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Deutschland Mitte der neunziger Jahre. Im ehemaligen Grenzgebiet liegt ein schon zu DDR-Zeiten evakuiertes Dorf, dessen Überreste jetzt verschwinden sollen. Ein ehemaliger Ingenieur und Mitglied der Abrißkolonne versucht den letzten Bewohner dieser Ruinen in einem nächtlichen Gespräch zum Auszug zu überreden. Jirgl beschreibt den Lebenskampf in einer neuen Epoche als einen Kampf um die Erinnerung, gegen Stummheit, gegen Haß, Kälte und Lieblosi...

AA, der Intellektuelle, und XX, der Gastarbeiter, teilen sich einen Kellerraum als Unterkunft und gehen sich nach Kräften auf die Nerven. Zwar sind sie beide Emigranten desselben Landes, doch sind die Verbindungen zwischen dem politischen Flüchtling und dem sich für materiellen Wohlstand abschuftenden bäuerlichen Gastarbeiter nur allzu brüchig. Am Silvesterabend kommt es zum Showdown.

Fred, Nickel und Annette träumen einen Traum, und der trägt den Namen >Kanada<. Dort könnte man leben, wie man will, fischen und fotografieren, weit weg vom Muff der Provinz. Doch von Dieburg nach Vancouver kommt man nicht ohne Umweg. Für Fred führt dieser über den Knast in das Berlin nach dem Mauerfall, wo er Nickel, Annette und sein Geld abholen will. So war's besprochen - doch >the times they are a-changin'<.

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An international collection of the world's most distinguished historians and political philosophers takes a fresh look at the political, legal, and philosophical contributions of Thomas Jefferson. The insightful essays analyze and illuminate the sophisticated layers of the political and legal thought of America's most influential and intellectually complex Founder. With contributors that include Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Morton Frisch, Paul Rahe...

Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Reading postmodern fiction - once a term limited to denote a decidedly US-American tendency in contemporary literature but now applicable to a whole range of works that have in recent years been published by an international group of writers - one almost invariably gets the uneasy feeling of having read it all before. Recognizing some passages, the reader feels a strong sense of deja vu and keeps wondering whether the ...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Nachdem ich die Verhaltensweisen der Schüler und ihre Reaktion auf den Unterricht studieren konnte, wollte ich in Erfahrung bringen, wie Berufstätige im nachhinein die Qualität ihrer Ausbildung bewerten. Hierzu befragte ich 4 Personen nach ihren Erfahrungen. Bei dreien lag der Abschluss der Ausbildung mehr als zehn Jahre zurück, eine Befragte hatte die Prüfung vor kurzem abgelegt. Da ich vor allem daran interess...

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Die Diplomarbeit handelt vom Brandschutz nach der neuen, zukünftigen Euro-Norm Eurocode 3 für den Stahlbau (Verbundbau). Anfangs wird auf den gesetzlichen Hintergrund des Brandschutzes auf Basis der Landesbauordung eingegangen. Geschichtliches zum Brandschutz, einige Statistiken und mögliche Schutzmaßnahmen werden im folgenden vorgestellt. Die Feuerentwicklung, sowie verschiedene Brandschutzkonzepte werd...

The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities - 'world command cities' such as New York, London and Tokyo, 'specialized command cities' which concentrate on particular industries, such as Detroit, 'state command cities' such as Washington and Brasilia, and so on. These cities, linked by an organizational web of transnational corporations, are the pins holding the capitalist world economy together in the ...

Bringing between two covers the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's Republic, this collection illuminates what is widely held to be the most important work of Western philosophy and political theory. It will be valuable not only to philosophers, but to political theorists, historians, classicists, literary scholars, and interested general readers.

Charles Bartow's stated purpose in this practical theology of preaching is "to encourage confidence in the Bible read and the sermon delivered as a means of grace in an age of radical criticism of Scripture, creed, and confession.

Written in a clear and accessible style, this introductory textbook explores the economics of water supply and consumption and shows how water policy can be adapted to achieve the goal of sustainable development. Informed by an evolutionary political economy perspective, the book draws on a substantial group of international case studies to illustrate the relevance of theory to real life. Ranging widely, the author considers the conservation o...

Edgeworth is regarded as a pioneer in the development of the regional novel and the use of vernacular language. This study investigates her attitudes towards language and regionalism. It shows, by a detailed discussion of her major Irish texts - Castle Rackrent , Essay on Irish Bulls , Ennui , The Absentee and Ormond - how her intellectual 'Lunar' background, and her life in Ireland during the momentous years of the Union is reflected in the f...

Has the presidentialization of British electoral politics now penetrated other institutional and governmental relationships? This book argues it has in respect of the prime ministerial advisory system. The prime minister has become a president in the eyes of the electorate but remains a prime minister according to the constitution. To bridge this gap between their political and constitutional positions prime ministers have been forced to stret...

How are signs and symptoms of psychic alienation variously enfigured in literary texts? And how do readers invariably figure in some form of the 'madness' they attempt to figure out? These are some of the questions addressed by Figuring Madness , a study which employs the insights of current post-structuralist psychoanalysis and semiotic theory to examine the complex interimplication of the subject and object of madness that is always implied ...

In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of 'war, ' experienced daily by women of color

In Spoils of War, a diverse group of distinguished contributors suggest that acts of aggression resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in social institutions can be viewed as a sort of "war, " experienced daily by women of color.

This book addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among our students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining 'habits of the heart' which will enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community stretching beyond the university, and ultimately, support the practices, basic values, and institutions necessary for the democ...

Her Majesty's Children reveals not only a deeply personal account of the experience of racism but is also a revolutionary work that asks us to reconsider our ordinary practices and lives to recognize and resist the traces of a colonial age of racism that so many claim is only part of our past.