MICHAEL REICH’S ATLAS OF MOVEMENTS OF THOUGHT
Explore language.
Set thought in motion.
A reference work with examples and thinking exercises. Discover how linguistic forms can direct our attention — and investigate a question of your own.
1393 concepts · German & English
FROM THE ATELIER DER RESONANZENTwo positions confront one another.
Which possibilities for conversation open up?
THE ATLAS APPROACH
What is a movement of thought?
In the Atlas, a movement of thought is a step you can follow when working through a question: making a distinction, changing perspective, testing a connection or questioning an assumption. Linguistic forms make these steps visible and open to exploration.
Michael Reich’s Atlas connects concepts, examples and explained relationships in an approach to research and exploration. The movements of thought form a working model. Its interpretations can be examined through sources, counterexamples and explicitly stated limits.
Where does your curiosity begin?
What begins to resonate?
A connection becomes personally meaningful when it encounters your experience: in recognition, a new question, or disagreement. The Atlas offers paths; your response remains your own.
Continue into the Atelier ↗Microatlas Emergence
How does something new arise between things? Travel through one hundred stations or read the landscape across ten connecting axes.
CITABLE CONCEPTS
Enter the Atlas through its concepts
Permanent concept pages connect definitions, examples, sources and related ideas. Start with a curated subject path, compare several concepts or open the complete index.
Read the foundations: concept, application and selection →Compare concepts ↗Follow ways of thinking ↗Create and share a reading path ↗Open your personal workbook ↗All citable concepts ↗