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  Post-Mass-Media and Participation

  Three decades after Félix Guattari introduced the concept of "post-mass-media" as a necessary condition of media participation, it is by no means self-evident that his reaction to events leading up to 1989 would still attract a new generation of scholars today. Yet, the concept continually reappears to address the role of technology in democratic participation and the relation between the aesthetic and the political. Originating in discussions of the DFG research group Media and Participation, this issue attests to the continued need to remain attentive to the shifting forms of political and artistic participation and their multiple re-valuations in what has been called a "post-media age". Instead of proposing a theory of media, which is said to facilitate and shape participation, post-media emerges from the beginning as a question of participation, which is itself 'medial.' This framing is central to this issue of AugenBlick and allows for the question of post-media to be situated in our current condition through investigations of video games, documentary projects, YouTube, aesthetics and ethics in the political field, as well as the global pandemic.

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  The Death of Truth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 225min

  From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West’s retreat from reason.We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate and Russian propaganda floods our screens. The wisdom of the crowd has usurped research and expertise, and we are each left clinging to the beliefs that best confirm our biases.How did truth become an endangered species? This decline began decades ago, and in The Death of Truth, former New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani takes a penetrating look at the cultural forces that contributed to this gathering storm. In social media and literature, television, academia and political campaigns, Kakutani identifies the trends - originating on both the right and the left - that have combined to elevate subjectivity over factuality, science and common values. And she returns us to the words of the great critics of authoritarianism, writers like George Orwell and Hannah Arendt, whose work is newly and eerily relevant.With remarkable erudition and insight, Kakutani offers a provocative diagnosis of our current condition and presents a path forward for our truth-challenged times. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tavia Gilbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/004014/bk_hcuk_004014_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Si-renity: How I Stay Calm and Keep the Faith , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 260min

  America's favorite uncle and best-selling author of Si-cology 1, Duck Dynasty's Si Robertson, opens up about how his faith has brought him peace and serenity throughout his many not-so-peaceful adventures. Si Robertson has gone from chief duck-call maker to beloved star of A&E's Duck Dynasty. Through his transition he has remained untainted by the popularity and money and is the same man he was before stardom - generous, kind, compassionate, and a little bit crazy. Beginning where Si-cology 1 ended, Uncle Si gets much more personal as he talks about his life on the road as one of the show's favorites and how he feels about life after the show. Si-renity is full of Si-style and hilarious stories as well as an up-close look inside the heart and faith of this loveable fan favorite. Cast members from the show reveal the kindness and compassion Si has for children, the military, and the less fortunate. Full of zany yet honest stories about his day-to-day life on the road, Si narrates the lessons he's learned about living life courageously and joyfully and shares his personal source of peace and love for others - both originating directly from his faith in God. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Vincent Mancuso, Si Robertson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007627/bk_sans_007627_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Addiction Solution: Unraveling the Mysteries of Addiction Through Cutting-Edge Brain Science , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 461min

  A revolutionary and empowering paradigm in treating addiction based on groundbreaking new science. For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioral illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fiber. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. In their groundbreaking The Addiction Solution, David Kipper and Steven Whitney distill these exciting findings into a guide for the millions of adults who want to be free from the cycle of addiction, and for their loved ones who want to better understand it and to help. It draws on composite case histories to illustrate how the innovative Personal Recovery Program works by customizing treatment for a diverse group of addicts abusing a wide variety of different substances - from the first day of treatment to its successful resolution. The result is a complete guide to a world made brand-new by this enormous paradigm shift in the treatment of addiction. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bryan Reid. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/014469/bk_adbl_014469_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Alison Larkin Presents The Picture of Dorian Gray , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 573min

  This powerful new recording of Wilde’s famous novel tells the unforgettable story of a hedonistic young man who makes a sinister deal to preserve his youth. When his wish is granted, Dorian Gray slips into a life of sensuality, debauchery, and murder.In this uncensored version, TV star James Warwick’s inspired, nuanced narration is followed by a fascinating conversation. The actor talks candidly with Alison Larkin about Oscar Wilde and Warwick's own challenges as a gay man living in London at a time when homosexuality was illegal. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright who is celebrated still for his sharp wit, flamboyant style, and sparkling conversation. James Warwick is most famous for his starring role playing Tommy in Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence series on PBS for Masterpiece Theater. He has also played many leading roles on Broadway and London's West End, originating the role of Brad in the Rocky Horror Picture Show and playing King Arthur in Camelot. His last starring role in an Oscar Wilde play was in Peter Hall’s production of The Ideal Husband on Broadway. His narration of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, also for Alison Larkin Presents, also received rave reviews worldwide. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Warwick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141145/bk_acx0_141145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Computational Music Analysis

  This book provides an in-depth introduction and overview of current research in computational music analysis. Its seventeen chapters, written by leading researchers, collectively represent the diversity as well as the technical and philosophical sophistication of the work being done today in this intensely interdisciplinary field. A broad range of approaches are presented, employing techniques originating in disciplines such as linguistics, information theory, information retrieval, pattern recognition, machine learning, topology, algebra and signal processing. Many of the methods described draw on well-established theories in music theory and analysis, such as Forte's pitch-class set theory, Schenkerian analysis, the methods of semiotic analysis developed by Ruwet and Nattiez, and Lerdahl and Jackendoff's Generative Theory of Tonal Music. The book is divided into six parts, covering methodological issues, harmonic and pitch-class set analysis, form and voice-separation, grammars and hierarchical reduction, motivic analysis and pattern discovery and, finally, classification and the discovery of distinctive patterns. As a detailed and up-to-date picture of current research in computational music analysis, the book provides an invaluable resource for researchers, teachers and students in music theory and analysis, computer science, music information retrieval and related disciplines. It also provides a state-of-the-art reference for practitioners in the music technology industry.

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  Coaching Psychology for Mental Health (eBook, PDF)

  Traditionally, coaching psychologists have worked with people who aren't experiencing significant mental distress or have diagnosed mental illness. This book describes an innovative and challenging project of bringing coaching psychology to the lived experience of individuals with a diagnosed mental illness, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The authors present a case for why coaching psychology needs to be constructively challenged to broaden its base and be more inclusive and of service to people experiencing BPD in particular. The book describes a coaching interaction involving coaching psychologists and a number of individuals with BPD who had completed a behavioural skills programme (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; DBT). It explores the epistemological and practice tensions involving the dominance of clinical recovery (elimination of symptoms) in mental health services and personal or psychological recovery (originating in the narratives of people with a diagnosis of mental illness who yearn to live a life worth living). This book, written amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, makes a compelling case for coaching psychologists to engage with the philosophy and practice implications of personal recovery, at both professional and personal levels. It will be vital reading for those engaged in coaching psychology and for the education, training and continuous professional development of coaches and coaching psychologists.

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  Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 835min

  In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America - addiction like no other the country has ever faced. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two classic tales of capitalism run amok whose unintentional collision has been catastrophic. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive - and extremely addictive - miracle painkiller. Meanwhile a massive influx of black tar heroin - cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel - assaulted small towns and midsized cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico. Introducing a memorable cast of characters - pharma pioneers, young Mexican entrepreneurs, narcotics investigators, survivors, and parents - Quinones shows how these tales fit together. Dreamland is a revelatory account of the corrosive threat facing America and its heartland.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Neil Hellegers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021257/bk_adbl_021257_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Fresh Air, Robbie Robertson and Eddi Palmieri, Hörbuch, Digital, 35min

  Guitarist Robbie Robertson and bandleader and pianist Eddi Palmieri on this edition of Fresh Air. The 1978 film The Last Waltz is playing in theaters again, and will be released on DVD May 7. Also, a 4-CD box set of the music from The Last Waltz is available. Martin Scorsese directed the documentary about The Band's last performance. Fresh Air listens back to interviews with two members of The Band. (Audible customers please note: Drummer Levon Helm did not grant rights to his interview. We apologize for the incovenience.) Robbie Robertson was a guitarist and songwriter for The Band until their breakup in 1976. Since then, he has put out solo albums and done film soundtracks for Scorsese. Through Eddi Palmieri's first band, La Perfecta, labeled "the band with the crazy roaring elephants," Palmieri was credited with originating Latin jazz's trombone sound in New York during the '60s. In 1994, Palmieri's lobbying culminated in the announcement of a new Grammy Award category for Afro-Carribean Jazz. "I proposed the category to give proper distinction to that segment of jazz music based on rhythmical elements and instrumentation of Africa, as opposed to jazz which developed from blues, gospel and other expressions of African-Americans." His new recording is La Perfecta II. (Original Broadcast Dates: October 18, 1994 and June 20, 1994) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/020419/rt_whyy_020419_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Upanishads , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 160min

  The term upanishad literally means "to sit close around". It was the term for a teaching session. Thus, in time, the word came to point more toward the secret teaching than the sessions themselves. The word was first used to refer to a set of short statements that conveyed the essence of a doctrine. Later the term grew in scope to refer to entire texts of esoteric knowledge. The tradition or liturgy for conveyance came to be called the Vedas.Veda is a Sanskrit word meaning “knowledge”. It eventually became the name of a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Vedas form the oldest layer of literature and the oldest Hindu text.The texts, called Upanishads, came to be regarded as the teachings forming the concluding section of the Vedic corpus. Though today they are in the public domain, they were originally secret teachings, as the origin of the word suggests.The earliest Upanishads were pre-Buddhist, and were probably written around 800-600 BC. Only 13 of the Upanishads are regarded as "classical" and were written in this period; however, Upanishads continued to be composed long into the common era. The traditional teachings include 108, but there are now a total of about 200. Composition occurred in three periods of time. The first and most ancient Upanishads were written before the sixth century BC. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Logan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/223893/bk_acx0_223893_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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