Edinburgh German Yearbook 7

Name: Edinburgh German Yearbook 7
Brand: Camden House
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There has been an "ethical turn" in the literature, culture, and theory of recent years. Questions of morality are urgent at a time of increasing global insecurities. Yet it is becoming ever more difficult to make ethical judgments in multicultural, relativist societies. The European economic meltdown has raised further ethical difficulties, widening the gap between rich and poor. Such divisions and difficulties heighten the widespread fear of "the other" in its various manifestations. And in the German context especially, the past and its representation offer ongoing moral challenges.
These ethical concerns have found their way into recent German-language literature and culture in texts that deal with history and memory (Timm, Petzold, Schoch, Strubel); materiality (Krauß, Overath); gender (Berg, Schneider); age and generation (Moster, Pehnt, Schalansky); religion, especially Islam (Senocak, Kermani, Ruete); and nomadism (Tawada). The relationship between self and other; the connection between particular and general; the personal and political consequences of individuals' actions; and the potential, and danger, of representation itself are issues that are vital to the shaping of our future ethical landscapes, as this volume demonstrates.
CONTRIBUTORS: Monika Albrecht, Angelika Baier, David N. Coury, Anna Ertel & Tilmann Köppe, Emily Jeremiah, Alasdair King, Frauke Matthes, Aine McMurtry, Gillian Pye, Kate Roy.
EMILY JEREMIAH is Senior Lecturer in German at Royal Holloway, University of London. FRAUKE MATTHES is Lecturer in German at the University of Edinburgh.

Product details

Number of Pages:

184

Release Date:

2013-11-01

Publication Date:

2013-11-01

Publisher:

Camden House

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

1571135502

ISBN13:

9781571135506

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

426 g

Height:

157 cm

Width:

235 cm

Thickness:

15 cm

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