1st Edition
“Nazi Fantasy” Vilém Flusser and History as Site of Experiment
Introduction
1 Reality as a Possibility
Life as an Alternative
Reality as a Realization of Possibility: Models, Protocols, Designs, and Apparatuses
The “Apparatus” and the Logic of Freedom
Jewish Writings
2 The Human-Animal Interface as a Horizon of Interpretation
Biological Themes before Vampyroteuthis Infernalis
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis as a “Nazi Fantasy”
Experiments in Biological Reductionism
Excursus: The Science Fiction of Holocaust Survivors:
A Comparison with Stanislaw Lem
Vampyrotheutis Infernalis and the Question of Evil
3 The Rationality of Biology and the Stupidity of Nazism
The Apolitical Perspective
The Political Perspective
Conclusion
Biography
Amos Morris‑Reich is the Geza Roth Chair of Modern Jewish History and a professor in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University. His research intersects 19th‑ and 20th‑century Jewish and science and technology history.
