LEADER 00588oas 2200193z- 450 001 9910892557803321 011 $a2943-9361 035 $a(CKB)5670000000947737 035 $a(EXLCZ)995670000000947737 100 $a20240918cuuuuuuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 00$aHIS-HE Mitteilungsblatt / Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH (früher: HIS-Mitteilungsblatt) 210 $cHIS 517 $aHIS-HE 517 $aHIS-HE Mitteilungsblatt / Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH 906 $aJOURNAL 912 $a9910892557803321 996 $aHIS-HE Mitteilungsblatt$94241834 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04137nam 22005415 450 001 9911061789403321 005 20260209140543.0 010 $a9783111389929 010 $a3111389928 035 $a(CKB)36232738600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)672871 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783111389929 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31727646 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31727646 035 $a(OCoLC)1457220641 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936232738600041 100 $a20240918h20242024 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSelf-Help in the Digital Age $eTED Talks, Speculative Fiction, and the Role of Reading /$fLoredana Filip 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d[2024] 210 4$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 317 p.) 225 0 $aVigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance ,$x2749-8913 ;$v12 311 08$a9783111388267 311 08$a3111388263 311 08$a3-11-139009-8 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: What Do We Expect? -- I Happy Confessions: Context, Theory, Approach -- Introduction -- 2 Confessional Culture and American Self-Help -- 3 Confessions and Science Communication -- 4 Confessions and Reading: From Self-Writing to Life Writing -- II Self-Improvement: Finding Success in a Digital Age -- Introduction -- 5 TED Talks on "How to Be a Better You" and Social Media Influencers -- 6 Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story and the Privilege of "Merely Existing" -- 7 Literature and Scanning: "A Burble of Warm White Spray" -- III Mindfulness and Self-Vigilance in the Anthropocene -- Introduction -- 8 TED Talks on Mindfulness and the "Second Sight" -- 9 Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy and the "Insight of Interbeing" -- 10 Literature and Storytelling: "These Stories Are Real as Kitchens" -- IV Self-Transcendence in the Age of Empathy -- Introduction -- 11 TED Talks on "What Makes You Happy?" and the Science of Happiness -- 12 Richard Powers' Generosity: An Enhancement and the "Small Shared Joy" of Reading -- 13 Literature and Compositing: "The Secret Quickening in the Hands" -- 14 Conclusion: A Kinship of Posthumanity -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index. 330 $aIn an age where science and technology hold sway and the humanities face a crisis, this book explores the evolving role of literature. It delves into how American self-help culture shapes contemporary ideals of success, mindfulness, and happiness, with a particular focus on its influence in science communication, notably in TED talks. Moreover, it underscores the enduring relevance of literature in the digital era by analyzing speculative novels that challenge established norms, including those propagated by TED. These novels include Richard Powers? Generosity: An Enhancement, Margaret Atwood?s MaddAddam trilogy and Gary Shteyngart?s Super Sad True Love Story. They question the Western preference for visual perception, which perpetuates a human-centric worldview. By focusing on literary synesthesia in the readings, this book emphasizes sensory experiences and human-nonhuman interactions. It adopts the concept of research as assemblage and uses a diverse range of theories and approaches, while it foregrounds critical posthumanism and new materialism. Ultimately, it advocates for a less anthropocentric approach to reading and presents literature as a "transdisciplinary life science" capable of fostering a "kinship of posthumanity." 410 0$aVigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance Series 606 $aHISTORY / Social History$2bisacsh 610 $aScience communication. 610 $ahuman-nonhuman interactions. 610 $aposthumanism. 610 $areading. 615 7$aHISTORY / Social History. 676 $a809.9339 700 $aFilip$b Loredana$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01892507 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911061789403321 996 $aSelf-Help in the Digital Age$94538701 997 $aUNINA