Strasburg (Um.) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a place characterized by loss. Today, only half of its former population of over 9,000 remains in the area. In the wake of reunification and administrative reforms in the early 1990s, Strasburg lost its status as a district town, along with its polyclinic and hospital, and several schools and businesses … Continued
Have we lost what we have in common with communism? This question triggered Jean-Luc Nancy’s (1940-2021) reflection on community. What do we still share with each other today? And what exactly does “communitarian” mean anyway? Communitarian, communism, communication – these terms all go back to the Latin communis: common in the sense of what we … Continued
In the wake of the first Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2008/2009, 33 teenagers in Gaza noted down their experiences of the war. The project, initiated by the ASHTAR Theatre (Ramallah), resulted in a play entitled The Gaza Monologues. To date (2016), it has been performed in over 80 cities in 40 countries, including at … Continued
Scarcely anywhere else receives as much aid per capita as Palestine. Since the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995, this flow of money has amounted to well over 25 billion US dollars. Its purpose: to support the establishment of an independent democratic state of Palestine that exists alongside and in peace with Israel. This mantra … Continued
According to Sigmund Freud, “the interpreation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious”. Neuroscientists, on the other hand, have long claimed that dreams are merely the by-product of neural activity. Dream research is currently experiencing a new boom across a wide range of disciplines. One reason for this renewed interest … Continued
New religious movements are booming. One reason for this is the worldwide change in religions. Faith and religion are no longer largely the preserve of unsophisticated villagers. On the contrary, being a believer is now trendy, and religion is moving into metropolitan areas and changing urban life. This is happening with all religions across the … Continued