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Das bekannte Enniuswort, da auf "den alten Sitten und Mannern die romische Sache ruht," akzentuiert treffend die groe Bedeutung, die der mos maiorum als Inbegriff von Wertvorstellungen, Leitbildern und Reglements, welche als verpflichtendes Erbe der Vorvater aufgefat wurde, in der romischen Gesellschaft besa. Neben Aufsatzen zu den verschiedenen literarischen Kommunikationsformen uber den mos maiorum wird auch die Reprasentation romischer Wertvorstellungen in den archaologischen Zeugnissen berucksichtigt. Inhalt: I. Werte und literarische Kommunikation, A. Allgemeines, B. Zu Gattungen,...

Catastrophes and crises are exceptions. They are disruptions of order. In various ways and to different degrees, they change and subvert what we regard as normal. They may occur on a personal level in the form of traumatic or stressful situations, on a social level in the form of unstable political, financial or religious situations, or on a global level in the form of environmental states of emergency. The main assumption in this book is that, in contrast to the directness of any given catastrophe and its obvious physical, economical and psychological consequences our understanding of...

The longing for authenticity, on an individual or collective level, connects the search for external expressions to internal orientations. What is largely referred to as production of authenticity is a reformulation of cultural values and norms within the ongoing process of modernity, impacted by globalization and contemporary transnational cultural flows. This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is produced in and through discourses about authenticity. Incorporating case studies from...

This interdisciplinary volume introduces new theories and ideas on creativity from the perspectives of science and art. Featuring contributions from leading researchers, theorists and artists working in artificial intelligence, generative art, creative computing, music composition, and cybernetics, the book examines the relationship between computation and creativity from both analytic and practical perspectives. Each contributor describes innovative new ways creativity can be understood through, and inspired by, computers.

The book tackles critical philosophical questions and...