IntroductionMichael ButterPart I: Case Studies1. Makers versus Getters: Productivism in Henry Ford⁰́₉s The International JewAdam John Koper 2. Anticommunism and Conspiracy Myths in Brazil: From the 1937 ⁰́₋Cohen Plan⁰́₊ to the Bolsonarist ⁰́₋Red Menace⁰́₊Rodrigo Patto S©Ł Motta3. The Weaponization of Conspiracy TheoriesEirikur Bergmann4. Populism and Conspiracism in C…
Introduction: Securitizing global concerns -- From Securitization to macrosecuritization -- Security in China -- The Cold War then and now -- Anti-nuclear discourse in China -- Climate security with Chinese characteristics -- China's War on Terror -- Potential Chinese
Transforming discourse -- Transforming institutions -- Transforming practices.
This open access volume focuses on the cultural background of the pivotal transformations of scientific knowledge in the early modern period. It investigates the rich edition history of Johannes de Sacrobosco’s Tractatus de sphaera, by far the most widely disseminated textbook on geocentric cosmology, from the unique standpoint of the many printers, publishers, and booksellers who…
Historicizing both emotions and politics, this open access book argues that the historical work of emotion is most clearly understood in terms of the dynamics of institutionalization. This is shown in twelve case studies that focus on decisive moments in European and US history from 1800 until today. Each case study clarifies how emotions were central to people’s political engagement and its …
'At a historic moment, when religion shows all its social and political strength in various post-modern societies around our globe, this fascinating collection of studies from the Middle Ages to twentieth-century Europe demonstrates all the richness and innovative force of investigating individual and shared experiences when questioning the cultural, political and social place of religion in so…
This open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesen’s years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect…