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This essay by Matthew Childs corresponds to and builds upon a shorter piece regarding the conference “Rethinking the West: Promise and Crisis of a Concept” that took place on December 15, 2022, at the University of Münster.
Kai Sina on why Susan Sontag never spoke about Hannah Arendt in great detail, although she was an intellectual role model for her.
A »manifesto of humanity« (Dolf Sternberger): About the postwar journal »Die Wandlung« (1945-9). An Essay by Anna Axtner-Borsutzky
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Transatlanticism pertains to the transatlantic history of literature and ideas, with a particular focus on the German-US relationship.