Recently added articles from The Germanic Review:
Invisible person: Schmitt and the master trope of power.(Carl Schmitt)(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: Taking Schmitt's famous dictum that "all significant concepts of the theory of the modern state are secularized theological concepts" as its starting point, this article serves as a critique of Schmitt's concept of secularization via a reflection on paternity as the master ...
Sacrifice as political representation in Bertolt Brecht's Lehrstucke.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT: In pursuing the goal of a political theater, Bertolt Brecht's Lehrstucke such as Der Jasager and Der Neinsager neither efface nor exalt the individual, but provide insight into how the representational aspect of political power in the modern world is linked to the individual's ...
A monument under lock and key: seeking Germany's colonial lieux de memoire.(Briefly Noted)
Jun 22, 2009; ... I was in Paris during the spring of 2007 when I came across an article about the reinstallation in Hamburg of a pair of massive terracotta relief sculptures of African "Askari" soldiers. These sculptures were the work of the colonial artist Walter von Ruckteschell. I had seen ...
Christina von Braun und Bettina Mathes. Verschleierte Wirklichkeit: Die Frau, der Islam und der Westen.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Christina von Braun und Bettina Mathes. Verschleierte Wirklichkeit: Die Frau, der Islam und der Westen. Berlin: Aufbau, 2007. S. 476. Das Titelbild dieser kulturgeschichtlichen Studie zur west-ostlichen Geschlechterordnung zeigt eine dem Betrachter ...
Edward Larkey. Rotes Rockradio. Populare Musik und die Kommerzialisierung des DDR-Rundfunks.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Edward Larkey. Rotes Rockradio. Populare Musik und die Kommerzialisierung des DDR-Rundfunks. Munster: LIT, 2007. Pp. 372. The Communist regime in East Germany enjoyed a notoriously troubled relationship with popular music. Almost from its inception in ...