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'Sie rief mich aus der Nacht': The Birth Complex in Nietzsche and Wagner
(2018-10-30)This thesis addresses the role of the birth complex in Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and in Richard Wagner’s operas. I see the birth complex as characterised by a dialectical relation between flesh and light, which is ... -
When Being Bad is Good? Bringing Neutralization Theory to Subcultural Narratives of Right-wing Violence
Bringing together terrorism studies, subcultural theory, and narrative criminology, we here test the thesis that neutralization theory might be (further) developed to provide a framework for understanding stories of ... -
The Ends of Utopian Thinking: Marx, Adorno, Bloch
(2018-05-01)My dissertation is concerned with utopian thinking in Critical Theory. It examines the changing conceptions of radically different social orders held by the associates of the Frankfurt School. Its aim is to investigate ... -
"'Der gelernte Österreicher:' Arthur Schnitzler's Ambivalent Posture of Detachment During WWI"
(2018)While Arthur Schnitzler has been rightly credited for not joining the enthusiasm at the beginning of the war, this essay will focus on the extreme ambivalence which he expressed towards both the nationalist pro-war discourse ...
