Alexander Friedrich
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Friedrich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Friedrich |
| SIGNATURE | FRIEDRICH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2807-7638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kälte. Von einem Grenzphänomen des Lebens zu einer kulturellen Grundbedingung
Coldness is integral to modernity—our reality is based on its control. The quest to conquer extreme cold spurred the polar expeditions and the scientific race to absolute zero; with cryotechnology, cold became a fundamental cultural condition. Modern cryogenic cultures have gained the power to profoundly manipulate the temporality of life. However, since this power comes at the expense of those who suffer most from global warming, our cultural re…
Unter dem Ideenkleid
This paper reads Blumenberg’s posthumously published study Die nackte Wahrheit as a book left unfinished because a major, if not central, chapter was still pending: a chapter on Husserl’s metaphor of a dress of ideas (“Ideenkleid”) that veils the lifeworld. Arguing that Blumenberg aimed at a phenomenological foundation for his metaphorology based on his critique and inversion of the Husserlian concept of lifeworld, the article reveals resulting t…
A cold yield. Cryopreserved oocytes of “social freezing” customers as potential option values for biomedical research
While the demand for “social freezing” services has increased significantly in recent years, the number of cryopreserved eggs that are actually being used in treatment remains very low, so far. Both tendencies indicate a continuously growing stock of unused oocytes. In this article, I discuss the possibility that the growing stock could be co-opted to solve the problem of egg procurement especially for biomedical research. As a consequence, the s…
Regimes of freshness
Today, it seems that nearly every aspect of life is affected by cryogenic techniques: we cool our food, environments, drugs, organs, eggs, milk, semen, tissue, blood and much more. Our central argument is that these developments lead to the formation of a new form of life, which in many ways is the antipode of what Agamben calls bare life. In analyzing the emergence of cryogenic culture from a biopower point of view, this study offers a new persp…
Die novellierte Debt Governance für Banken in der Europäischen Union
Das europäische Bankenabwicklungsrecht zielt darauf, den Marktaustritt von Banken unabhängig von deren Größe und Vernetzung zu ermöglichen. Die Zuweisung von Verlusten an Anteilseigner und Gläubiger soll eine Abwicklungsfinanzierung aus öffentlichen Mitteln vermeiden und der Entstehung von Fehlanreizen zu übermäßiger Risikobereitschaft vorbeugen. Alexander Friedrich unterzieht diese regulatorische Neuerung einer Wirkungsanalyse und untersucht, ob…
Arbeit und Spiel
Arbeit und Spiel sind nicht erst in der Gegenwart semantisch aneinandergerckt und knnen sich nun begrifflich berlappen. Im Gegensatz zu einem begriffshistorisch sensiblen Vorgehen wird im Aufsatz eine analytische Perspektive auf das Begriffspaar von einem dritten Begriff -Technik -entfaltet. Mit einem spezifischen Technikbegriff
Metaphorologie der Vernetzung
Vernetzung gilt als Los und Losung unserer Zeit. Vor allem jedoch ist sie eines: kulturelle Leitmetapher. Was aber macht eine Metapher zu einer kulturellen Leitmetapher? Um anhand der Netzmetaphorik eine Antwort auf diese Frage zu finden, entwirft die Studie ein Metaphern-Modell, das einerseits den metaphorologischen Komplikationen des Gegenstands und andererseits der phänomenalen Vielfalt seiner historischen Zeugnisse gerecht wird. Von der Antik…
Frischeregime Biopolitik im Zeitalter der kryogenen Kultur
Feeding people means producing population. Biotechnology, encompassing food production as well as assisted reproductive technology (ART), currently emerges as a most important apparatus (dispositif) of governing populations. It should be understood as a means of “biopower” because it not only contributes to reproducing life but also helps to improve and preserve it. Highly depending on refrigeration, modern biopower invents a new type of life, wh…
Regimes of freshness
Today, it seems that nearly every aspect of life is affected by cryogenic techniques: we cool our food, environments, drugs, organs, eggs, milk, semen, tissue, blood and much more. Our central argument is that these developments lead to the formation of a new form of life, which in many ways is the antipode of what Agamben calls bare life. In analyzing the emergence of cryogenic culture from a biopower point of view, this study offers a new persp…
Frischeregime Biopolitik im Zeitalter der kryogenen Kultur
Feeding people means producing population. Biotechnology, encompassing food production as well as assisted reproductive technology (ART), currently emerges as a most important apparatus (dispositif) of governing populations. It should be understood as a means of “biopower” because it not only contributes to reproducing life but also helps to improve and preserve it. Highly depending on refrigeration, modern biopower invents a new type of life, wh…
Frischeregime Biopolitik im Zeitalter der kryogenen Kultur
Feeding people means producing population. Biotechnology, encompassing food production as well as assisted reproductive technology (ART), currently emerges as a most important apparatus (dispositif) of governing populations. It should be understood as a means of “biopower” because it not only contributes to reproducing life but also helps to improve and preserve it. Highly depending on refrigeration, modern biopower invents a new type of life, wh…
Metaphorologie der Vernetzung
Vernetzung gilt als Los und Losung unserer Zeit. Vor allem jedoch ist sie eines: kulturelle Leitmetapher. Was aber macht eine Metapher zu einer kulturellen Leitmetapher? Um anhand der Netzmetaphorik eine Antwort auf diese Frage zu finden, entwirft die Studie ein Metaphern-Modell, das einerseits den metaphorologischen Komplikationen des Gegenstands und andererseits der phänomenalen Vielfalt seiner historischen Zeugnisse gerecht wird. Von der Antik…
Arbeit und Spiel
Arbeit und Spiel sind nicht erst in der Gegenwart semantisch aneinandergerckt und knnen sich nun begrifflich berlappen. Im Gegensatz zu einem begriffshistorisch sensiblen Vorgehen wird im Aufsatz eine analytische Perspektive auf das Begriffspaar von einem dritten Begriff -Technik -entfaltet. Mit einem spezifischen Technikbegriff
Die novellierte Debt Governance für Banken in der Europäischen Union
Das europäische Bankenabwicklungsrecht zielt darauf, den Marktaustritt von Banken unabhängig von deren Größe und Vernetzung zu ermöglichen. Die Zuweisung von Verlusten an Anteilseigner und Gläubiger soll eine Abwicklungsfinanzierung aus öffentlichen Mitteln vermeiden und der Entstehung von Fehlanreizen zu übermäßiger Risikobereitschaft vorbeugen. Alexander Friedrich unterzieht diese regulatorische Neuerung einer Wirkungsanalyse und untersucht, ob…
A cold yield. Cryopreserved oocytes of “social freezing” customers as potential option values for biomedical research
While the demand for “social freezing” services has increased significantly in recent years, the number of cryopreserved eggs that are actually being used in treatment remains very low, so far. Both tendencies indicate a continuously growing stock of unused oocytes. In this article, I discuss the possibility that the growing stock could be co-opted to solve the problem of egg procurement especially for biomedical research. As a consequence, the s…
Regimes of freshness
Today, it seems that nearly every aspect of life is affected by cryogenic techniques: we cool our food, environments, drugs, organs, eggs, milk, semen, tissue, blood and much more. Our central argument is that these developments lead to the formation of a new form of life, which in many ways is the antipode of what Agamben calls bare life. In analyzing the emergence of cryogenic culture from a biopower point of view, this study offers a new persp…
Kälte. Von einem Grenzphänomen des Lebens zu einer kulturellen Grundbedingung
Coldness is integral to modernity—our reality is based on its control. The quest to conquer extreme cold spurred the polar expeditions and the scientific race to absolute zero; with cryotechnology, cold became a fundamental cultural condition. Modern cryogenic cultures have gained the power to profoundly manipulate the temporality of life. However, since this power comes at the expense of those who suffer most from global warming, our cultural re…
Unter dem Ideenkleid
This paper reads Blumenberg’s posthumously published study Die nackte Wahrheit as a book left unfinished because a major, if not central, chapter was still pending: a chapter on Husserl’s metaphor of a dress of ideas (“Ideenkleid”) that veils the lifeworld. Arguing that Blumenberg aimed at a phenomenological foundation for his metaphorology based on his critique and inversion of the Husserlian concept of lifeworld, the article reveals resulting t…
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