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The Making of Copernicus
The contributions to Making of Copernicus examine exemplarily how some of the Copernicus myths came about and if they could hold their ground or have vanished again. Are there links between a factual or postulated transformation of world images and the application of certain scientific metaphors, especially the metaphor of a revolution? Were there interactions and amalgamations of the literary and scientific enthronement, or outlawry of Copernicus and if so, how did they take place? On the other hand, are there repercussions of the scientific-historical reconstructions and hagiographies on the literary image of Copernicus as sketched by novelists even in the 20th century? The history of the reception of Copernicus shall not be dominantly dealt with from the point of view of a factual affirmation and rejection of the astronomer and his doctrine but rather as accomplishments of transformation respectively. Thus, the essays in this volume investigate transformations: methodological, institutional, textual, and visual transformations of the Copernican doctrine and the topical, rhetorical and literary transformations of the historical person of Copernicus respectively.
The Complete Knight's Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to give it its full name, owes its origins to the Pour le Merite (Blue Max), an imperial award dating back to 1740. The Complete Knight's Cross is the only book to tell the story of all 7,364 men who were awarded it (including all the disputed awards). The book has over 200 photos of holders of the medal and over 100 photos of their graves. Volume One deals with 1939-41 (numbers 1-1267) and is subtitled The Years of Victory. Volume Two deals with 1942-43 (numbers 1268-3685) and is subtitled The Years of Stalemate. Volume Three deals with 1944-45 (numbers 3686-7364) and is subtitled The Years of Defeat. The recipients are listed in the order of the date of award. Each entry starts with the recipients rank and name, followed by details of the action or actions for witch they were awarded it. Other interesting facts and stories are also included for many of them. Finally their burial locations, where known are given. Any higher awards (Oak Leaves, Swords, Diamonds and the ultimate Golden award) are also covered.
The Tragedy of Bleiburg and Viktring, 1945
The atrocities and mass murders committed by Josip Broz Tito's Partisan units of the Yugoslav Army immediately after the Second World War had no place in the conscience of Socialist Yugoslavia. More than once, the annual Croatian commemoration of the Bleiburg victims was subject to attacks carried out by the socialist Yugoslav state. Abroad in the West, on Austrian soil, the Yugoslav secret service (UDBA) did not shy away from murdering the protagonist of the Croatian memory culture, Nicola Martinovic, as late as 1975. The official history was aligned with a firm interpretational paradigm that called for a glorification of the anti-fascist "people's liberation resistance." With the breakup o...
Paragesellschaften
In politischen und medialen Debatten werden unter dem häufig stigmatisierend gebrauchten Schlagwort ‚Parallelgesellschaft‘ Fragen sozialer Homogenität und Heterogenität kontrovers diskutiert. Diesem reduktionistischen Gestus setzt der Band das offene Konzept der ‚Paragesellschaft‘ entgegen und ermöglicht dadurch eine differenzierte Annäherung an mediale Reflexionen des soziopolitischen und gesellschaftlichen Umgangs mit Diversität in verschiedenen Dispositiven der Gegenwart.
Who's who in the East
Includes names from the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia, and in Canada, from the Provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec; also includes the eastern half of Ontario and no longer includes West Virginia, 1994-.
La « Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes » dans la France du XIXe siècle
After the French Revolution, a choice had to be made between reaction and progressive development. Standing on the side of the Anciens were now the defenders of the Ancien Régime, who opposed the innovators and their innovations. The debate then spilled out into the literary field and became interdisciplinary, with consequences for historiography and the philosophical underpinnings of literary movements.
Slavs in Post-Nazi Austria
Robert Knight's book examines how the 60,000 strong Slovene community in the Austrian borderland province of Carinthia continued to suffer in the wake of Nazism's fall. It explores how and why Nazi values continued to be influential in a post-Nazi era in postwar Central Europe and provides valuable insights into the Cold War as a point of interaction of local, national and international politics. Though Austria was re-established in 1945 as Hitler's 'first victim', many Austrians continued to share principles which had underpinned the Third Reich. Long treated as both inferior and threatening prior to the rise of Hitler and then persecuted during his time in power, the Slovenes of Carinthia ...
Figuren der Endlichkeit in der Europäischen Romantik
Der Band untersucht Figuren der Endlichkeit in der europäischen Romantik. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass Figuren des Letzten – letzte Menschen (J.-B Grainville: Le dernier homme (1805); M. Shelley: The Last Man (1826)), letzte Dinge (I. Kant: Das Ende aller Dinge (1794) – in der Romantik ein spezifisches Endlichkeitsbewusstsein artikulieren. Die einsetzende romantische Reflexion der Endlichkeit, die sich synchron mit den zeitgenössischen Diskursen über die Begrenztheit von Ressourcen ausbildet, stellt dabei den Beginn einer genuin modernen Erfahrung dar. Die Verzeitlichung wird um 1800, so die Grundthese, vor allem verhandelt und reflektiert an poetologischen und philosophischen Figuren der Endlichkeit, des Letzten und des Verbrauchbaren. Indem der Band etwa das Fragment, die Ruine oder die „Denkmäler der alten Zeiten" (F. Schiller) als Figurationen einer Reflexion der Endlichkeit in den Blick nimmt, schärft und ergänzt er klassische Elemente der Epochenkonstruktion der Romantik, welche bislang vorwiegend mit Begriffen wie Entgrenzung, Potenzierung und Unendlichkeit oder mit einem Fokus auf Gegenwart, Jetztzeit und Augenblick in Verbindung gebracht wird.
Der lyrische Augenblick
Der Augenblick ist Ewigkeit. Goethes Satz formuliert den Anspruch und die Komplexität des Begriffs „Augenblick“. Seine lange Tradition hat ein Bedeutungsspektrum hervorgebracht, das so Unterschiedliches bezeichnet wie Ekstase, leere Gegenwart oder Epiphanie. Der Augenblick stellt eine Kristallisationsfigur dar, in der das Ganze auf dem Spiel steht: In der Gegenwart zu leben, verheißt die Möglichkeit eines glücklichen Lebens. Der göttliche Kairos muss wie die sprichwörtliche Gelegenheit beim Schopfe gepackt werden. Ein Ereignis kann wie ein Blitz einschlagen: Schöne Augenblicke ebenso wie traumatische Erlebnisse sind die Fixpunkte der persönlichen Existenz. Der Moment der göttlic...
