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THE GREAT AMERICAN NON-NOVEL?  IN SEARCH OF THE GENRE OF CRISIS

Arts & Culture

THE GREAT AMERICAN NON-NOVEL? IN SEARCH OF THE GENRE OF CRISIS

In this new incarnation of the Great American non-novel, universality is not the point. The point is breaking the sheen of misperceptions and appearances.

by KatharinaD • 31st July 2017
Housing that kills. A Writer’s History.

Arts & Culture

Housing that kills. A Writer’s History.

It is difficult to recognize violence, poet and dramatist Bert Brecht wrote in the middle of the 20th century. Not when it hits you with a knife or bullet – ...
by KatharinaD • 18th July 2017
When in Doubt Choose Doubt. The Poetry of Dictator Parodies

Arts & Culture

When in Doubt Choose Doubt. The Poetry of Dictator Parodies

Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in.

by KatharinaD • 30th June 20172nd July 2017
Rescuing the Democratic Self. The Case against Thoughtlessness

Arts & Culture, Technology

Rescuing the Democratic Self. The Case against Thoughtlessness

Ideology is, once again, en vogue, and in a Europe in crisis, that can hardly surprise.

by KatharinaD • 3rd August 201615th January 2026
Cognition in Crisis

Arts & Culture, Random Ruminations

Cognition in Crisis

…it is social organization and Western philosophy that put a straitjacket on reality by making it dance to preconceived notions of how the world is, and should, be structured.

by KatharinaD • 11th May 201611th May 2016
Decoding the Demagogues: Reading as Disobedience

Arts & Culture

Decoding the Demagogues: Reading as Disobedience

These are times of a politics of the either/or. Either you’re with Donald Trump, glossing over 21st-century realities in favour of certainty, or you’re a “professional agitator” to be blamed ...
by KatharinaD • 29th March 20167th April 2016
Why do the Humanities Matter? Series Rationale

Arts & Culture

Why do the Humanities Matter? Series Rationale

When I tell people I am a researcher in contemporary literature, the response often conveys a certain bemused confusion. What do professionals in the humanities actually do? And more importantly, ...
by KatharinaD • 29th February 201629th February 2016
Witnessing Times of Terror

Arts & Culture, Technology

Witnessing Times of Terror

What does the feeling of “being present” in a digitized world actually mean for our position in time and space?

by KatharinaD • 19th February 201615th January 2026
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