Finally, it is clearly stated that reading, listening, watching and understanding are extremely productive activities in themselves. The perception of texts, images, lectures or music requires considerable work from those who do it. The same applies, by the way, to … Weiterlesen
Self-consciousness is obviously a reflexive, i.e. mirrored process.Comparable to the peculiarity of very small children of speaking of themselves as “I” only when they recognize themselves in the mirror (cf. Jacques Lacan); before that they called themselves in the third … Weiterlesen
Loriot’s joke immediately makes everyone smile. It is easy to overlook the fact that the sentence is in good company. Birgit Recki made it clear a few years ago when writing in the magazine Merkur that the joke includes a … Weiterlesen
This is necessarily part of the dialectic of enlightenment. Whereby this disciplining in science as also claimed by the Enlightenment, is occasionally rooted merely in pragmatic reasons; this is very drastically explained in Kant’s “Dispute between the Faculties”. Here he … Weiterlesen
Certainly, as early as the 17th century and then during the Enlightenment, some of the authors hoped that reading their writings would stimulate thought and thus motivate an intensive social discourse. But many works make it clear that not every … Weiterlesen
The detail, indeed a loan word from the French, formulates per se small parts, in other words, minimized size.
So far, so good. But in fact, most people underestimate the true relevance of details in all areas, including everyday life … Weiterlesen
As much as one may imagine writing, one always writes for others or for certain processes and matters, so much one errs in this thought. For the motivation to write always corresponds first of all to an occasion that can … Weiterlesen
There is no better way to transform a revolutionary outcry (Georg Büchner’s “Peace to the huts, war on the palaces!”) into the present time with its (media) abstractions. In general, everyone agrees and means well, if only it weren’t for … Weiterlesen
A typical Kraus statement: cryptic and critical invective. The fauna metaphor disdains views because they say something as noncommittal as “opinions”. And if he had already known today’s so-called social media, he would undoubtedly have immediately noticed the “share” word … Weiterlesen
The question arises whether the reversal of Clausewitz’ strategic theorem cannot be even more cruel in the end than the one he formulated. Admittedly, the laconic nature of the original statement is shocking, but there are enough historical examples that … Weiterlesen
