Anything but a "German appendix"
Austrian novelists are still referred to as Germans despite recent critical and commercial success. From the new narrative "miracle" to the darkly humorous "writer's novel", Daniela Strigl finds a contemporary Austrian scene at the top of its game. [Lithuanian version added] [ more ]
"New Humanist" watches the Religious Right get passionate about sex; "Sens Public" reads up on the US elections; "Blätter" stares into the abyss of prevention; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) calls CCTV a fiasco; "Dilema veche" sees welfare go to the dogs; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) slates EU immigration policies; "Ny Tid" reports on a new edition of diplo; "Arena" describes the dark sides of Scandinavian social engineering; "Revolver Revue" worries about mass media and memory; and "Merkur" satisfies our curiosity.
teaches at the University of Paris-VII and at the Marc Bloch Centre (Berlin). His most recent publications are L'Orient incandescent, Lausanne, Éditions page deux 2003, and Le Choc des barbaries, Paris (10/18) 2004 (dt. Der Schock der Barbarei, Köln [ISP] 2002).
On civil rights in the Arabian world
On the possibilites, or lack thereof, for improving civil rights in the Middle East as a result of recent events. [more]
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