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Law, Humanities and the COVID Crisis
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ISBN: 191150729X 1911507303 Year: 2023 Publisher: London : University of London Press,

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While there has been an abundance of scientific works on the COVID-19 crisis, there has been relatively little research to date from the humanities. This striking new book seeks to address the immediacy of COVID-19 by focusing on the implications of the virus in a wider interdisciplinary context-through the lens of the law, history, ethics, technology, economics, and gender studies. From Europe to South America, Asia, and beyond, Law, Humanities and the Covid Crisis sets out a framework for understanding the COVID-19 virus beyond its epidemiological constraints, asking us to question the very definition of what it means to be human. Researchers from around the world offer their critical reflections on the past, present, and future of this period of socio-cultural upheaval and the tremendous suffering that has laid bare fundamental imbalances in our society. Featuring essays on public welfare versus private interest, violence against women, mask compliance, conspiracy theories, and national security laws, this book is a significant contribution to understanding our new "post-COVID" landscape, and the future yet to come.


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Autonome Systeme und Arbeit : Perspektiven, Herausforderungen und Grenzen der Künstlichen Intelligenz in der Arbeitswelt
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ISBN: 3839443954 9783839443958 3837643956 Year: 2019 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Intelligente Planungssysteme und smarte Roboter: In Zukunft werden Autonome Systeme, die auf den Prinzipien der Künstlichen Intelligenz basieren, Einzug auch in die Arbeitswelt halten. Dies wirft nicht nur erneut Fragen nach den Konsequenzen für Jobs und Qualifikationen auf - ungeklärt sind weiterhin die tatsächlichen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten dieser Systeme sowie die daraus folgenden arbeitspolitischen und ethischen Probleme. Dieser Band leistet einen interdisziplinären Beitrag zum laufenden Diskurs. »[Das Buch] ist jenseits von blindem Optimismus und Dystopien geschrieben, sondern fragt kritisch nach den Vor- und Nachteilen der KI für die Arbeitswelt.« Michael Lausberg, www.scharf-links.de, 28.07.2019 Besprochen in: md office, 8 (2019)

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Robots, Industrial. --- Artificial intelligence --- Labor laws and legislation. --- Industrial applications. --- Employees --- Employment law --- Industrial relations --- Labor law --- Labor standards (Labor law) --- Work --- Working class --- Industrial laws and legislation --- Social legislation --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Industrial robots --- Automatic machinery --- Robots --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie. --- Arbeitsethik. --- Arbeitsrecht. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Autonome Systeme. --- Autonomous Systems. --- Digitalisierung. --- Digitalization. --- Economics. --- Economy. --- Industrie 4.0. --- Industry 4.0. --- Künstliche Intelligenz. --- Labour Law. --- Organisationssoziologie. --- Sociology of Organizations. --- Sociology of Work and Industry. --- Sociology. --- Soziologie. --- Wirtschaft. --- Wirtschaftswissenschaft. --- Work Ethics. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. --- Arbeit; Autonome Systeme; Digitalisierung; Industrie 4.0; Künstliche Intelligenz; Arbeitsethik; Arbeitsrecht; Wirtschaft; Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie; Organisationssoziologie; Wirtschaftswissenschaft; Soziologie; Work; Autonomous Systems; Digitalization; Industry 4.0; Artificial Intelligence; Work Ethics; Labour Law; Economy; Sociology of Work and Industry; Sociology of Organizations; Economics; Sociology


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Krupp
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ISBN: 128343976X 9786613439765 1400841860 9781400841868 9780691153407 069115340X 9781283439763 Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. In this book, Harold James tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the early nineteenth century and the present, and analyzes its transition from a family business to one owned by a nonprofit foundation. Krupp founded a small steel mill in 1811, which established the basis for one of the largest and most important companies in the world by the end of the century. Famously loyal to its highly paid workers, it rejected an exclusive focus on profit, but the company also played a central role in the armament of Nazi Germany and the firm's head was convicted as a war criminal at Nuremberg. Yet after the war Krupp managed to rebuild itself and become a symbol of Germany once again--this time open, economically successful, and socially responsible. Books on Krupp tend to either denounce it as a diabolical enterprise or celebrate its technical ingenuity. In contrast, James presents a balanced account, showing that the owners felt ambivalent about the company's military connection even while becoming more and more entangled in Germany's aggressive politics during the imperial era and the Third Reich. By placing the story of Krupp and its owners in a wide context, James also provides new insights into the political, social, and economic history of modern Germany.

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