Susanne Lachenicht
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The large-scale use of semantic transfer and inversion as rhetorical tactics is particularly prevalent in right-wing discourses and populist »alternative knowledge« production. The contributors to this volume analyze processes of re-semanticizing received meanings, effectually re-coding those meanings. To what extent do rhetorical maneuvers serve to establish new and powerful belief systems beyond rational and democratic control? In addition to...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
This volume offers innovative ways to think about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day and shapes public discourse on a global scale. It maps an interdisciplinary field of investigation: the chapters interrogate hegemonic ways of shaping the present through investments in the future, while also looking at speculative practices that reveal transformative potential. The twelve contributions...
Publisher
Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Der vorliegende Sammelband analysiert in komparatistischer und transnationaler Perspektive die Immigration und Integration von Hugenotten in unterschiedlichen deutschen Territorien. Er zeigt, wie deutsche Landesherren auf die Franzosen und die "typisch" französische bzw. französisch-protestantische Kultur der Glaubensflüchtlinge reagierten. Er fragt nach den Maßnahmen, welche die deutschen Regierungen ergriffen, um den Refugiés zu helfen, nach...