Contributions
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Politische Ideengeschichte und politische Hegemonie. Anmerkungen zum ‚Battle of the Books‘ an den amerikanischen Colleges
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„Sascha, ich würde Dir gern glauben, aber versteh auch Du mich …“. Breschnew, Dubček und die Frage von Kadern und Vertrauen im Konflikt um den Prager Frühling 1968
This article focuses on the question, which kind of diplomacy we have to deal with within the Warsaw pact states. Taking the invasion in Czechoslovakia in 1968 as an example, three theses are discussed: (1)…
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Les frontières du dicible. Du dialogue au silence: Les relations d’Andrej Saharov avec Hrušcev et Brežnev.
This article describes the historical context that was decisive in Saharov’s commitment to warning party leaders of the dangers of the H-bomb and calling on them to respect human rights. He also attempts to explore…
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Krisenanalyse und radikale Theorie der Demokratie.
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Widerspruch als Erzählprinzip in der Vormoderne? Eine Projektskizze
In premodern narratives contradictions are omnipresent – conflicting concepts, logical inconsistencies, acts of objection. In a narratological perspective ›contradiction‹ – conflicts of incompatible knowledges and narrative patterns; inconsistencies in or between speech (by narrator or…
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Erzählen in transkultureller Perspektive. Zur Poetologie der Widersprüche in der europäischen Heldendichtung
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Antagonismus und Antagonismen. Hegemonietheoretische Aufklärung
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Discourse Analysis as Critique
This paper intervenes in the discussion about the relationship between discourse analysis and critique. It argues that this relationship can be understood either as an external or as an integrated relationship. In an external relationship,…
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“Wildekeit” und Widerspruch. Poetik der Diskrepanz bei Konrad von Würzburg
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Antagonisten im höfischen Roman? Eine Skizze
This contribution (re-)examines the description and multiple functions of selected antagonists in courtly romance around 1200. Excepting romance of antiquity, one rarely encounters equal opponents who represent a contrary system of values and continue to…
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Erzähllogiken transnational. Narratologische Aspekte der Rezeption französischer Heldenepik in frühneuhochdeutscher ProsaErzähllogiken transnational
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Widersprüche in heldenepischem Erzählen
This article (re-)examines (marked) inconsistencies and incompatibilities in Middle High German heroic epic. Those contradictions may result from oral tradition, from the difficulties of transfering oral narratives into literacy, from the conditions of performing from…
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Knowledges and Contradictions in Premodern Narratives.
Contradiction is not just a (post-)modern phenomenon. In premodern narratives, conflicting concepts and logical inconsistencies are omnipresent. This paper focuses on contradictions interdependent with knowledge: Traditional narratives may aggregate different versions of matters rooted in…
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Rethinking Drug Design in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly being applied in drug discovery. While some protagonists point to vast opportunities potentially offered by such tools, others remain sceptical, waiting for a clear impact to be shown in…
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(In)Visible and (Un)Homely. Underground Infrastructures as Spaces of Dissension
Carving out the paradoxes of underground urban infrastructure, this paper attempts to establish a dialog between infrastructure studies, on the one hand, and Contradiction Studies, on the other hand. It starts from the premise that…
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Einleitung. Was ist eine widersprüchliche Figur?
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Herrschaft und Macht im Widerspruch. Problematische Könige im ›Nibelungenlied‹
Using the examples of Gunther, Siegfried, Dietrich of Bern and Etzel in the ‘Nibelungenlied’, the lecture examines contradictions between royal rank and actual power to act, between the actions of rulers and the discourse of…
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Idealisierung und Widerspruch. Zur Figurenkonstitution von Rudolfs von Ems Alexander.
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Begriffsgeschichte und Einzelwissenschaften
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Marginalisierung in der Marginalität? Ein Blick auf digitale Räume anhand sprachlicher Konstruktion von randständigen Positionen im Kontext von Asexualität
This article discusses marginalisation in internet forums and blogging platforms using the example of asexuality blogs and discussion threads. While large corpora of both English and German, such as COCA and DeReKo, contain hardly any…
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