Der Ring des Nibelungen, ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend... by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung ("Der Ring des Nibelungen") /

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Das Rheingold : prologue to Der Ring des Nibelungen : music drama in four scenes / by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Siegfried by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

“…Siegfried : Second Day to Der Ring des Nibelungen…”
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Die Walküre. by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

“…Die Walküre : First Day to Der Ring des Nibelungen…”
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Götterdämmerung. by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

“…Götterdämmerung : Third Day to Der Ring des Nibelungen…”
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Die Walküre by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

“…Der Ring des Nibelungen ;…”
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Siegfried by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Wagner Beyond Good and Evil : Beyond Good and Evil. by Deathridge, John

Table of Contents: “…Wagner the Progressive; Part II. Der Ring Des Nibelungen; 4. Fairy Tale, Revolution, Prophecy; 5. …”
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Die Walküre by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Consciousness : confessions of a romantic reductionist by Koch, Christof, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…In which I introduce the ancient mind-body problem, explain why I am on a quest to use reason and empirical inquiry to solve it, acquaint you with Francis Crick, explain how he relates to this quest, make a confession, and end on a sad note -- In which I write about the wellsprings of my inner conflict between religion and reason, why I grew up wanting to be a scientist, why I wear a lapel pin of Professor Calculus, and how I acquired a second mentor late in life -- In which I explain why consciousness challenges the scientific view of the world, how consciousness can be investigated empirically with both feet firmly planted on the ground, why animals share consciousness with humans, and why self-consciousness is not as important as many people think it is -- In which you hear tales of scientist-magicians that make you look but not see, how they track the footprints of consciousness by peering into your skull, why you don't see with your eyes, and why attention and consciousness are not the same -- In which you learn from neurologists and neurosurgeons that some neurons care a great deal about celebrities, that cutting the cerebral cortex in two does not reduce consciousness by half, that color is leached from the world by the loss of a small cortical region, and that the destruction of a sugar cube-sized chunk of brain stem or thalamic tissue leaves you undead -- In which I defend two propositions that my younger self found nonsense--you are unaware of most of the things that go on in your head, and zombie agents control much of your life, even though you confidently believe that you are in charge -- In which I throw caution to the wind, bring up free will, Der ring des Nibelungen, and what physics says about determinism, explain the impoverished ability of your mind to choose, show that your will lags behind your brain's decision, and that freedom is just another word for feeling -- In which I argue that consciousness is a fundamental property of complex things, rhapsodize about integrated information theory, how it explains many puzzling facts about consciousness and provides a blueprint for building sentient machines -- In which I outline an electromagnetic gadget to measure consciousness, describe efforts to harness the power of genetic engineering to track consciousness in mice, and find myself building cortical observatories -- In which I muse about final matters considered off-limits to polite scientific discourse: to wit, the relationship between science and religion, the existence of God, whether this God can intervene in the universe, the death of my mentor, and my recent tribulations.…”
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Consciousness : confessions of a romantic reductionist by Koch, Christof, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…In which I introduce the ancient mind-body problem, explain why I am on a quest to use reason and empirical inquiry to solve it, acquaint you with Francis Crick, explain how he relates to this quest, make a confession, and end on a sad note -- In which I write about the wellsprings of my inner conflict between religion and reason, why I grew up wanting to be a scientist, why I wear a lapel pin of Professor Calculus, and how I acquired a second mentor late in life -- In which I explain why consciousness challenges the scientific view of the world, how consciousness can be investigated empirically with both feet firmly planted on the ground, why animals share consciousness with humans, and why self-consciousness is not as important as many people think it is -- In which you hear tales of scientist-magicians that make you look but not see, how they track the footprints of consciousness by peering into your skull, why you don't see with your eyes, and why attention and consciousness are not the same -- In which you learn from neurologists and neurosurgeons that some neurons care a great deal about celebrities, that cutting the cerebral cortex in two does not reduce consciousness by half, that color is leached from the world by the loss of a small cortical region, and that the destruction of a sugar cube-sized chunk of brain stem or thalamic tissue leaves you undead -- In which I defend two propositions that my younger self found nonsense--you are unaware of most of the things that go on in your head, and zombie agents control much of your life, even though you confidently believe that you are in charge -- In which I throw caution to the wind, bring up free will, Der ring des Nibelungen, and what physics says about determinism, explain the impoverished ability of your mind to choose, show that your will lags behind your brain's decision, and that freedom is just another word for feeling -- In which I argue that consciousness is a fundamental property of complex things, rhapsodize about integrated information theory, how it explains many puzzling facts about consciousness and provides a blueprint for building sentient machines -- In which I outline an electromagnetic gadget to measure consciousness, describe efforts to harness the power of genetic engineering to track consciousness in mice, and find myself building cortical observatories -- In which I muse about final matters considered off-limits to polite scientific discourse: to wit, the relationship between science and religion, the existence of God, whether this God can intervene in the universe, the death of my mentor, and my recent tribulations.…”
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Götterdämmerung by Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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Die Tragödie der Moderne : Gattungsgeschichte--Kulturtheorie--Epochendiagnose

Table of Contents: “…"Ähnlichkeit zwischen uns und dem leidenden Subjekt" : Zu einem Thema der frühen tragödientheoretischen Schriften Schillers / Ulrich Profitlich -- Tragödie der Scham, Trauerspiel der Schuld : Konzeptionen des Tragischen um 1800 / Claudia Benthien -- Schillers Braut von Messina : Eine moderne Aneigung der antiken Tragödie / Walter Hinderer -- Ultima Katharisis : Zur Transformation des Aristotelischen Tragödiensatzes nach 1800 / Marie-Christin Wilm -- Der "grässliche Fatalismus der Geschichte" und die Funktion des Theodizee-Diskurses in Georg Büchners Dantons Tod / Alessandro Costazza -- "Eine Tragödie von der erschütterndsten Wirkung" : Richard Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen als Beitrag zur Dramatik des 19. Jahrhunderts / Hartmut Reinhardt -- "Dionysos" : Zur Konjunktur einer neuplatonischen Denkfigur im Tragödiendiskurs der Moderne / Timo Günther -- Katharsis und Ekstasis : Die Restitution der Tragödie als Ritual aus dem Geist der Psychoanalyse / Peter-André Alt -- Zwischen Assimilation und Selbstbehauptung : Die jüdisch-deutsche Aneigung der Tragödie in der klassischen Moderne / Daniel Fulda -- Existentialismus und Tragödie / Roland Galle -- "Parodierte Peripetie," oder, "Der Endpunkt liegt schon hinter uns" : Transformation des Tragödienmodells im absurden Theater / Wolf Gerhard Schmidt -- Pathos versus "Wurstelei" : Friedrich Dürrenmatts tragische Komödie / Volker C. …”
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"Music's obedient daughter" : the opera libretto from source to score

Table of Contents: “…: Classical Parody and Burlesque in Orphée aux enfers by Crémieux, Halévy and Offenbach -- Burning the Heretics and Saving Don Carlos: Méry's, Du Locle's and Verdi's Don Carlos -- Tracing Wotan's Incendiary Past: The Evolution of Storms and Fire in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen -- Manon at the Opera: From Prévost's Manon Lescaut to Auber's Manon Lescaut and Massenet's Manon -- "Closed, Efficient, Terrible!"…”
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