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Dieses Buch bietet eine aktualisierte Annäherung an die immanente Kritik in unserer Zeit. Mit dem Begriff ist jene Art von Kritik angesprochen, die - von Hegel bis zur Frankfurter Schule - ihren Gegenstand aus den eigenen normativen Prinzipien heraus und nicht unter Bezug auf äußere Maßstäbe kritisiert. Die Beiträge zeigen, wie die immanente Kritik in verschiedenen Bereichen (Philosophie, Soziologie, Medientheorie und Sozialkritik) Themen analysieren und sie gleichzeitig auf überzeugende Weise in Frage stellen kann - ausgehend von den eigenen Geltungs- und Wahrheitsansprüchen

Walking the Gendered Tightrope analyzes the gendered expectations for women in high offices through the examples of British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Even at their highest positions, and while completing their greatest achievements, both May and Pelosi faced gendered critiques and intraparty challenges to their leadership. While other books have analyzed the barriers to higher office that women face, this book reveals how women in positions of power are still forced to balance feminine stereotypes with the perception of power as masculine in order to prove their legitimacy. By examining intraparty dynamics, this book offers a unique comparison between a majoritarian presidential and Westminster parliamentary system. While their parties promoted Pelosi and May to highlight their progressive values, both women faced continually gendered critiques about their abilities to lead their caucuses on difficult policy issues, such as the Affordable Care Act and two Trump impeachment votes for Nancy Pelosi, or finishing Brexit for Theresa May. Grounded in the legislative literature from the United States and Britain, as well as historical accounts and personal interviews, Walking the Gendered Tightrope contributes to the fields of gender and politics, legislative studies, American politics, and British politics

For the first time, this volume compiles essays on aspects of the 19th and 20th century history of leisure and consumption in the Silesian metropolis Breslau. How and where did the inhabitants of Breslau spend their leisure time, what athletic activities did they pursue, where did they shop, what cultural offerings did they enjoy? These questions, among others, are the focus of this volume, which uses an interdisciplinary historical approach