englischHow does literature think about lived time? One of the central patterns of making sense of lived (and narrated) time is the category of fate, which has an ambiguous connection to the concept of chance. In contemporary literature, fate only seems to have become obsolete. Instead, the emphasis [...]

englischFor decades, the Maoist New People's Army in the Philippines has been fighting exploitation and poverty. In the 1980s, several Catholic priests joined and shaped it. One faction pursued national revolution, while another emphasized the preservation of indigenous culture. Conrado Balweg [...]

englischIs it possible to know whether a historic structure was built to be let or for use by the owners? Which sources offer information about the residents of a house? Was there such a thing as tenancy law in the past? When did the idea of a rented flat as we know it today come about?

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Im zeitkritischen Diskurs der Zwischenkriegsjahre wird eine Bindungssemantik entwickelt, die allen voran mit der Negation von Bindung, also einem Zustand der Bindungslosigkeit, einen begrifflichen Rahmen zur Beschreibung der eigenen Gegenwart schafft. Neusachliche Schriftsteller:innen nehmen den [...]

englischThe Florentine poet Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974), still little known in Germany, was, together with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, one of the main exponents of Italian Futurism. He stood for a non-bellicistic variety of Futurism, which mainly referred to Nietzsche’s theory of humor as a medium [...]

Die Studie fokussiert Texte, die häufig unter den aus Wertungshandlungen entstandenen Termini ‚Unsinns-‘ und ‚Nonsenspoesie‘ rubriziert werden, und problematisiert die damit verbundene Tendenz zur Homogenisierung literarischer Artefakte, die zwar similäre ästhetische Verfahren erkennen lassen, aber [...]