Day: July 3, 2010
Towards A Theory Of Popular Culture, International Relations, And Zombies
There are many sources of fear in world politics — terrorist attacks, natural disasters, climate change, financial panic, nuclear proliferation, ethnic conflict, and so forth. Surveying the cultural zeitgeist, however, it is striking how an unnatural problem has become one of the fastest-growing concerns in international relations. I speak, of course, of zombies. For our … Read more
Jefferson changed ‘subjects’ to ‘citizens’ in Declaration of Independence
“Subjects.” That’s what Thomas Jefferson first wrote in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence to describe the people of the 13 colonies. But in a moment when history took a sharp turn, Jefferson sought quite methodically to expunge the word, to wipe it out of existence and write over it. Many words were … Read more
Neues edition monochrom Buch: ZukunftsWeb
Was genau ist das “ZukunftsWeb”? Welche Chancen und Risiken birgt das Web von morgen für Individuum, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft? Stichworte lauten etwa “Digital Citizen”, “Web of Data”, “Web of Things”, “Open Government Data” und mehr. Internationale Medien identifizierten vielerorts unabhängig voneinander die Brisanz und Vielfalt des Themas und formulierten die “Frage des Jahres 2010”: Wie … Read more