Benjamin\u27s Ground

Benjamin‘s reading of Hölderlin in one of his earliest essays already delineates some of the major constellations of his thought. Searching for the ground of language and of poetic language in particular, Benjamin sets out to lay the ground for the possibility of literary criticism. His text enters into a specific relationship with Hölderlin\u27s theory of poetics and poetic language. The movement of this search leads through a metaphoric relationship of surface and depth toward an ever-receding ground that can be articulated ultimately only in relation to a non-representable abyss (Abgrund). A new topography of surface and writing emerges and replaces the surface/depth relationship. Both Hölderlin\u27s poetics and Benjamin\u27s criticism develop a model of representation based on a radical rethinking of writing and script, marked by a cut or caesura as the precondition of representation and of the possibility of any thing represented. In the recurring motif of waking up, Benjamin marks the threshold of that caesura and connects it at the same time with a specific trait of modern aesthetics as embodied in Kafka\u27s work

Modernism and Postmodernism. The Margins of Articulation

The difference between \u27Modernism\u27 and \u27Postmodernism\u27 is not one of definitions. The latter is rather a radicalization of a tendency inherent already in Modernism: calling into question the underlying principles of definitions, delimitations and boundaries. If, in Modernism, this tendency is marked by an increasing self-reflective gesture of the text, Postmodernism radicalizes this self-reflection to the point where the self-reflective circle and its closure are broken. The subversion of demarcation takes place not only on the semantic level, but on the level of the text\u27s literal and linguistic qualities. Such a move displaces particularly any totalizing project, which, for example, is implied in Jürgen Habermas\u27s recent critique of Post-modernism. The following essay traces some of these effects in the development of the German novel of the last two decades and in some examples of experimental and concrete texts, where the reflection on the principle of demarcation leads to the margins of articulation and with that to the margin where the cultural opposition of culture/nature is constituted

Zur Kritik der Ehrlichkeit

Die bürgerliche politische Rhetorik hat seit dem späten 18. Jahrhundert die Lüge als äußerst verwerflich, die Ehrlichkeit zur Tugend schlechthin erklärt. Dass sie sich damit die Unehrlichkeit als Basis gelegt hat, will sie, trotz hellsichtiger Kritiker seit Lessing und Nietzsche bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert nicht eingestehen. Lügen gehört von Jakob in der hebräischen Bibel und Homers listigem Odysseus, zu den konstitutiven Bestandteilen der abendländischen Kultur. Der vorliegende Essay ist ein Versuch, darüber nachzudenken.Depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle, la rhétorique politique bourgeoise a fait du mensonge la chose la plus méprisable et de la sincérité la vertu par excellence. Or, elle ne veut pas admettre, malgré les critiques de penseurs éclairés – de Lessing jusqu’au XXe siècle en passant par Nietzsche –, qu’elle repose en cela sur l’insincérité. Depuis Jacob dans la Bible et le rusé Ulysse de l’Odyssée, le mensonge est l’un des éléments constitutifs de notre civilisation occidentale. Un constat qui suscite la réflexion et auquel le présent article est consacré.Since the late 18th century, bourgeois rhetoric has declared lying as one of the most condemnable vices, and lifted up honesty to the pinnacle of bourgeois virtues. Despite the insightful critiques of this naive view by enlightened thinkers such as Lessing in the 18th and Nietzsche in the 19th century, the pathos and rhetoric of honesty still occupies much of public discourse today, even though it is based on insincerity. A historical-literary reflection on lying as a constitutive element of the self-understanding of Western culture is attempted here, through major figures such as Jacob in the Bible and the Homeric Odysseus, who embrace the necessity of lying. This essay is an attempt to think in a more differentiated way about truth and lies in our lives

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Bone morphogenic protein-4 availability in the cardiac microenvironment controls inflammation and fibrosis in autoimmune myocarditis

Myocarditis is an inflammatory heart disease that leads to loss of cardiomyocytes and frequently precipitates fibrotic remodeling of the myocardium, culminating in heart failure. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying immune cell control and maintenance of tissue integrity in the inflamed cardiac microenvironment remain elusive. In this study, we found that bone morphogenic protein-4 (BMP4) gradients maintain cardiac tissue homeostasis by single-cell transcriptomics analyses of inflamed murine and human myocardial tissues. Cardiac BMP pathway dysregulation was reflected by reduced BMP4 serum concentration in patients with myocarditis. Restoration of BMP signaling by antibody-mediated neutralization of the BMP inhibitors gremlin-1 and gremlin-2 ameliorated T cell-induced myocardial inflammation in mice. Moreover, progression to inflammatory cardiomyopathy was blocked through the reduction of fibrotic remodeling and preservation of cardiomyocyte integrity. These results unveil the BMP4–gremlin axis as a druggable pathway for the treatment of myocardial inflammation, limiting the severe sequelae of cardiac fibrosis and heart failure

Texte, histoire et sujet critique

La pensée se cherche un abri dans les textes. La part de chacun, mise en réserve, se découvre en eux. Mais ils ne la sont pas : ce que l’on découvre dans les textes n’est pas la preuve de ce qui a été réservé.Theodor W. Adorno Ce que l’on demande, c’est une ouverture, une réceptivité qui fait abstraction du moi propre.Peter Szondi Il semble que l’effacement du sujet interprétant dans le texte commenté que constate la dialectique négative d’Adorno soit dépouillé par Szondi de la tension qu’il ..

La stratégie « Hautes Technologies » de l’Allemagne : objectifs et réalisations

Rainer Nägele, membre du bureau de l’Union de la recherche (Forschungsunion) et directeur du Centre de compétences Management de services à l’Institut Fraunhofer sur l’Economie du travail et l’organisation (IAO) de Stuttgart, présente dans sa contribution les modalités et les différentes étapes de la stratégie « Hautes Technologies » pour l’Allemagne, lancée en 2006 par le gouvernement fédéral. En tant qu’organe consultatif, l’Union de la recherche science-industrie, dont les missions sont évoquées ci-après, accompagne la mise en œuvre de la stratégie, intervenant ainsi en complément du Conseil pour l’innovation et la croissance (Rat für Innovation und Wachstum) instauré par la chancelière Angela Merkel

Interdisciplinary, cross-company new product development in the future automotive industry - the case ARENA2036

The German automotive industry succeeds by technological leadership. Several circumstances like politics of global warming or increased global competition force the whole industry to break new ground for new kinds of collaborative research and development. ARENA2036 represents such a new cooperation form that hosts diverse scientific and industrial partners in one campus in order to research innovative production and light-weight construction topics. The diversity of the partners in ARENA2036 challenges the new product development process (NPDP). In this case study the individual processes of the partners are analysed and a NPDP system is developed. The analysis bases on interviews covering all partners. The NPDP system supports the needs of the interdisciplinary and cross-company partners. It is characterized by a layered structure in order to preserve flexibility for research topics combined with institutionalized parts to manage interfaces. The final NPDP system is evaluated by the partners

Ein Verfahren zur technisch-induzierten Gestaltung von Geschäftsmodellen

In der Arbeit ist ein Verfahren zur technisch-induzierten Gestaltung von Geschäftsmodellen entwickelt, das es Forschungseinrichtungen und technologieorientierten Unternehmen ermöglicht, gezielt Geschäftsmodelle zur Vermarktung neuer Techniken zu entwickeln. Die Anwendung des Verfahrens wird im Rahmen der Gestaltung eines Geschäftsmodells zur Vermarktung der XXL-CT Technik für den Fachbereich eines großen Instituts für angewandte Forschung gezeigt