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October 1978Der Unerbittlichkeitsstil
Rede zum 100. Geburtstag von Robert Walser
by Martin Walser
Martin Walser wurde am 24. März 1927 in Wasserburg am Bodensee geboren. Nach seinem Arbeitsdienst erlebte er das Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges von 1944 bis 1945 als Soldat der Wehrmacht. Nach Kriegsende machte er 1946 in Lindau am Bodensee-Gymnasium das Abitur und studierte an den Universitäten Regensburg und Tübingen Literaturwissenschaft, Geschichte und Philosophie. Mit einer Dissertation zu Franz Kafka wurde er 1951 in Tübingen promoviert. Von 1949 bis 57 arbeitete er beim Süddeutschen Rundfunk. In dieser Zeit unternahm er Reisen für Funk und Fernsehen nach Italien, Frankreich, England, CSSR und Polen und schrieb erste Hörspiele.1950 heiratete er Katharina Neuner-Jehle. Aus dieser Ehe gingen die Töchter Franziska, Alissa, Johanna und Theresia hervor. Seit 1953 wurde Walser regelmäßig zu den Tagungen der Gruppe 47 eingeladen, die ihn 1955 für die Erzählung Templones Ende auszeichnete. Sein erster Roman Ehen in Philippsburg erschien 1957 und wurde ein großer Erfolg. Walser lebte von da an mit seiner Familie als freier Schriftsteller erst in Friedrichshafen und dann in Nußdorf am Bodensee.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Michael Winterbottom
by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2005Graham Swift
by Daniel Lea, Susan Williams
This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Through detailed readings of his novels and short stories from 'The Sweet Shop Owner' (1980) to 'The Light of Day' (2003), Daniel Lea lucidly addresses the key themes of history, loss, masculinity and ethical redemption, to present a fresh approach to Swift. This study proposes that one of the side-effects of modernity has been the destruction of traditional pathways of self and collective belief, leading to a loss of understanding between individuals about their duties to each other and to society. Swift's writing returns repeatedly to the question of what we can believe in when all the established markers of identity - family, community, gender, profession, history - have become destabilised. Lea suggests that Swift increasingly moves towards a notion of redemption through a lived ethical practice as the only means of finding solace in a world lacking a central symbolic authority. ;
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November 1988Die politische Ontologie Martin Heideggers
by Pierre Bourdieu, Bernd Schwibs
Über das Verhältnis Martin Heideggers und dessen Philosophie zum Nationalsozialismus ist viel diskutiert worden. Das vorliegende Buch von Pierre Bourdieu ist ein Beitrag zu dieser Debatte – jedoch nicht durch den Nachweis philosophieexterner Bezüge zwischen NS-Politik und den Handlungen dieses Philosophen. Bourdieu geht es vielmehr um die Rekonstruktion sowohl der verschiedenen Varianten der Weltanschauung der »konservativen Revolutionäre« als auch der intellektuellen und sozialen Logik des philosophischen Feldes, auf dem sich die Überführung der völkischen Gesinnung in die existentielle Philosophie vollzieht. Erst dann kann man die politische Ontologie Martin Heideggers verstehen und bewerten.
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November 2007Spectaculum 78
Vier moderne Theaterstücke
by Tankred Dorst, Martin Heckmanns, Harold Pinter, Rafael Spregelburd, Sonja Wengenroth, Patrick Wengenroth, Michael Walter
Tankred Dorst. Ich bin nur vorübergehend hier. Botschaften aus dem Niemandsland. Mitarbeit Ursula Ehler Martin Heckmanns. Wörter und Körper Harold Pinter. Celebration. Aus dem Englischen von Michael Walter Rafael Spregelburd. Die Dummheit. Aus dem Spanischen von Sonja und Patrick Wengenroth
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July 2009Sozialphilosophie und Kritik
by Rainer Forst, Martin Hartmann, Rahel Jaeggi, Martin Saar
Die Frage nach der gegenwärtigen Lage der Sozialphilosophie und den Konturen einer kritischen Gesellschaftstheorie im Anschluß an die Tradition der Frankfurter Schule ist heute Gegenstand einer internationalen und interdisziplinären Debatte. Mit der Einführung der Kategorie des „Kampfes um Anerkennung“ durch Axel Honneth hat sie vielfältige neue Impulse erhalten. Danach stehen diejenigen gesellschaftlichen Fehlentwicklungen und Pathologien im Vordergrund, die für soziale Mißachtung und die systematische Verletzung von Ansprüchen auf gelingende Identitätsentwicklung verantwortlich sind. Der Band erscheint zum 60. Geburtstag von Axel Honneth und enthält Originalbeiträge u.a. von Luc Boltanski, Nancy Fraser, Eva Illouz, Charles Taylor, Michael Walzer, Hans Joas, Christoph Menke, Martin Seel und Ludwig Siep.
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August 1991Martin Walser liest »Die Verteidigung der Kindheit«
Tonband-Kassette. 45 Minuten
by Martin Walser
Die Verteidigung der Kindheit. Ein Liebesroman also. Da die Welt für große Liebe nicht eingerichtet ist, bringt eine solche Liebe den Liebenden nicht das, was man Glück nennt. Schon gar nicht, wenn diese Liebe die eines Sohnes zu seiner Mutter ist. Alfred Dorn wehrt sich gegen das Leben, weil es zum Tod führt, gegen das Erwachsensein. Erwachsen werden, das hieße zugeben, daß man nicht geworden ist, was man werden wollte. Er war ja fast ein Wunderkind. Diese Liebes-Geschichte hört auch nach dem Tod der Mutter nicht auf. Jetzt muß Alfred Dorn erst recht die Kindheit verteidigen gegen Gegenwart und Zukunft, er will alles so festhalten, wie es wirklich gewesen ist. Er will retten: Sätze, Träume, Tage, Jahre; alles, was das Inferno des 13. Februar 1945 in Dresden übriggelassen hat; und alles, was die Mutter noch berührt hat, wird zum Heiligtum. Und weil dieser Roman einer großen Liebe von 1929 bis 1987 in Deutschland spielt und von Dresden über Leipzig nach Berlin und nach Wiesbaden führt, wird er unwillkürlich auch ein deutsches Epos dieser Zeit.
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April 1987D. Martin Luthers Epistelauslegung / Der Galaterbrief
Vorlesung von 1531
by Luther, Martin / Herausgegeben von Kleinknecht, Hermann
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The ArtsMarch 2009Michael Winterbottom
by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard
This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema. ;
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History of Art / Art & Design StylesDecember 2006Model and supermodel
The artists' model in British art and culture
by Edited by Jane Desmarais, Martin Postle and Martin Vaughan
Over the last twenty years there have been flurries of interest in the artist's model, and recent exhibitions have stimulated new activity in this area. Model and Supermodel extends the discussion about the social and cultural significance of the model in British art and culture. A fascinating collection of essays and interviews, it examines the persistent mythology of the artist's model and some of the ambiguities involved in depicting the body. The volume begins with Martin Postle's survey of the profession of the model during the period c.1840-1940. Elizabeth Prettejohn considers the Pre-Raphaelite model and Alison Smith examines the lives of some nineteenth-century models who achieved fame and notoriety in their own right. Jane Desmarais looks at the model from a literary perspective and Reena Suleman presents the work of Edward Linley Sambourne. Michael Hatt's essay examines the aesthetic and ethical aspects of Tuke's use of boy models for his paintings of nude bathers, and William Vaughan reflects on the British figurative tradition from Sickert to Freud. Catherine Wood brings the volume up to date with her essay on the found model in contemporary art, and the volume concludes with two interviews with the artist, Peter Blake, and a life model, Susannah Gregory. The book offers a series of lively takes on the phenomenon of the artist's model. It will make fascinating reading for those interested in modern art and the wider aspects of British culture and society.
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The ArtsApril 2011Screen/Space
The projected image in contemporary art
by Amelia Jones, Tamara Trodd, Marsha Meskimmon
Projected-image art occupies an increasingly important place in the contemporary art-world. But does the projected image have its own specificity, beyond the histories of experimental film and video on the one hand, and installation art on the other? What is a projected image, and what is the history of projected-image art? These questions and others are explored in this thoughtful collection of nine essays by leading international scholars of film and projected-image art. Clearly structured in three sections - 'Histories', 'Screen', 'Space' - the book argues for recognition of the projected image as a distinctive category in contemporary art, which demands new critical and theoretical approaches. The contributors explore a range of interpretive perspectives, offering new insights into the work of artists including Michael Snow, Carolee Schneemann, Pipilotti Rist, Stan Douglas, Gillian Wearing, Tacita Dean, Jane and Louise Wilson, amongst others. The Introduction supplies a concise summary of the history of projected-image art and its interpretation, and there is a focus throughout the book on detailed analysis of individual artworks. ;
