Contributions
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Multidirektionale Lexik in der Diskursgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts
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Making a Theme Audible. Imparting Non-Discursive Knowledge in Natural Philosophy by Means of Poetry and Aphorism
This paper is about poetry as a vehicle for imparting knowledge in natural philosophy. It discusses the epistemological and cultural background against which early Greek thinkers such as Parmenides and Empedocles composed in verse, and…
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How to Shape Black Diasporic Identity in France by Reading (About) Literature
This article gives an overview of francophone African diasporic websites such as Africultures.com, africavivre.com and other digital magazines, networks and blogs that are present on different platforms. Taking recent novels, texts of liter- ary criticism,…
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Kriemhild im 21. Jahrhundert. Variationen über eine widersprüchliche Figur
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Philosophische Zeitfragen. Weshalb wir mit Zeit taktvoll umgehen sollten
Zeit spielt eine grundlegende Rolle im menschlichen Leben. Zu bestimmen, was ihr Wesen ausmacht, ist bekanntermassen nicht einfach – und ist vielleicht auch nicht die philosophisch interessanteste Herausforderung. Wichtiger scheint es, verschiedene Lebensbereiche zunächst auf…
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Schichten von Geschichte in aktueller Nibelungenrezeption
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Radikale Demokratietheorie als Gesellschaftstheorie
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Natalja Gorbanewskaja. Graphic Novel
“She was a poet as great as Joseph Brodsky and a human rights activist as fearless as Andrei Sakharov. Unlike Brodsky, however, she did not receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, and unlike Sakharov, she…
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Can a Finite Chain of Hydrogen Cyanide Molecules Model a Crystal?
When calculating structural or spectroscopic properties of molecular crystals, the question arises whether it is sufficient to simulate only a single molecule or a small molecular cluster or whether the simulation of the entire crystal…
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State of the Planet. Homi Bhabha and Namwali Serpell in Conversation
After explaining the rationale for bringing the author of The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell, and critical theorist Homi Bhabha into conversation, this interview with both of them explores some of the key themes of Serpell’s…
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Paradoxien beim Hören
Dealing with auditory oddities and ambiguities is not only entertaining, it is also an important driver for basic auditory research. The same acoustic stimulus can actually be perceived in different ways. We not only hear…
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Neues Wahrnehmen
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Melancholy Objects Remixed. A Multimodal Counterstatement on Photography in Urban Linguistics
The chapter discusses the use of photographs in research on Linguistic Landscape. Based on the observation of a widespread use of photographic documentation, the status of photographs is critically reflected. The focus lies on a…
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Introduction. Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift: Disruption
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Mimikry der Marginalität
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Wir wollen nicht mitreden, sondern eine andere Sprache. Sprachideologische Positionierung im Diskurs der Identitären Bewegung
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Geschichtsdenken in historischen Romanen über die Vormoderne
In the face of growing populism and right-wing radicalism, the fight against historical forgetfulness in thought and action is once again highly topical. At first glance, however, historical forgetfulness – at least in relation to…
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Religion im kolonialen Archiv
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Realismus, Groteske, Ethik des Überlebens in der aktuellen haitianischen gesellschaftskritischen Literatur am Beispiel von Kettly Pierre Mars
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Das Politische und die Option auf Herrschaftskritik, oder: Populismus