Silke Heiss (Give Your Writing The Edge)
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View Rights PortalGelobtes Land, die dystopische Climate Fiction Trilogie: Mit CO2 verbindet man den Klimawandel, schmelzende Gletscher und Überflutungen. Mittlerweile ist der Klimawandel auch in der Literatur angekommen. „Climate Fiction“ oder „Cli-fi“ lautet das Stichwort, das zuletzt verstärkt in den Feuilletons auftauchte. Die deutsche Autorin Christine Heimannsberg präsentiert mit ihrer Debüt-Trilogie „Gelobtes Land“ eine ungewöhnliche, spannende Dystopie, die ökologische wie humanistische Themen geschickt im neuen Genre zusammenführt.
View Rights PortalNach Ereignissen wie dem Mord an Walter Lübcke, dem Anschlag in Halle oder den rassistischen Morden in Hanau im Februar 2020 wird regelmäßig darüber diskutiert, inwiefern es sich um isolierte Einzeltäter handelt oder ob ein Zusammenhang zu bestimmten Parteien und Ideologien besteht. Der renommierte Rechtsextremismusforscher Wilhelm Heitmeyer hat dazu bereits 2012 das Modell eines konzentrischen Eskalationskontinuums präsentiert: ganz außen stehen menschenfeindliche Einstellungen in der Bevölkerung, im Zentrum terroristische Zellen, dazwischen organisierte Akteure, »Vordenker«, systemfeindliche Milieus und Unterstützernetzwerke. Die Gewaltbereitschaft nimmt von außen nach innen zu, die jeweils äußere Schicht liefert ihrer inneren Nachbarin Legitimation. In dieser hochaktuellen Studie zeigt Wilhelm Heitmeyer zusammen mit Peter Sitzer und Manuela Freiheit u. a. am Beispiel der Ausschreitungen in Chemnitz im August 2018, wie sich innerhalb dieses Kontinuums Allianzen herausbilden und wie diese die offene Gesellschaft immer stärker bedrohen.
This book examines the distinctive aspects that insiders and outsiders perceived as characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic identities in New Zealand. When, how, and why did Irish and Scots identify themselves and others in ethnic terms? What characteristics did the Irish and the Scots attribute to themselves and what traits did others assign to them? Did these traits change over time and if so how? Contemporary interest surrounding issues of ethnic identities is vibrant. In countries such as New Zealand, descendants of European settlers are seeking their ethnic origins, spurred on in part by factors such as an ongoing interest in indigenous genealogies, the burgeoning appeal of family history societies, and the booming financial benefits of marketing ethnicities abroad. This fascinating book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of empire and the construction of identity in settler communities, as well as those interested in the history of New Zealand.
Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies. ;
Dieter M. Gräf, geboren 1960 in Ludwigshafen/Rhein, lebt seit 1991 als Schriftsteller in Köln, und an Orten seiner Projekte. Intermediale Kooperationen, zuletzt Tussirecherche (2000), Rauminstallation + Katalog (zusammen mit Margret Eicher). Seit 1996 Mitglied im P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland.