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This book bridges theoretical gaps that exist between the meta-concepts of memory, place and identity by positioning its lens on the emplaced practices of commemoration and the remembrance of war and conflict. This book examines how diverse publics relate to their wartime histories through engagements with everyday collective memories, in differing places. Specifically addressing questions of place-making, displacement and identity, contributions shed new light on the processes of commemoration of war in everyday urban façades and within generations of families and national communities. Contributions seek to clarify how we connect with memories and places of war and conflict. The spatial an...
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Mara Benjamin argues that Rosenzweig's reinvention of scripture illuminates the complex interactions between modern readers and ancient sacred texts.
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Dieses biographische Lexikon enthält 1300 kleinere Artikel zur Freundesliebe und mannmännlicher Sexualität im deutschen Sprachraum vom Hohen Mittelalter bis zur unmittelbaren Gegenwart. Es überrascht durch seine Fülle an umfassenden Informationen. Das Schwergewicht liegt auf dem 20. Jahrhundert, und berücksichtigt werden die jüngst verstorbenen Prominenten aus Kunst, Wissenschaft und Schwulenbewegung wie: Hans Mayer, Charles Regnier, Einar Schleef, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Hans-Georg Stümke, Rudolph Moshammer, Erich Lifka oder Friedhelm Mönter.
This up-to-date bibliography gathers materials on ten leaders from 20th century Europe. Access is provided via subject and author indexes. Contents: Charles DeGaulle; Winston Churchill; Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; General Francisco Franco; Adenauer Konrad; Margaret Thatcher; Helmut Kohl; Francois Mitterand; Josip Broz Tito.