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The Proletarian Dream
The proletariat never existed—but it had a profound effect on modern German culture and society. As the most radicalized part of the industrial working class, the proletariat embodied the critique of capitalism and the promise of socialism. But as a collective imaginary, the proletariat also inspired the fantasies, desires, and attachments necessary for transforming the working class into a historical subject and an emotional community. This book reconstructs this complicated and contradictory process through the countless treatises, essays, memoirs, novels, poems, songs, plays, paintings, photographs, and films produced in the name of the proletariat. The Proletarian Dream reads these for...
Feelings Materialized
Of the many innovative approaches to emerge during the twenty-first century, one of the most productive has been the interdisciplinary nexus of theories and methodologies broadly defined as “the study of emotions.” While this conceptual toolkit has generated significant insights, it has overwhelmingly focused on emotions as linguistic and semantic phenomena. This edited volume looks instead to the material aspects of emotion in German culture, encompassing the body, literature, photography, aesthetics, and a variety of other themes.
Towards the Control of Oil Resources in the Caspian Region
This makes the Caspian region one of the most important geo-political areas in the post-Cold War era." "This introductory book is written to meet the needs of undergraduate students interested in post-Soviet politics in Central Asia and Caucasus and is suitable for the general public interested in the contemporary politics of this area."--Jacket.
When I in Awesome Wonder
All of life is liturgy. People encounter God as they live, work, and play in human communities and as they work to sustain the health of communities and the ground on which communities are built. Liturgy is distilled from everyday life when we peer through the mist and see the sacramental and spiritual dimensions of daily actions, objects, conversations, and events. In When I in Awesome Wonder, Jill Y. Crainshaw explores this dimension of spirituality and celebrates the ways God's sacramental gifts and presence arise from and return to everyday human experiences.
Nationalism and Populism
Nationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union were supposed to become more important in international relations. But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early 21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more and more votes in elections that are often characterized by nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who...
Karl Straube (1873-1950)
The first thorough examination of the most renowned and influential organist in early twentieth-century Germany and of his complex relationship to his country's tumultuous and shifting sociopolitical landscape.In the course of a multifaceted career, Karl Straube (1873-1950) rose to positions of immense cultural authority in a German musical world caught in unprecedented artistic and sociopolitical upheaval. Son of a German harmonium-builder and an intellectually inclined English mother, Straube established himself as Germany's iconic organ virtuoso by the turn of the century. His upbringing in Bismarck's Berlin encouraged him to develop intensive interests in world history and politics. He q...
Musik & Gewalt
Musik und Gewalt stehen in vielfältigen Bezügen zueinander. Viele Jugendliche konfrontieren sich selbst jeden Tag mit Gewalt, indem sie Musik mit gewaltassoziierten Inhalten hören. Dabei kann es um Rassismus, Sexismus und andere Formen von Diskriminierungen sowie auch um Rechtsextremismus gehen. In diesem Buch werden verschiedene Facetten dieses Rezeptionsverhaltens behandelt: Wie gehen Jugendliche mit gewaltbezogener Musik um? Ist das Hören von Musikformen wie Gangsta- oder PornoRap Anzeichen für eine Verrohung Jugendlicher oder nur Ausdruck eines entwicklungsbedingten Durchgangsstadiums? Bringen explizite Geschlechterkonstellationen in Musikvideos bereits Formen von Gewalt zum Ausdruck? Welche Wirkung kann rechtsextreme Musik haben und wie wird sie rezipiert? Wie ist die Relevanz von gewaltassoziierten Texten beim Hören von Musik einzuschätzen? Welche Zusammenhänge zwischen Musik und Gewalt werden in musikalischen Jugendkulturen, z.B. der Black-Metal- und Skinheadszene, hergestellt? Das Buch stellt damit auch die Frage in den Raum, ob der Konsum von "Gewaltmusik" ein Indikator für eine erhöhte Gewaltbereitschaft sein kann.
