Sebastian Huber – författare

What does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers? In the light of postmodernism's programmatic critique of a humanist notion of the subject and an emphatic understanding of events, Subject of the Event shows that selected American novels after 2000 offer an alternative to the “death of the subject.” As the first book to comprehensively engage with Alain Badiou's writings outside of a philosophical context, Subject of the Event analyzes five critically acclaimed novels of the new millennium-Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), Jess Walter's The Zero (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski's Only Revolutions (2006), Paul Beatty's Slumberland (2008) and Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day (2006)-and argues that they create different 'subjects of the event' that are empowered with “reagency.” The “subject of the event” and its empowerment, what this book calls “reagency,” implies that subjects only evolve out of their confrontation with the revolutionary impetus that events propel. Unlike a humanist capability of having agency, reagency is defined as a repetitive subjective praxis that is contingent upon events, which is given a concrete literary form in the novels under investigation. Sebastian Huber explores how the American penchant for events (“new beginnings,” “clean slates,” “apocalypse”) is being critically dealt with in the novels at hand, while still offering an emphatic idea of singular disruptions that open up ways for subjects to affirm and become empowered by the new propositions of these happenings.

What does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers? In the light of postmodernism's programmatic critique of a humanist notion of the subject and an emphatic understanding of events, Subject of the Event shows that selected American novels after 2000 offer an alternative to the “death of the subject.” As the first book to comprehensively engage with Alain Badiou's writings outside of a philosophical context, Subject of the Event analyzes five critically acclaimed novels of the new millennium-Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), Jess Walter's The Zero (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski's Only Revolutions (2006), Paul Beatty's Slumberland (2008) and Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day (2006)-and argues that they create different 'subjects of the event' that are empowered with “reagency.” The “subject of the event” and its empowerment, what this book calls “reagency,” implies that subjects only evolve out of their confrontation with the revolutionary impetus that events propel. Unlike a humanist capability of having agency, reagency is defined as a repetitive subjective praxis that is contingent upon events, which is given a concrete literary form in the novels under investigation. Sebastian Huber explores how the American penchant for events (“new beginnings,” “clean slates,” “apocalypse”) is being critically dealt with in the novels at hand, while still offering an emphatic idea of singular disruptions that open up ways for subjects to affirm and become empowered by the new propositions of these happenings.

What does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers?In the light of postmodernism’s programmatic critique of a humanist notion of the subject and an emphatic understanding of events, Subject of the Event shows that selected American novels after 2000 offer an alternative to the “death of the subject.” As the first book to comprehensively engage with Alain Badiou’s writings outside of a philosophical context, Subject of the Event analyzes five critically acclaimed novels of the new millennium—Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006), Jess Walter’s The Zero (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions (2006), Paul Beatty’s Slumberland (2008) and Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day (2006)—and argues that they create different ‘subjects of the event’ that are empowered with “reagency.” The “subject of the event” and its empowerment, what this book calls “reagency,” implies that subjects only evolve out of their confrontation with the revolutionary impetus that events propel. Unlike a humanist capability of having agency, reagency is defined as a repetitive subjective praxis that is contingent upon events, which is given a concrete literary form in the novels under investigation. Sebastian Huber explores how the American penchant for events (“new beginnings,” “clean slates,” “apocalypse”) is being critically dealt with in the novels at hand, while still offering an emphatic idea of singular disruptions that open up ways for subjects to affirm and become empowered by the new propositions of these happenings.

What does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers?In the light of postmodernism’s programmatic critique of a humanist notion of the subject and an emphatic understanding of events, Subject of the Event shows that selected American novels after 2000 offer an alternative to the “death of the subject.” As the first book to comprehensively engage with Alain Badiou’s writings outside of a philosophical context, Subject of the Event analyzes five critically acclaimed novels of the new millennium—Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006), Jess Walter’s The Zero (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions (2006), Paul Beatty’s Slumberland (2008) and Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day (2006)—and argues that they create different ‘subjects of the event’ that are empowered with “reagency.” The “subject of the event” and its empowerment, what this book calls “reagency,” implies that subjects only evolve out of their confrontation with the revolutionary impetus that events propel. Unlike a humanist capability of having agency, reagency is defined as a repetitive subjective praxis that is contingent upon events, which is given a concrete literary form in the novels under investigation. Sebastian Huber explores how the American penchant for events (“new beginnings,” “clean slates,” “apocalypse”) is being critically dealt with in the novels at hand, while still offering an emphatic idea of singular disruptions that open up ways for subjects to affirm and become empowered by the new propositions of these happenings.

Aufgrund des Komplexitätsanstiegs von inner- und überbetrieblichen Geschäftsprozessen, die sich unter anderem in der zunehmenden Individualisierung und der Verkürzung von Produktlebenszyklen äußern, befinden sich Unternehmen in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Effizienz durch Standardisierung und nötiger Flexibilität. Sebastian Huber stellt hierfür einen ganzheitlichen Lösungsansatz zum Management von agilen Unternehmensarchitekturen und der Informationsvernetzung in dynamischen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken vor. Zusätzlich zeigt der Autor, wie der sog. Wissensarbeiter in schwachstrukturierte und wissensintensive Geschäftsprozesse organisatorisch und technisch mit einbezogen werden kann und wie entsprechende Kollaborationskonzepte auszugestalten sind. Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Promotionspreis der Hermann-Gutmann-Stiftung 2013 ausgezeichnet.

Aufgrund des Komplexitätsanstiegs von inner- und überbetrieblichen Geschäftsprozessen, die sich unter anderem in der zunehmenden Individualisierung und der Verkürzung von Produktlebenszyklen äußern, befinden sich Unternehmen in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen Effizienz durch Standardisierung und nötiger Flexibilität. Sebastian Huber stellt hierfür einen ganzheitlichen Lösungsansatz zum Management von agilen Unternehmensarchitekturen und der Informationsvernetzung in dynamischen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken vor. Zusätzlich zeigt der Autor, wie der sog. Wissensarbeiter in schwachstrukturierte und wissensintensive Geschäftsprozesse organisatorisch und technisch mit einbezogen werden kann und wie entsprechende Kollaborationskonzepte auszugestalten sind. Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Promotionspreis der Hermann-Gutmann-Stiftung 2013 ausgezeichnet.

Anonymität war gestern.Das Darknet gilt als Rückzugsort für Kriminelle – ein scheinbar undurchdringliches Netzwerk aus Tarnung, Verschlüsselung und pseudonymen Finanzflüssen. Doch die Zeiten unentdeckter Machenschaften im digitalen Untergrund sind vorbei. Denn ausgerechnet die Technologie, die das Darknet einst beflügelte – die Blockchain – wird nun zu seinem größten Gegner.In Das Darknet-Paradoxon zeigt Sebastian Huber fundiert und praxisnah, wie sich Ermittlungsbehörden die Transparenz der Blockchain zunutze machen, um illegale Bitcoin-Transaktionen aufzuspüren, Netzwerke offenzulegen und Straftäter zu identifizieren. An-hand realer Fallstudien, technischer Grundlagen und aktueller Forschung wird deutlich: Die digitale Kriminalität ist längst nicht mehr so unsichtbar, wie sie scheint.Ein aufrüttelndes Buch über die ambivalente Rolle von Kryptowährungen – und ein unverzichtbarer Leitfaden für alle, die das Spannungsfeld zwischen digitaler Freiheit, Da-tenschutz und öffentlicher Sicherheit verstehen wollen.