Transforming Topoi
The Exigencies and Impositions of Tradition
Alt, Peter-André / Graukroger, Stephen / Krause, Katharina / Johnston, Andrew James / Muccillo, Mari
Erschienen am
10.09.2018
Beschreibung
The transformation of topoi in the tension-ridden context of tradition
Autorenportrait
Dr. Peter-André Alt, geb. 1960, ist Professor für Neuere deutsche Literatur an der Freien Universität Berlin und seit Mai 2010 deren Präsident.
Rezension
The present collection of essays studies the ways in which traditions are employed in the service of symbolic politics. What are the burdens and impositions of traditions, when their topoi are consciously exploited in the service of ideological purposes? Are there certain limits to manipulation that lie in the very nature of the traditions in question, a nature which therefore defines them? The contributors give a host of answers, studying topoi in medieval and early modern Europe from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Traditions thrive on the dialectic of repetition. Drawing their topoi from the well of memory, they are situated on the very border between the deliberate and the habitual. Yet how is it possible to influence traditions?
