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The long shadow of fatalism : a philosophical speculation on Forster’s “the Machine Stops” (1909) on the disintegration of technologically sdvanced societies back then and today

Seele, Peter

In: Philosophy of Management, 2021, no. 20, p. 431–439

EM Forster’s short story “The Machine Stops” from 1909 is widely reread and discussed again for some ten years as it portrays a science- fiction world resting on similar technological advancements as today in the digital era. Also management literature reviewed the short story with regard to centralized decision making, rationality and totalitarianism. I argue instead, that the main theme...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Some thoughts about referendums, representative democracy, and separation of powers

Hug, Simon

In: Constitutional Political Economy, 2009, vol. 20, no. 3-4, p. 251-266

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

History in the Gene: Negotiations Between Molecular and Organismal Anthropology

Sommer, Marianne

In: Journal of the History of Biology, 2008, vol. 41, no. 3, p. 473-528

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Patterns of inpatient care for immigrants in Switzerland : A case control study

Lay, Barbara ; Lauber, Christoph ; Nordt, Carlos ; Rössler, Wulf

In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2006, vol. 41, no. 3, p. 199-207