Das Andere der „erdumspannenden Gesellschaft“
The future vision described in the 1924 novel Berge Meere und Giganten begins with the global spread of a social formation that strives to export its technology and security system to even the most remote regions. There is some opposition, however: the novel presents a multitude of actors who resist...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Recherches Germaniques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rg/11094 |
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| Summary: | The future vision described in the 1924 novel Berge Meere und Giganten begins with the global spread of a social formation that strives to export its technology and security system to even the most remote regions. There is some opposition, however: the novel presents a multitude of actors who resist planetary homogenization and integration into networks (e.g., of global transport). In this context, I explore the construction of alterity or radical otherness. The most spectacular among these actors is the desert, which becomes a pole of resistance against Western norms. The paper traces the inter- and pre-texts that result in the construction of an ‘other space’, i.e. contemporary geopolitical and geobiographical literature. |
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| ISSN: | 0399-1989 2649-860X |