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Adam Mickiewicz (1798 – 1855) was the greatest Polish Romantic poet, and one of the great intellectual and literary figures of the first half of the 19th century in Europe. Through his verses, as well as his efforts as a scholar, lecturer, political activist and literary celebrity, he sought to bridge the gap between the Slavic nations and the culture of Western Europe. This selection of 27 poems focuses on the poems within Mickiewicz’s oeuvre which might be described as metaphysical. These original, ingenious verses explore an astonishing range of religious, mystical, philosophical, and existential themes, inviting the reader to include Mickiewicz among the most eminent figures of early European Romanticism, including Coleridge, Wordsworth and Novalis, as well the American transcendentalists. Mickiewicz’s poetry and thought are the creation of a restlessly inventive mind: his vision was unorthodox, unpredictable and ever-developing. The book presents a bilingual edition (Polish-English) with a scholarly introduction and commentary, presenting Mickiewicz as a writer in the context of his times. The co-editors of the volume are Jerzy Fiećko, one of the eminent experts in the field of Mickiewicz studies, and Mateusz Stróżyński, an internationally recognized scholar of the Platonic tradition and Western mysticism.
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The Shipyard Strikes in Poland and the Birth of Solidarność in August 1980
Series:  FOKUS, Volume: 9
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"Rebellion" is the multi-threaded, fascinating story about a rebellion that changed Poland. It begins when the authorities promised a better life after the bloody suppression of the strike in December 1970. The availability of goods increased, the world seemed closer. Yet rebellion had come. This book provides the reader for the first time with the full story of the Great Strike of August 1980, the center of which was located in the Gdańsk Shipyard. The same slogans and demands, however, were made by protesters in Szczecin, Elbląg, Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Silesia and dozens of other places across Poland. The eyes of the world were on Gdańsk, and the agreement signed in the light of the cameras, in which the communist authorities were forced to make concessions, was celebrated by Poles all over the country. From the very beginning, the strike demands were not only a fight for bread, but also a fight for the dignity of the worker. However, the most important thing was the creation of a new community. The authorities had to either yield or call for help from foreign troops and chose a compromise. Many days of negotiations with the strikers resulted in an agreement that started a new chapter in Polish history.
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Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit der zentralen Reflektionsfigur des Fiktionalen in Henry V, der „mockery“.
Diese Arbeit untersucht die zentrale Reflektionsfigur des Fiktionalen in Shakespeares Henry V, nämlich die „mockery“, die sowohl Imitation als auch Verspottung umfasst. Das Verhältnis von „mockery“ und „true things“ im Stück konstruiert eine immanente Poetik des Historiendramas, das damit gleichsam die Relation von Fiktion und Wahrheit, nicht nur im Sinne der Historizität, sondern auch des Universellen, reflektiert. Untersucht werden Aspekte der Kommunikation und Übersetzung, die Rolle des Publikums, der Umgang mit Möglichkeit und Notwendigkeit sowie die Kontextualisierung in den frühneuzeitlichen Diskurs zu Dichtkunst.
The publication of this outstanding book marks the beginning of the Brill book series Roma History and Culture. The core of the present volume is an until now unpublished manuscript by Shakir Pashov (1898-1981), a Bulgarian Roma activist whose name continues to be surrounded by rumours and myths. The volume includes the original manuscript of Shakir Pashov on the history of the Gypsies in Europe, followed by archival documents highlighting his life and work, and the text of the first booklet devoted to him, which was the first attempt to create a Roma historical narrative. There is also included an extended biography of Shakir Pashov as known by now. The book contributes to identifying and highlighting the numerous inputs Roma have had to shape their activism and popularise their historical knowledge. Pashov's manuscript is a prominent example of these efforts.
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Nationale Selbstbestimmung oder geopolitisches Machtspiel?
Series:  FOKUS, Volume: 7
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Die Volksabstimmung 1921 über die staatliche Zugehörigkeit Oberschlesiens bildete den Höhepunkt, aber nicht Abschluss eines jahrelang mit Waffen und Mitteln der Propaganda geführten Kampfs um die Gunst der Oberschlesier, der auch geopolitische Interessenlagen der Alliierten mit einschloss. Vorausgegangen war der Zusammenbruch der alten Ordnung in Europa infolge des Ersten Weltkriegs. Auf den Trümmern der multinationalen Imperien begannen neue, auf nationalen Ideen basierende Staaten zu entstehen. Dort, wo die Bevölkerung ethnisch heterogen zusammengesetzt war, kam es jedoch zu regionalen Konflikten um Land, staatliche Zugehörigkeit und nationale Identität. So auch in Oberschlesien. Die in weiten Teilen national indifferente Bevölkerung musste sich nun zwischen Deutschland und Polen entscheiden.
Gelände, Nachnutzung und Gedenken
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Nach dem Ende des SS-Terrors war das ostwestfälische Dorf Wewelsburg ab Frühjahr 1945 zunächst von Verdrängung und Weiterleben geprägt. Der Band stellt neue Forschungen zur Geschichte des KZ Niederhagen, den Häftlingen und SS-Wachmannschaften vor. Wo wurden die Toten des Konzentrationslagers bestattet und wie erlebten die KZ-Häftlinge am 2. April 1945 ihre Befreiung? Die frühe Jagd der britischen Militärverwaltung nach Kriegsverbrechern wird ebenso beleuchtet wie das von den amerikanischen Soldaten initiierte „Sühnebegräbnis“. Der 1950 eingeweihte Gemäldezyklus von Jo Glahé steht für ein frühes Gedenken in Wewelsburg. Die Weiternutzung des Lagergeländes als Flüchtlingslager und spätere Wohnsiedlung wird ebenso skizziert wie die bauhistorischen Untersuchungen der baulichen Überreste.
Orality, Collective Memory, and Christian-Muslim Engagements in Indonesia
This book’s central argument is that oral forms of collective memory in Christian-Muslim engagements in orally-oriented societies are more effective than interreligious dialogue through the dominant written text based on elite-based concepts. The approach has dominated interreligious interactions. From the perspective of the social scientific study of interreligious encounters & collective memory in folklore studies, this book explores how orality and social remembrance articulated through folksong, oral narrative, and ritual performance strengthen interreligious engagements in the post-conflict society. The approach proposed in this book reclaims interreligious engagements based on the local Indonesian dynamic preserved in ritual performance, oral narrative, and folksong. This method articulates a contextualized interreligious engagement grounded in local culture.
Es handelt sich beim vorliegenden Band um Studien zu verschiedenen theologischen und literarischen Fragestellungen des Hebräerbriefes, u.a. Absicht und Zielsetzung, Adressaten, Ekklesiologie, Bundesvorstellung, Jesus als „Mittler“, Bedeutung des Todes Jesu, Rede von Gott, Christologie, Hebräer 13, Schriftrezeption, Kirche und Israel. Der Hebräerbrief erfreut sich in der jüngeren Forschung eines lebhaften Interesses. Der Autor desselben wird zunehmend als der dritte große Theologe des Neuen Testaments neben Paulus und Johannes angesehen. Viele Detailfragen sind noch ungeklärt. Die Studien sind entstanden in den letzten 15 Jahren als Vorarbeiten zu einer Kommentierung des Hebr. Sie behandeln wichtige Fragestellungen der Auslegung des Hebr und versuchen, die Forschung einen Schritt voranzubringen.
This volume presents different approaches to the concept of religion. Religion in modern societies is undergoing accelerated change. Traditional religious forms are dissolving and being overlaid with or replaced by new ones. This poses particular challenges for analyses of the current religious situation, which already presuppose an understanding of religion. But it is precisely this that is disputed in academic discourse about it. Against the background of this complex situation, this volume turns to the transformations of religion. It brings together inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to religion and its definition. In this way, it takes into account the fact that the transformations of religion can only be grasped by incorporating diverse methodological approaches.
Humanitarian Islam is an innovative concept emerging from the tradition of Islam in Indonesia. The most important organizations of Islam in Indonesia support this concept. Nevertheless, it seems to be unknown beyond Southeast Asia. In recent years this concept has been presented worldwide. However, an academic is still missing. This volume combines the ideas behind the concept from an Indonesian point of view with European Muslim and non-Muslim reflections inspired by the idea of Humanitarian Islam. The contributors are from Indonesia, European countries, and international.