural importance and varied functions of poetic composition in the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Saints, teachers, princes and students -- Forging sanctity: Hilduin of Saint-Denis and the epic Passio Dionysii -- Glossing the imaginary: epic Vitae in the classroom -- Classical nightmares: Christian poets and the pagan past -- Bishops, monks and mother bees: an epic Vita at the millennium -- Mothers and daughters, affiliation and conflict in the lives of Rictrude and Eusebia -- "Black seeds on a white field" -- St. Gallen, stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 265 -- Douai bibliotheque municipale MS 849. , English

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Format: 1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780755645626

Content: New translations of Persian literature into French, the invention of the Aryan myth, increased travel between France and Iran, and the unveiling of artefacts from ancient Susa at the Louvre Museum are among the factors that radically altered France's perception of Iran during the long nineteenth century. And this is reflected in the literary culture of the period. In an ambitious study spanning poetry, historiography, fiction, travel-writing, ballet, opera, and marionette theatre, Julia Hartley reveals the unique place that Iran held in the French literary imagination between 1829 and 1912. Iran's history and culture remained a constant source of inspiration across different generations and artistic movements, from the 'Oriental' poems of Victor Hugo to those of Anna de Noailles and Théophile Gautier's strategic citation of Persian poetry to his daughter Judith Gautier's full-blown rewriting of a Persian epic. Writing about Iran could also serve to articulate new visions of world history and religion, as was the case in the intellectual debates that took place between Michelet, Renan, and Al-Afghani. Alternatively joyous, as in Félicien David's opera 〈i〉Lalla Roukh〈/i〉, and ominous, as in Massenet's 〈i〉Le Mage〈/i〉, Iran elicited a multiplicity of treatments. This is most obvious in the travelogues of Flandin, Gobineau, Loti, Jane Dieulafoy, and Marthe Bibesco, which describe the same cities and cultural practices in altogether different ways. Under these writers' pens, Iran emerges as both an Oriental other and an alter ego, its culture elevated above that of all other Muslim nations. At times this led French writers to critique notions of European superiority. But at others, they appropriated Iran as proto-European through racialist narratives that reinforced Orientalist stereotypes. Drawing on theories of Orientalism and cultural difference, this book navigates both sides of this fascinating and complex literary history. It is the first major study on the subject.

Note: 〈b〉Introduction〈/b〉 Iran in Nineteenth-Century France: Competing Narratives Iran and Orientalism Beyond the Paradigm of Difference The Politics of Genre 〈b〉Chapter 1: Poetry〈/b〉 Translation and Poetic Innovation From Paris to 'Persia' and Back Again (Hugo, Théophile Gautier, Noailles) Persian Poems Made in France (Renaud, Lahor/Cazalis) Intertextuality and Universalism: The Case of 'Les Roses de Saadi' (Desbordes-Valmore) Conclusion 〈b〉Chapter 2: History and Historical Fiction〈/b〉 Rewriting Human History 'Nos parents, les Aryas' (Arthur de Gobineau, Ernest Renan, Jules Michelet) The Persian Alexander: Hybridity and Queer (Anti-)Imperialism (Judith Gautier) Ancient History? Iran as Mirror for French Feminism (Jane Dieulafoy) Conclusion 〈b〉Chapter 3: Travel-Writing〈/b〉 'Tout chemin ne conduit pas en Perse' Defining the Persians Among Women: Scenes from the Harem Understanding Shiism 'Esfahan, Nesf-e Jahan' Remembering 'the Great of the Earth' Plagued by the West Books versus Reality Conclusion 〈b〉Chapter 4: Performing Arts〈/b〉 Orientalism and the Stage A Tale of Two Peris : Iran, the Imaginary Orient, and Ballet (Théophile Gautier, Paul Dukas) Of Poets, Prophets, and Kings: French Opera's love affair with Iranian men (Lalla Roukh, Le Mage, and Thamara) A Puppet Play about Omar Khayyam (Maurice Bouchor) Rebuilding Susa: Jane Dieulafoy and Camille Saint-Saëns's 'Parysatis' (1902) Conclusion 〈b〉Conclusion〈/b〉

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DOI: 10.5040/9780755645626

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Format: VIII, 215 S.

ISBN: 978-3-11-027194-2

Series Statement: Studien zur deutschen Literatur 197

Note: Zugl.: Los Angeles, Calif., Univ., Diss., 2007

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Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Deutsch ; Epos ; Politische Literatur ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 215 Seiten).

ISBN: 978-3-11-027199-7

Series Statement: Studien zur deutschen Literatur Band 197

Note: Dissertation University of California, Los Angeles 2007

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Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Deutsch ; Epos ; Politische Literatur ; Hochschulschrift

DOI: 10.1515/9783110271997

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Format: Online-Ressource (13,[3]p) , 8°

Edition: Online-Ausg. Farmington Hills, Mich Cengage Gale 2009 Eighteenth Century Collections Online Electronic reproduction; Available via the World Wide Web

Note: A satire on the leaders of the opposition party , A set of fictitious extracts from an imaginary epic; on the plan of the Rolliad by J. Richardson, R. Tickell and others , English Short Title Catalog, T133706 , No more published , Price from imprint: price Six Pence (entered at Stationers' Hall , Reproduction of original from British Library , With a final advertisement leaf , Electronic reproduction; Available via the World Wide Web

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Format: 1 online resource (343 pages).

ISBN: 90-420-2629-4

Series Statement: TextxeT : studies in comparative literature ; 58

Content: The contributors to the present volume approach World War I and World War II as complex and intertwined crossroads leading to the definition of the new European (and world) reality, and deeply pervading the making of the twentieth century. These scholars belong to different yet complementary areas of research – history, literature, cinema, art history; they come from various national realities and discuss questions related to Italy, Britain, Germany, Poland, Spain, at times introducing a comparison between European and North American memories of the two World War experiences. These scholars are all guided by the same principle: to encourage the establishment of an interdisciplinary and trans-national dialogue in order to work out new approaches capable of integrating and acknowledging different or even opposing ways to perceive and interpret the same historical phenomenon. While assessing the way the memories of the two World Wars have been readjusted each time in relation to the evolving international historical setting and through various mediators of memory (cinema, literature, art and monuments), the various essays contribute to unveil a cultural panorama inhabited by contrasting memories and by divided memories not to emphasise divisions, but to acknowledge the ethical need for a truly shared act of reconciliation.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Preliminary Material -- , INTRODUCTION / , WARS WE HAVE SEEN: LITERATURE AS A MEDIUM OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN THE “AGE OF EXTREMES” / , WRITING AS TESTIMONY IN THE EUROPEAN NARRATIVE AFTER THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS / , MEMORY AND REPRESSION: PSYCHIATRIC SOURCES AND THE HISTORY OF MODERN WARS / , THE WORLD WARS AND THE HISTORY OF ITALY: PUBLIC, SHARED AND DISPUTED MEMORIES / , URBAN TOPONYMY, CULTURAL MEMORY AND THE WORLD WARS / , CONTAMINATED MEMORY IN GÜNTER GRASS’ MY CENTURY: LITERARY AND JOURNALISTIC ACCOUNTS OF WAR / , THE EXPERIENCE OF WAR AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN US NARRATIVES OF WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II / , “STRANGE GROWTHS”: THE WORLD WARS AS AGENTS AND MARKERS OF CHANGE IN WOMEN’S WRITING / , WAR IN WOMEN’S EXPERIENCE AND WRITING / , “I HEAR SOUNDS OF SPAIN”: FOREIGN WOMEN WRITERS AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR / , WAR LITERATURE, BEARING WITNESS, AND THE PROBLEM OF SACRALIZATION: TRAUMA AND DESIRE IN THE WRITING OF MARY BORDEN AND OTHERS / , SPECTRES OF THE PAST, INHABITATIONS OF THE PRESENT: JOCHEN GERZ AND THE PROBLEM OF COMMEMORATION / , REPRESENTING THE EXTREME: REMINISCENCES OF NAZI GERMANY IN TRAS EL CRISTAL / , FILM AND WAR IMAGINARY: THE HOLLYWOOD COMBAT AND CULTURAL MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II / , “GOD’S PLAYGROUND”: POLAND AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN WAJDA’S CINEMA / , CHASMS OF SILENCE: THE LUFTKRIEG IN GERMAN LITERATURE FROM A REUNIFICATION PERSPECTIVE / , DEATH AND MOURNING IN THE MEMORY OF WORLD WAR I IN ITALY / , THE DEAD HERO, THE DEAD BODY: ANTI -EPIC AND RESEARCH OF MEANING IN THE FICTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF WORLD WAR II / , TARICCO’S MEMORY / , NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- , INDEX. , English

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 1-78204-819-7

Series Statement: Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures

Content: The historical point of departure for this volume is Charlemagne's ill-fated incursion into Spain in 778. After an unsuccessful siege of Zaragoza, the king of the Franks directed his army north and on his passage through the Pyrenees, he turned his wrath on Pamplona, destroying the Basque city and its walls. The Basques subsequently ambushed the rearguard of Charlemagne's army on the heights of Pyrenees, killing numerous officers of the palace, plundering the baggage, and then vanishing into the forested hills, leaving the Franks to grieve without the satisfaction of revenge. In Spain, popular narratives eventually diverted their attention away from the Franks to the Spaniards responsible for their slaughter.〈BR〉 This volume explores those legendary narratives of the Spaniards who defeated Charlemagne's army and the larger textual and cultural context of his presence in Spain, from before their careful elaboration in Latin and vernacular chronicles into the early modern period. It shares with previous studies a focus on the narration of historical and imaginary events across genres, but is unique in its emphasis on the reception and evolution of the legendary figure of Charlemagne in Spain. Overall, its purpose is to address the diversity and importance of the Carolingian legends in the literary, historical, and imaginative spheres during the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and intothe seventeenth century.〈BR〉〈BR〉 Matthew Bailey is Professor of Spanish at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia; Ryan D. Giles is is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.〈BR〉〈BR〉 Contributors: Frederick A. de Armas, Matthew Bailey, Anibal Biglieri, Ryan D. Giles, Lucy K. Pick, Mercedes Vaquero.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021). , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Contributors -- , General Preface -- , Charlemagne: A European Icon -- , Acknowledgements -- , Introduction -- , 1 Charlemagne as a Creative Force in the Spanish Epic -- , 2 Rebel Nephews and Royal Sisters: The Tale of Bernardo del Carpio -- , 3 The Old Counselors in the Roncesvals Matière and the Spanish Epic -- , 4 The Construction of Space and Place in the Narrative: Cuento del enperador Carlos Maynes de Roma e de la buena enperatris Seuilla, su mugier -- , 5 Converting the Saracen: The Historia del emperador Carlomagno and the Christianization of Granada -- , 6 Charlemagne and Agramante: Confusing Camps in Cervantes’ El laberinto de amor, La casa de los celos and Don Quijote -- , Postscript -- , Later Disseminations in the Hispanic Ballad Tradition and Other Works -- , Bibliography -- , Index

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Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781782048190

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ISBN: 9789401203210 , 9789042020320

Series Statement: Cross/Cultures ; 86

Content: Wilson Harris, many times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a British writer of Guyanese origin, one of the most original novelists and critics of the twentieth century, and probably the first to use and interpret the aesthetically fruitful notion of cross-culturalism. Harris's insights into the profound symbiosis between history, culture and artistic expression were initially inspired by his encounters with Amerindians in the Guyanese rainforest interior, where he led many surveying expeditions. These encounters aroused his interest in pre-Columbian peoples, who figure prominently in many of his novels and stories. His perception of the Guyanese landscape is the source of his unique narrative rhetoric, richly metaphoric language, and philosophy of existence: i.e. the epistemological and phenomenological interrelatedness between man, animal life, and nature. The present study offers magisterial, in-depth interpretations of Harris's exhilaratingly complex and shape-shifting fictional worlds.

Note: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The Myth of El Dorado in the Caribbean Novel -- 2 The Writer as Alchemist: The Unifying Role of the Imagination -- 3 Palace of the Peacock -- 4 The Far Journey of Oudin: A Naked Particle of Freedom -- 5 The Whole Armour: A Compassionate Alliance -- 6 The Secret Ladder: The Immaterial Constitution -- 7 Heartland: Between Two Worlds -- 8 The Eye of the Scarecrow -- 9 The Waiting Room: A Primordial Species of Fiction -- 10 Tumatumari: An Epic of Ancestors -- 11 Ascent to Omai -- 12 From The Sleepers of Roraima to The Angel at the Gate: The Novel as Painting -- 13 Da Silva da Silva's Cultivated Wilderness: "Inimitable Painting" -- 14 The Tree of the Sun and Resurrection: Faces on the Canvas -- 15 Carnival and Creativity -- 16 Carnival and J.M. Coetzee's In the Heart of the Country: Ambivalent Clio -- 17 The Infinite Rehearsal -- 18 The Four Banks of the River of Space: Unfinished Genesis -- 19 Carnival, The Infinite Rehearsal, and The Four Banks of the River of Space: Ulyssean Carnival of Epic Metamorphoses -- 20 Resurrection at Sorrow Hill: Charting the Uncapturable -- 21 Obscure Sorrow Hill: Seminal Ground of Endless Creation -- 22 "Tricksters of Heaven": Visions of Holocaust in Jonestown and Fred D'Aguiar's Bill of Rights -- 23 The Dark Jester: "Unimaginable Imaginer" -- 24 The Mask of the Beggar : Transfigurative Art -- 25 The Ghost of Memory: A Meditation on the Nature of Art -- 26 "Latent Cross-Culturalities" in Harris and Soyinka: Their Creative Alternative to Theory -- 27 Ut Musica Poesis -- 28 Writing and the Other Arts -- 29 Wilson Harris's Multi-Faceted and Dynamic Perception of the Imaginary -- 30 "Numinous Proportions": Wilson Harris's Alternative to All 'Posts' -- Conclusion: Straight Lines and Arabesques -- Bibliography of Works Cited.

Additional Edition: Print version: The Labyrinth of Universality : Wilson Harris's Visionary Art of Fiction. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2006 ISBN 9789042020320

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Format: ix, 133 Seiten.

ISBN: 978-1-60606-758-1 , 1-60606-758-3

Content: "This illustrated book explores the impact of medieval imagery on three hundred years of visual culture up until the present day"--

Note: Impressum: This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition "Fantasy of the Middle Ages", on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from June 21 to September 11, 2022

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Language: English

Subjects: History , Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Mittelalterbild ; Living History ; Mittelalter ; Kunst ; Kultur ; Film ; Computerspiel ; Ausstellungskatalog ; Exhibition catalogs ; Ausstellungskatalog ; Exhibition catalogs

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Author information: Keene, Bryan C.