In 1980, the term „Hysteria“ disappeared from the international catalogue of mental disorders DSM-III and was replaced by HPS, „Histrionic personality disorder“. The article traces the histrionic genealogy of hysteria to ...

The essay considers the grottoes of the Medici-Villa at Pratolino in regard to their historic relevance in the context of the artistic and typological development as well as their function related to the strategies of ...

A science drama from the years 1725/26: A collector of fossils—Johann Beringer, professor in Würzburg—is reputed to have been the victim of a plot by his colleagues who provided him with fanciful, man-made “fossils” which ...

In the context of its current popularity Bionics is often depicted as a promising approach to design more efficient and sustainable technologies by just copying nature’s solutions. In the present article I am investigating ...

Der Artikel unternimmt – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der bislang unveröffentlichten Aufzeichnungen zur Ausdruckskunde – eine systematisierende Rekonstruktion von Warburgs fragmentarischer Theorie der Nachahmung. ...

The article adresses the impact of mimicry on social theory. It shows how Friedrich Nietzsche made use of the concept to reconstruct and uncover the genealogy of modern democracy. Drawing on evolutionary theory—both Darwinian ...