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The Invisible Scissors
Introduction -- The meanings of censorship -- The origins and evolution of media freedom in Switzerland -- Media and democracy today -- International obligations and the freedom of the media in Switzerland -- National standards -- The secretiveness of the military -- Media organisations and journalists' associations -- Education and training in journalism -- Print media -- Radio and television -- The Internet: progressing by fits and starts -- The power of advertising -- Playing with the truth -- Self-censorship and blind obedience -- The failure of media journalism -- Conclusion.
Schweiz und Der Zweite Weltkrieg
This collection of essays sheds light on the history of Switzerland during World War II, covering such topics as: trade; financial relations; gold; refugees; defence; and foreign relations. It also touches on official post-war measures to suppress Switzerland's involvement in the war.
The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe
Comparative case studies of how memories of World War II have been constructed and revised in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, and the USSR (Russia).
German Resistance to Hitler
Hoffmann examines the growing recognition by some Germans in the 1930s of the malign nature of the Nazi regime, the ways in which these people became involved in the resistance, and the views of those who staked their lives in the struggle against tyranny and murder.
Elisabeth Kopp
Die Kopps. Kein Ehepaar hat die Schweizer Öffentlichkeit stärker elektrisiert als Elisabeth und Hans W. Kopp. Sie waren Kinder des Kalten Krieges und lebenslänglich ein Liebespaar. Sie stiegen auf in die höchsten beruflichen und gesellschaftlichen Sphären des Landes. Zwei Leben, ein Schicksal. Sie: nach der Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts erste Gemeindepräsidentin der Deutschschweiz, erste Bundesrätin der Schweiz. Er: Wanderer zwischen den Welten, Starwirtschaftsanwalt, Universitätsdozent, Oberst im Generalstab, 'Medienpapst', Sachbuch- und Belletristikautor. Dann, am 27. Oktober 1988, ein verhängnisvolles Telefonat zwischen den beiden Ehepartnern. Der Sturz. Die gesellschaftliche Vernichtung. Zusammen blieben sie trotzdem.
Liebe und Zorn
Summary: Der Band umfasst Aufsätze zu Buchkultur, Literatur und kultureller Öffentlichkeit St. Gallens. Von Buchgestaltung und Schriftgestaltung ist die Rede; nach Liebe und Zorn als Thema von Literatur und als Reaktion auf Literatur wird gefragt, von der mittelalterlichen Chronik bis zur kritischen Reportage, von der Heiligenvita bis zum Liebesroman, von der lyrischen Liebeserklärung bis zum bissigen Comic.
Becoming Foucault
Though Michel Foucault is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, little is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this period, preferring instead to start the story when the future philosopher arrives in Paris. Becoming Foucault is a historical reconstruction of the world in which Foucault grew up: the small city of Poitiers, France, from the 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Beyond exploring previously unexamined aspects of Foucault’s childhood, including his wartime ordeals, it proposes an original interpretation of Foucault’s oeuvre. Michael Behrent argues that Foucault, in addition to being a theorist of power, knowle...
The Text and Its Context
This Festschrift for Ronald Speirs, Professor of German at the University of Birmingham, contains twenty-four original essays by scholars from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and Norway. Between them they encompass the entire modern period from the later eighteenth century onwards, and focus on a wide range of German-speaking environments. Several essays throw new light on authors to whom Professor Speirs himself has devoted particular attention (such as Brecht, Thomas Mann, Nietzsche, and Fontane), whilst others discuss writers such as Lenz, Büchner, Böhlau, C. F. Meyer, Keyserling, Jahnn, and Huch. Above all, however, the contributions address the complexities of writing in ideologically diverse contexts, including the Third Reich and the former German Democratic Republic. This interplay between text and context is the cornerstone which links all the essays, as it has consistently informed Ronald Speirs's own work - which combines a scrupulous attention to textual detail with an acute awareness of the socio-political milieux and philosophical influences that shape creative literature.
Resurrecting the First Great American Play
In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (also spelled Ponteach) led an intertribal confederacy that resisted British power in the Great Lakes region. This event was immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America: A Tragedy, attributed to the infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers. Never performed, it is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms of the Young Republic.
