Suchergebnisse

Menschliches Leben vollzieht sich notwendigerweise mit Hilfe des Gebrauchs von Dingen. Versteht man unter Dingen - in bewusster Umgehung aller definitorischen und philosophischen Abgrenzungsprobleme - alle natürlichen und artifiziellen Entitäten, die unbelebt, sprachlos und mobil sind, dann kann man insgesamt vier Bereiche von Dingen identifizieren, die für menschliche Handlungen zentral sind: 1. der Bereich des Körpers (hierher gehören die Unterbereiche von Wohnen, Kleiden, Essen und Sport mit Dingen wie Möbeln, Essgeschirr und etwa Schlägern und Bällen), 2. Kommunikation und Verkehr (hierher gehören neben Autos, Telefonen und Büchern auch Spiele, Musikinstrumente, Bilder und Kunst), 3. Krieg (Waffen) und 4. schließlich die Arbeit (mit der ganzen Fülle von Instrumenten und Werkzeugen). Selbstverständlich gibt es Mischformen, Steine etwa können zum Wohnen gehören, wenn aus ihnen die Wände der Häuser gebaut werden, zum Krieg, wenn eine Steinschleuder zum Einsatz kommt, oder zur Arbeit, wenn Mauern oder Pyramiden gebaut werden oder einfach alle Werkzeuge aus Stein sind, wie in der Steinzeit.

The paper reconstructs the semantic history of the word 'disruption' (Störung). It shows that the modern use of the term, established around 1800, replaces the former exclusive opposition of disruption vs. order by the inclusive opposition of disruption vs. life. In this context, the paper reconstructs both the historical semantics and the historical political implications of the word and inquires into the possibility of regarding disruptions as narrative. The resulting thesis is that the term 'disruption' always implies the possibility of a turn towards disaster, creating a space for the potential expansion and escalation of the disruption, i.e. a dramatic lapse of time stretching from disruption to disaster, which becomes a space open for narratives of rescue. Finally, by demonstrating how governments at the end of the 18th century establish programs of Livesaving, it is made evident how narratives of rescue implement a (political) time structure of action that spans the lapse between the disruption and the disaster/rescue and is conceived as present time.

The paper reconstructs the semantic history of the word 'disruption' (Störung). It shows that the modern use of the term, established around 1800, replaces the former exclusive opposition of disruption vs. order by the inclusive opposition of disruption vs. life. In this context, the paper reconstructs both the historical semantics and the historical political implications of the word and inquires into the possibility of regarding disruptions as narrative. The resulting thesis is that the term 'disruption' always implies the possibility of a turn towards disaster, creating a space for the potential expansion and escalation of the disruption, i.e. a dramatic lapse of time stretching from disruption to disaster, which becomes a space open for narratives of rescue. Finally, by demonstrating how governments at the end of the 18th century establish programs of Livesaving, it is made evident how narratives of rescue implement a (political) time structure of action that spans the lapse between the disruption and the disaster/rescue and is conceived as present time. ; The paper reconstructs the semantic history of the word 'disruption' (Störung). It shows that the modern use of the term, established around 1800, replaces the former exclusive opposition of disruption vs. order by the inclusive opposition of disruption vs. life. In this context, the paper reconstructs both the historical semantics and the historical political implications of the word and inquires into the possibility of regarding disruptions as narrative. The resulting thesis is that the term 'disruption' always implies the possibility of a turn towards disaster, creating a space for the potential expansion and escalation of the disruption, i.e. a dramatic lapse of time stretching from disruption to disaster, which becomes a space open for narratives of rescue. Finally, by demonstrating how governments at the end of the 18th century establish programs of Livesaving, it is made evident how narratives of rescue implement a (political) time structure of action that spans the lapse between the disruption and the disaster/rescue and is conceived as present time.