{"title":"Working for the War Effort: German-Speaking Refugees in British Propaganda during the Second World War by Charmian Brinson and Richard Dove (review)","authors":"Andrea Hammel","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"212 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48201707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Austrian Studies: Literaturen und Kulturen: Eine Einführung ed. by Desiree Hebenstreit et al. (review)","authors":"A. Barker","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"197 - 199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49326828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant Ontology, Non-Human Becoming and Acoustic Materiality in Oswald Egger's Herde der Rede","authors":"T. Ludden","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article analyses Oswald Egger's experimental nature poetry with reference to ideas from Critical Plant Studies and material feminisms. It links the images of proliferating vegetal dynamism and Egger's poetics of movement to notions of agential materiality but stresses that there is not a simple inversion whereby plants take on human properties. Rather the texts foreground the primacy of becoming, pluralism, differential relationality, non-identity and heteronomy, which question humanist notions of originality, autonomy and individuality and criticize material origin stories and the opposition between nature and human. Simultaneously, Egger's non-representational opacity opens ontology up to difference.Abstract:Dieser Beitrag analysiert Oswald Eggers experimentelle Naturgedichte mit Bezug auf Critical Plant Studies und Material Feminisms. Der Artikel bringt die Bilder von wuchernder lebendiger Pflanzlichkeit in Verbindung mit Eggers Poetik der Rastlosigkeit und mit dem Gedanken von agentieller Materialität, betont aber dass es keine Umwertung gibt, bei der die Pflanzen einfach menschliche Eigenschaften übernehmen. Die Schlüsselwörter im Gedicht zeigen, dass die Ideen von ständigem Werden, von der Vielfältigkeit, Wechselwirkung, nicht-Identität und Heteronomie Vorrang haben. Dadurch werden Ursprünglichkeit und Selbstständigkeit in Frage gestellt. Materielle Ursprungsgeschichten und die Gegensätzlichkeit zwischen Mensch und Natur werden kritisiert. Eine nicht-darstellende Undurchsichtigkeit tritt in den Vordergrund, wodurch Ontologie auf Differenzen hin geöffnet wird.","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"113 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47483731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Die Kunst der Einfachheit: Standortbestimmungen in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur: Judith Hermann — Peter Stamm — Robert Seethaler by Nadine Wisotzki (review)","authors":"Heide Kunzelmann","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"216 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42496040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'Ein Mann, dem die Welt vertraut': Kurt Waldheim's Global Legacy in Ruth Beckermann's Waldheims Walzer","authors":"Dora Osborne","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines the legacy of Kurt Waldheim as presented in Ruth Beckermann's documentary film Waldheims Walzer (2018), which connects his greeting, made on behalf of humanity, on the Voyager Golden Record with the scandal surrounding his election campaign. Waldheim's recording positions him as a figure of ultimate authority, a grand gesture that becomes crucial to his election victory. Beckermann highlights how Waldheim stands as a troublingly prescient figure for our times, posing questions about the effects of human — and more specifically male, European — dominance on the world.Abstract:Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die andauernde kulturelle Bedeutung Kurt Waldheims am Beispiel von Ruth Beckermanns Dokumentarfilm Waldheims Walzer (2018), der eine Verbindung herstellt zwischen der Affäre um seine Wahlkampagne und seiner im Namen der ganzen Menschheit gesprochenen Grußbotschaft auf der Goldenen Schallplatte, die mit den Raumsonden Voyager ins Weltall geschickt wurde. Die Aufnahme positioniert Waldheim als letzte Instanz, eine große Geste, die für seinen späteren Wahlsieg entscheidend wird. Beckermann hebt hervor, dass Waldheim als ein beunruhigendes Modellbeispiel erscheint, das Fragen über die Auswirkungen der menschlichen — spezifisch der männlichen, europäischen — Dominanz auf die Welt aufwirft.","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"83 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47491951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Portrait of a Hoping Species: On the Anticipatory Realism of Nikolaus Geyrhalter's Homo Sapiens","authors":"R. Dernbach","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article analyses Nikolaus Geyrhalter's film Homo Sapiens (2016) as a reflection on the complex temporalities and perceptual economies inherent in the concept of the Anthropocene. By filming contemporary ruins and abandoned infrastructures, Homo Sapiens constructs a fictional future scenario — a world from which the human species has vanished — for a documentary exploration of contemporary reality. The article traces the film's construction of an anticipatory realism by analysing its use of cinematic techniques such as central perspective and image duration. Thus, the possibilities of contemporary documentary film in representing the complex temporalities and agencies of the Anthropocene are discussed.Abstract:Der vorliegende Artikel analysiert Nikolaus Geyrhalters Film Homo Sapiens (2016) als eine Reflexion über die komplexen Zeitlichkeiten und Wahrnehmungsökonomien, die dem Anthropozän-Begriff zugrunde liegen. Durch die filmische Abbildung zeitgenössischer Ruinen und verlassener Infrastrukturen, konstruiert Homo Sapiens ein fiktives Zukunftsszenario — eine Welt, aus der die menschliche Spezies verschwunden ist — für eine dokumentarische Untersuchung der Gegenwart. Dieser Artikel zeichnet die Konstruktion eines antizipierenden Realismus durch den Film nach, insbesondere durch die Analyse angewandter filmischer Techniken wie der Zentralperspektive und der Bilddauer. Auf diese Weise werden die Möglichkeiten des zeitgenössischen Dokumentarfilms bei der Darstellung der komplexen Zeitlichkeiten und Wirkungszusammenhänge des Anthropozäns erörtert.","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"63 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47810556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dritte Walpurgisnacht by Karl Kraus (review)","authors":"Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Werner Garstenauer","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"203 - 205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46098297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Österreichs friedlicher Kreuzzug 1839–1917: Das Heilige Land in Außenpolitik, Gesellschaft und Mentalitäten der Habsburgermonarchie by Barbara Haider-Wilson (review)","authors":"L. Hecht","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0000","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"214 - 216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46223109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Austrian Dimension in German Intellectual History: From the Enlightenment to Anschluss by David S. Luft (review)","authors":"Ritchie Robertson","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"220 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49146960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Doom and Bloom: Friederike Mayröcker's Anthropocene Lateness","authors":"Nicola J. R. Thomas","doi":"10.1353/aus.2022.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.2022.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article argues that the work of Friederike Mayröcker brings into focus the idea of a 'lateness' distinctive to the Anthropocene. A close reading of the poem 'tropisches Knabenkraut, wild, im Schnabel' demonstrates how interspecies encounters lead to the coming together of asynchronous Umwelten. This raises complex questions about temporality, in relation to language, writing and the human lifespan, Mayröcker's own 'late style' and the notion of a specific lateness present in Anthropocene theory. Extending existing ideas about lateness and late style, the article concludes that Mayröcker's work registers and reveals the distinctive belatedness of the Anthropocene.Abstract:Das Werk Friederike Mayröckers richtet die Aufmerksamkeit auf einen vom Anthropozän geprägten Begriff der Verspätung. Durch eine Lektüre des Gedichts 'tropisches Knabenkraut, wild, im Schnabel' wird in diesem Aufsatz gezeigt, wie Begegnungen zwischen Arten zu einem Zusammenkommen asynchroner Umwelten führen können. Komplexe Fragen von Temporalitäten werden dadurch aufgeworfen, bezüglich der Sprache, des Schreibens und der menschlichen Lebensdauer sowie des Spät- oder Altersstils Mayröckers und seinem Verhältnis zum Begriff der Verspätung, wie sie im kritisch-theoretischen Anthropozän-Diskurs auftaucht. Anhand der bisherigen Forschungsansätze über Verspätung und Spätstil wird festgestellt, wie in Mayröckers Werken die eigentümliche Verspätung des Anthropozäns zum Ausdruck kommt.","PeriodicalId":41034,"journal":{"name":"Austrian Studies","volume":"30 1","pages":"112 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49636414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}