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Science Studies, History of Science, Technology
Science Studies, History of Science, Technology
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Year of Publication: 2015
Hans BlumenbergYear of Publication: 2015
Writings on Technology
In the 1950s and 1960s, Hans Blumenberg considered combining a philosophy of technology with a philosophy of time, which is only rarely mentioned today. This may be due to the fact that he never wrote a »Philosophy of Technology« – however, a series of shorter writings in which he develops his idea on the subject poignantly were found in his literary...
Year of Publication: 2008
Olaf BreidbachYear of Publication: 2008
New Orders of Knowledge
How Cultural Knowledge is Created from Information and News
We live in a society that primarily generates knowledge rather than material things. Culture, as the connection between all possible interactions in a human society, transforms this knowledge that has evolved over time. What criteria should we apply to measure knowledge and information, and to what extent should we distinguish between the two?
First of all, information is simply only...
First of all, information is simply only...
Year of Publication: 2011
Roman Brinzanik, Tobias HülswittYear of Publication: 2011
Will We Save The Earth?
Conversations about the Future of Technology and the Planet
Roman Brinzanik and Tobias Hülswitt speak to philosophers and artists about the relationship of mankind, nature and technology and the evolution and function of stories about the downfall and the saving of our earth.
The era of great stories is apparently over. In reality, however, future scenarios about the scarcity of resources and climate change link to form the...
The era of great stories is apparently over. In reality, however, future scenarios about the scarcity of resources and climate change link to form the...
Year of Publication: 2010
Roman Brinzanik, Tobias HülswittYear of Publication: 2010
Will we live forever?
Conversations about the future of man and technology
This is an interdisciplinary non-fiction book containing 14 interviews with leading scientists, philosophers and artists about the radical extension of healthy human lifespan and the merging...
Rights sold to:
Arabic world rights (NCT), Czech Republic (Kniha Zlin), Turkey (Iletisim), Israel (Hakibbutz Hameuchad)
Year of Publication: 2010
Petra DobnerYear of Publication: 2010
Water Politics
On the Political Theory, Practice and Critique of Global Governance
Clean water is a basic requirement for earthly existence. This book makes visible the complex dimensions of the global water crisis, and against the background of theoretical conceptions of...
Rights sold to:
Chinese simplex rights (Social Science Academic Press), Brazilian Portuguese rights (UFMG), Arabic world rights (NCT)
Year of Publication: 2021
Annette DufnerYear of Publication: 2021
Whose Life Should We Save?
Ethical Approaches to Medical Rescue Conflicts
How should resources such as donor organs be distributed among patients on the waiting list? Who should receive a ventilator during the pandemic, if there are more patients than intensive care unit beds? This book addresses recent approaches to distributive justice under conditions of scarcity. In scenarios in which not everybody in need can receive help there is often a tension between...
Year of Publication: 2017
Didier FassinYear of Publication: 2017
Life
A Critical User’s Manual
Since antiquity, life, in Adorno’s words, has been the true field of philosophy asking about what the right and good life was. For a little more than a century, however, life has also...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Polity), Chinese simplex rights (East China Normal UP), Italy (Feltrinelli), Turkey (Everest)
Year of Publication: 2009
Paul FeyerabendYear of Publication: 2009
The Philosophy of Nature
Paul Feyerabend, philosopher, physicist, anarchist, was one of the most unconventional scientists of his time. His »Anything Goes« has become a label. What few people know is that for many...
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English world rights (Polity), Spanish world rights (Debate), Chinese simplex rights (Shanghai People’s Publishing House), Arabic world rights (National Centre for Translation), France (Seuil), Korea (Ghil Publishing)
Year of Publication: 2012
Julia FischerYear of Publication: 2012
Primate Society
Curious Barbary macaques, belligerent Chacma baboons, shy Guinea baboons: these are just some of the protagonists of this exciting new book.
Primatologist Julia Fischer explores the myriad...
Primatologist Julia Fischer explores the myriad...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Chicago UP), Spanish world rights (Fondo de Cultura Economica)
Year of Publication: 2011
Bernward GesangYear of Publication: 2011
Climate Ethics
Although climate change is a pressing theme of our times, convincing climate ethics have yet to emerge. This book looks for an answer to the question of how political action has to be evaluated regarding the responsibility towards future generations.
From the point of view of climate ethics on the subject of climate protection, the following crucial questions still need...
From the point of view of climate ethics on the subject of climate protection, the following crucial questions still need...
Year of Publication: 2010
Ursula K. HeiseYear of Publication: 2010
After Nature
Species extinction and Modern Culture
The extinction of species from the perspective of cultural science.
In this essay, Ursula K. Heise makes the case that species extinction presents not just scientific and political challenges, but also cultural ones. We are confronted today with a decline in biodiversity that is unprecedented in both scale and rapidity. In art, cinema and literature, extinct or dying...
In this essay, Ursula K. Heise makes the case that species extinction presents not just scientific and political challenges, but also cultural ones. We are confronted today with a decline in biodiversity that is unprecedented in both scale and rapidity. In art, cinema and literature, extinct or dying...
Year of Publication: 2022
Rainer HerrnYear of Publication: 2022
For Love and for Sorrow
Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science 1919–1933
When Magnus Hirschfeld established his institute in Tiergarten, Berlin, in 1919, the future seemed to belong to the young discipline of sexology. Patients and visitors from all over the world were...
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France (MSH)
Year of Publication: 2021
Ludwig HuberYear of Publication: 2021
The Rational Animal
A Search for Clues in Cognitive Biology
Whether animals can think rationally and whether they have consciousness is one of the most exciting and controversial questions in biology and comparative psychology. In this seminal book, internationally leading cognitive biologist Ludwig Huber takes stock of the current state of research on whether and how animals think. He shows what we know about the minds of animals today, how we...
Year of Publication: 1979
Hans JonasYear of Publication: 1979
The Imperative of Responsibility
In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Chicago UP), Spanish world rights (Herder), Chinese simplex rights (Shanghai People’s Publishing House), France (Du Cerf), Italy (Einaudi), Turkey (Ketebe), Greece (Armos), Israel (Shalem Press)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Chinese complex rights (Century Publisher), Russia (Airis), Brazilian Portuguese rights (Contraponto), Denmark (Reitzels), Sweden (Daidalos), Japan (Toshindo), Czech Republic (Oikoymenh), Croatia (Naklada Breza), Ukraine (Libra)
Year of Publication: 2011
Rolf LanduaYear of Publication: 2011
Something Out of Nothing
Conversations about Antimatter
Antimatter fascinates physicists, but it also fires the imagination of science-fiction authors, Star Trek fans and the general public. But what exactly is antimatter?
How do you make antimatter? Can it be stored? Will it soon be used for everyday purposes? And why do we owe our existence – and that of our universe – to the tiny distinction between matter and...
How do you make antimatter? Can it be stored? Will it soon be used for everyday purposes? And why do we owe our existence – and that of our universe – to the tiny distinction between matter and...
Year of Publication: 2019
Janina LohYear of Publication: 2019
Robot Ethics
An Introduction
In her essential book, philosopher Janina Loh addresses the moral challenges that play a role in the construction of robots as well as in dealing with them: Are robots autonomous? Can they act morally? Do they have a moral value? Should they have rights? Who is responsible when a robot harms a human being?
The question as to the attribution of responsibility not only relates to...
Year of Publication: 2017
Markus Metz, Georg SeeßlenYear of Publication: 2017
Freedom and Control
The Story of the still-captive Slave
One of the defining experiences of the present is that the eternal dichotomy of freedom and control continues to unfold with new sharpness: the individual and society are confronted with an unprecedented variety of ways of being free. On the other hand, technical possibilities and the widely felt need for ever-increasing control are escalating - whether over one's own body, the borders or the...
Year of Publication: 2017
Prof. Dr. Andreas MichalsenYear of Publication: 2017
The Nature Cure
A Doctor’s Guide to the Science of Natural Medicine
A passionate plea for a new medicine
Though conventional medicine continues to marginalise naturopathy, our society has long made up its mind: two thirds of all...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Viking Books; UK sublicense: Yellow Kite/Hodder; US large print sublicense: Thorndike), Spanish world rights (Planeta), Chinese simplex rights (Beijing Science and Technology Publishing), Chinese complex rights (Eurasian/Fine Press), Russia (Komsomolskaja Pravda), France (Albin Michel; digital audio book sublicense: Audible), Portuguese rights (Luna de Papel), Italy (Sonzogno), Netherlands (Ambo|Anthos), Denmark (People's Press), Korea (The Open Books), Japan (Sunmark), Poland (Muza), Czech Republic (Kazda), Hungary (Central Media), Bulgaria (Bard), Estonia (Tänapäev), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Serbia (Laguna), Turkey (Epsilon), Greece (Patakis), Israel (Or Am - Sefer Lakol)
Domestic Rights Sale: German Audiobook (Argon)
Year of Publication: 2024
Prof. Dr. Andreas MichalsenYear of Publication: 2024
Nutrition: My Quintessentials
How to Stay Strong and Healthy for Longer
Professor Andreas Michalsen is one of the most high-profile doctors in Germany, enjoys a great reputation internationally, and is one of the world’s most renowned researchers in the field of...
Rights sold to:
Domestic rights sales: German Audiobook (Argon)
Year of Publication: 2009
Helga Nowotny, Giuseppe TestaYear of Publication: 2009
Naked Genes
Reinventing the Human in the Molecular Age
The molecular life sciences are making visible what was once invisible. Yet the more we learn about our own biology, the less we are able to fit this knowledge into an integrated whole. Life is...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (MIT Press), Italy (Codice)
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