englischWith the ‘Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr nebst fragmentarischer Biographie des Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler in zufälligen Makulaturblättern’ (1819/1921), E.T.A. Hoffmann, the author, composer, illustrator and legal scholar, created a piece of writing that can be considered one of the [...]

englischGarbage has completely different semantics in a museum showcase than in a forest or a landfill site. Likewise, the proximity of figures to garbage has an essential social and aesthetic impact on them. Therefore, this study focuses on the spatial and figurative effects that are always [...]

englischSince 1950, the consequences of increasing the human impact on the Earth have become more and more evident, forcing literature to confront potential future catastrophes. Nowhere else is the catastrophic future of the ›Age of Humans‹, the so-called Anthropocene, imagined and narrated as [...]

englischUnder the impact of the First World War, waiting had replaced fighting in an emphatic sense, had become a generational experience both in the field and at home, and had been transformed into a form of heroism involving perseverance and endurance. The accent had shifted away from heroism as [...]

Die Frage ›Was ist der Mensch?‹ verbindet und konstituiert Walter Benjamins diverse Projekte. Allerdings bilden seine verstreuten und oftmals elliptischen Bemerkungen zur Anthropologie keinen zusammenhängenden Kommentar, keine in sich geschlossene Theorie oder Methode. Sie stehen vielmehr fast immer [...]