Modern Art and the Decline of Civilization
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Idealism of German Contemporary Literature
An insightful view on contemporary German literature.
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Svetlana Alexievich Interview: A Human is a Scary Creature
Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich is known for her monumental non-fiction narratives exploring war and its aftermath in the former Soviet Union.
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David Wang: On Modern Chinese Literary Culture
Professor David der-wei Wang's opening Humanitas lecture, 'From Mara Poet to Nobel Laureate: On Modern Chinese Literary Culture', delivered as part of his ...
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The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8
In which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years ...
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Native Fantasy: Germany’s Indian Heroes | Times Documentaries | The New York Times
Germany's biggest folk hero is an Apache named Winnetou who fights for justice outside of Hamburg. Best-selling author Karl May, who created him, never ...
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Celebrating Contemporary German Literature by Women Writers - OLLI SF State
Register now! http://olli.sfsu.edu to explore popular German literature from a diverse group of female writers, published in Germany between 1989-2010 and now ...
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Current Trends in Contemporary Literary Criticism, Theories & Practice
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British Contemporary Literature
This lecture is a brief discussion on British Contemporary Literature. Some of you have been asking me to upload a video on Contemporary Literature before the ...
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Swedophiles: Introduction to Culture and Society in Contemporary Sweden
Tiina Rosenberg (PhD) is Professor of Theatre Studies and a gender scholar. This lecture is an introduction to contemporary Sweden, both cultural and social ...
Stockholm University
Daniel Kehlmann Interview: Enlightenment Took Away Fear
Enlightenment told us: Yes, you are mortal, God might not save you. But still, it took away so much fear from us.” In this extensive video, Daniel Kehlmann, one of ...
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HISTORY OF IDEAS - Romanticism
Romanticism is a historical movement that still hugely colours how we tend to feel and look at the world: it's responsible for the way we approach love, nature, ...
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The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18
So far in this series, we've covered a lot of war, disease, climate disaster, and some more war. Well, prepare yourself for something a little more positive.
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Robert Pippin - Radical Finitude in the Anti-Idealist Modern European Philosophical Tradition”
Robert Pippin is Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at ...
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Comparative Literature: Ben Hutchinson
Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial ...
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German Literature
Medieval German literature is literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German ...
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Modernism: WTF? An introduction to Modernism in art and literature
Modernism; it can be confusing. So, in today's What The Theory? I wanted to provide something of a modernism crash course. We'll be looking at many different ...
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Philosophy Literature and Society| KRITHI-2018
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Africans & African-Americans in Germany
A discussion on the pluralistic and multifaceted presence of Africa in Germany with visiting Fulbright Scholar, Magueye Kasse. Speaker Biography: A Fulbright ...
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China’s 21st Century Rise in Historical Perspective
Many commentators claim that China's ongoing global rise refects a restoration of its earlier international prominence, while others highlight that China's ...
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The Parable of the Sower: Crash Course Literature 406
This week, John is teaching you about the near-future dystopia in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Sower tells the story of Lauren Oya ...
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David Wellbery: "Who is Faust?"
"Who is Faust?" Keynote Address, 2009 University of Chicago Humanities Day October 24, 2009 David Wellbery, LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson ...
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Lunchtime Colloquium: Sule Emmanuel Egya
Sule Emmanuel Egya presented on "'Contemporary Nigerian Literature: An Ecocritical Reading" at the RCC Lunchtime Colloquium on Thursday, 10 January, ...
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World Politics with Ralph Buultjens: State of the World 2020
Internationally acclaimed political analyst Ralph Buultjens presents his annual analysis of the global geopolitical condition. Recorded October 6, 2019, at the ...
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Inauguration of the Agnon Chair in Contemporary Hebrew Literature at Ben-Gurion University
Inauguration of the S.Y. Agnon Chair in Contemporary Hebrew Literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev established by the German Associates.
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Relationship between Literature and Culture
Relationship between Literature and Culture.
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The Animated History of Spain
Tucked away on the Iberian peninsula, discover how the Roman province of Hispania became the foothold of Islam in Europe in the Medieval Period, before ...
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The Industrial Revolution (18-19th Century)
Introduction to some of the elements of the Industrial Revolution, more on this subject to come! The economic developments of the 1800s saw the development ...
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Socio religious reform movements of 19th century Part 2 - Indian Modern History
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Major Sociological Paradigms: Crash Course Sociology #2
This week we introduce sociology's three major theoretical paradigms, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each paradigm. Crash Course is ...
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A Brief Introduction to Marxism
This presentation looks at the basic idea of Marxism, specifically the conflict between the different classes in society.
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Germany, how it is: Modern German Literature
Some stuff about modern German Literature. Books mention in the video: Friedrich Schiller - Wilhelm Tell Goethe - Faust Friedrich Nietzsche - Also sprach ...
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A Virtual Conversation: 'Race Science' and Eugenics in Historical and Contemporary Context
In this online discussion, Angela Saini, Professor Marius Turda and Dr Joe Mulhall will explore the history of 'race science' and eugenics, and its connections to ...
The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Meditative, Witty Art of Korea's Ahn Kyuchul | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 25
Born in 1955, Ahn Kyuchul is a Korean sculpture and installation artist, writer and teacher. He has taken a different path to the circle of Korean sculptors who ...
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Niall Ferguson - Open Society and 21st Century Globalisation, May 22, 2017
Democracy Defended and Challenged -A Seminar in the President's Seminar series, part of the “Rethinking Open Society” project- May 22, 2017 Remarks by ...
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Rachel Cusk and Chris Power: Coventry
Rachel Cusk talks to Chris Power about her latest book, Coventry, a collection of essays exploring other writers who forged their own path – among them Natalia ...
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12. Marx's Theory of History
Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) We consider closely Marx's Grundrisse, written between The German Ideology and Das Kapital. In the ...
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PHILOSOPHY - Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault was a philosophical historian who questioned many of our assumptions about how much better the world is today compared with the past.
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Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
So far, the rulers of Europe have been working to consolidate their power and expand their kingdoms, and this is it. The moment they've been working toward: ...
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Book vs. Movie: Emma (1996, 1997, 2009, 2020)
Emma by Jane Austen, charming, clever, and wise. First published in three volumes in 1815, it is noteworthy for its distinctive style and character development.
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From Darwin to Hitler
In his book, From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and Racism in Germany (2004), Richard Weikart explains the revolutionary impact Darwinism ...
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Biography of Karl Marx, German philosopher, author of Das Kapital & The Communist Manifesto, Part 1
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