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Die TĂ€ter-Opfer-Debatte und die Schuldfrage: Eine (nicht nur) literarische Bilanz nach der Wende
The present contribution is mainly aimed at retracing some pivotal elements of the debate on âGerman collective guiltâ in the last two decades of Germanyâs cultural history. The search for truth about the past has complex implications; yet it is thanks to historians and writers, such as Wehler and Frei, on the one hand, and Sebald, Kempowski, Walser and Grass, on the other, that the problem of âcollective sufferingsâ could be brought into sharper focus, including the loss of civilians due to air bombings against German cities. Dagmar Barnouw, an eyewitness to the bombings of Dresden, has therefore called for a ârenegotiationâ of collective guilt, critically facing what she has defined the supra-historical status of Auschwitz crimes. The semantic field articulated by terms such as âLastâ, âSchamâ, âSchandeâ as synonyms for âSchuldâ testifies to strong emotional distress on the part of the subject, but also to an ongoing attempt to consciously or unconsciously overcome the obsession with memory, setting the future free from the past. Forms of real guilt removal or guilt usage for propaganda purposes between East and West Germany in the aftermath of WW2 are taken into account in the second part of the essay. And this not only to show the twofold stance of moral issues at stake, but also to identify the milestones of historical reconstructions in cinema, literature and theatre at the time when the trauma of the war was still recent
InterculturalitĂ e HumanitĂ€tsgedanke: dalla prospettiva tardo-illuminista di Herder agli sguardi sullâAfrica nel romanzo postcoloniale tedesco âUsambaraâ di Christof Hamann (2007)
As this contribution shows, the increasing production of German-language postcolonial novels over the last fifteen years has contributed to enhance the dialogue with the vast debate on cultural anthropology promoted by the European late Enlightenment, especially on issues of ethnicity and the ethical relationship to âothernessâ as HumanitĂ€t. Herder has proved a crucial interpreter of it. Explorations in East Africa have featured prominently in Christoph Hamannâs work. Before and after his novel Usambara (2007), he has shared with others the study of mountain symbolism as referred to the ascent of Kilimanjaro, focussing on the relationship between historical event, colonial propaganda and mythography. Going beyond the interest in exoticism and orientalism on the basis of Saidâs reflections, German Studies have evolved towards a new appraisal of the intermediality which is inherently bound to the experiential interweaving of exploration, discovery and conquest in the former German colonie
La fulmineitĂ dellâaforisma. Riflessioni sul ruolo della metafora nella teoria della conoscenza di Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Grazie agli sviluppi del metodo sperimentale nellâambito degli studi sullâelettricitĂ
nel Settecento e al crescente interesse pubblico per fenomeni che
riguarderanno la neurologia nellâOttocento, nel tardo illuminismo il campo
metaforico legato allâelettricitĂ entra ampiamente a far parte del discorso
che concerne la creativitĂ e lâesperienza sensibile dellâessere umano.
Molti tra gli aforismi raccolti da Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)
nei SudelbĂŒcher sono riferiti a scoperte fatte nel campo dellâelettricitĂ e a
osservazioni sui fenomeni di luce e diventano occasione per fronteggiare
lâeccesso di sistematicitĂ del razionalismo cartesiano. Intuizioni ed âilluminazioniâ
sono tipiche della forma breve quale Ăš lâaforisma. Riuscendo
con singolare arguzia a creare associazioni di idee tra argomenti distanti
e a usare in modo spregiudicato il linguaggio scientifico, Lichtenberg si
serve di metafore per informare il lettore su un sapere in continua evoluzione
e per combattere i luoghi comuni della religione, i pregiudizi e la
superstizione
Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2âs activation in transgenic mice fed with dosage of saturated or unsaturated fatty acids using in vivo bioluminescent imaging
To counteract oxidative stress cells developed several mechanisms, including the transcription factor Nuclear Factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). The aim of the study was to evaluate the activation of Nrf2 in transgenic mice fed saturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids and the anti-inflammatory effect of estrogens on organism. Forty-eight ARE CRE OMO reporter mice were divided into 3 groups, consisting of 16 animals, based on presence/absence of estrogens (ovariectomized or sham female, OVX - SH; male, MA). Each group was further split in 4 subgroups of 4 animals each and fed different diets (7.5% lard, 7.5% tuna oil, 20.0 % lard and 20.0% tuna oil). Two times a week animals were anaesthetized and injected i.p. with 100”L luciferin 15âmin before the imaging session. Using the Living Image Software, photon emission was mapped for selected body areas. On day 70, animals were sacrificed after a challenge with Sodium Arsenite. Specific organs were dissected and immediately subjected to ex vivo imaging session. MIXED and GLM procedures of SAS software were used for statistical analysis. Dietary treatments did not affect body weight and feed intake as well as Nrf2 expression in both pre- and post-challenge phases, with the exception of the abdominal region (P=0.031 pre-challenge); in this area, during the pre-challenge phase, OVX showed lower Nrf2 activation (P<0.001). Ex vivo results outlined a significant effect of the challenge on all the considered organs (P<0.001), while OVX subjects had higher Nrf2 expression on urinary bladder and kidney (P<0.05) and high fat diet increased Nrf2 in urinary bladder (P<0.05). The present trial shows how saturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation in the diet do not exert significant effects on oxidative stress in mice, but confirms the protective role of estrogens under physiological condition
InterculturalitĂ e HumanitĂ€tsgedanke: dalla prospettiva tardo-illuminista di Herder agli sguardi sullâAfrica nel romanzo postcoloniale tedesco âUsambaraâ di Christof Hamann (2007)
As this contribution shows, the increasing production of German-language postcolonial novels over the last fifteen years has contributed to enhance the dialogue with the vast debate on cultural anthropology promoted by the European late Enlightenment, especially on issues of ethnicity and the ethical relationship to âothernessâ as HumanitĂ€t. Herder has proved a crucial interpreter of it. Explorations in East Africa have featured prominently in Christoph Hamannâs work. Before and after his novel Usambara (2007), he has shared with others the study of mountain symbolism as referred to the ascent of Kilimanjaro, focussing on the relationship between historical event, colonial propaganda and mythography. Going beyond the interest in exoticism and orientalism on the basis of Saidâs reflections, German Studies have evolved towards a new appraisal of the intermediality which is inherently bound to the experiential interweaving of exploration, discovery and conquest in the former German colonie
Proserpina, la regina delle tenebre. Da Ovidio a Goethe
Consultando il GrĂŒndliches mythologisches Lexikon (1770) di Benjamin Hederich, dal quale Goethe attinse ampie informazioni per i suoi studi sulle antichitĂ classiche, si trova, in riferimento a Proserpina (per i greci Persefone) il rimando allâetimo «proserpere», riferito allâemergere dalla terra del grano maturo, oltre che lâindicazione di altri nomi con cui essa Ăš nota nellâantichitĂ : Libera, Ecate, ma anche «Giunone dellâOltretomba». Ă questâultima definizione che ci interessa, complici al..
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