1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814059603321

Autore

Föllmer Moritz

Titolo

Individuality and modernity in Berlin : self and society from Weimar to the Wall / / Moritz Föllmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61108-9

1-107-23764-5

1-139-61294-8

1-139-62224-2

1-283-94324-7

1-139-62596-9

1-139-60928-9

1-139-38097-4

1-139-61666-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New studies in European history

Classificazione

HIS010000

Disciplina

943/.155087

Soggetti

Individuality - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Self - Social aspects - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Risk - Social aspects - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Agent (Philosophy) - Social aspects - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Social isolation - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

City and town life - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Social change - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Politics and culture - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Berlin (Germany) Social life and customs 20th century

Berlin (Germany) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Part I. Weimar Berlin: 1. Risk, isolation and unstable selfhood; 2. Flexibility, authenticity and consumption; 3. Reform, scandal and extremism -- Part II. Nazi Berlin: 4. Redefining legitimate



individuality; 5. Jewish Berliners' ambiguous quest for agency; 6. Heroism, withdrawal and privatist loyalty -- Part III. Post-War and Cold-War Berlin: 7. Defeat, self-help and the dissociation from Nazism; 8. Socialist ambitions and individualist expectations; 9. Anti-totalitarianism, domesticity and ambivalent modernity -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Moritz Föllmer traces the history of individuality in Berlin from the late 1920s to the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961. The demand to be recognised as an individual was central to metropolitan society, as were the spectres of risk, isolation and loss of agency. This was true under all five regimes of the period, through economic depression, war, occupation and reconstruction. The quest for individuality could put democracy under pressure, as in the Weimar years, and could be satisfied by a dictatorship, as was the case in the Third Reich. It was only in the course of the 1950s, when liberal democracy was able to offer superior opportunities for consumerism, that individuality finally claimed the mantle. Individuality and Modernity in Berlin proposes a fresh perspective on twentieth-century Berlin that will engage readers with an interest in the German metropolis as well as European urban history more broadly.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557308503321

Autore

Dannier Adolfo

Titolo

Power Converter of Electric Machines, Renewable Energy Systems, and Transportation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Soggetti

Energy industries & utilities

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Power converters and electric machines represent essential components in all fields of electrical engineering. In fact, we are heading towards a future where energy will be more and more electrical: electrical vehicles, electrical motors, renewables, storage systems are now widespread. The ongoing energy transition poses new challenges for interfacing and integrating different power systems. The constraints of space, weight, reliability, performance, and autonomy for the electric system have increased the attention of scientific research in order to find more and more appropriate technological solutions. In this context, power converters and electric machines assume a key role in enabling higher performance of electrical power conversion. Consequently, the design and control of power converters and electric machines shall be developed accordingly to the requirements of the specific application, thus leading to more specialized solutions, with the aim of enhancing the reliability, fault tolerance, and flexibility of the next generation power systems.