Search results for "German studies"
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Strategische Zitate. Zu Friedrich Kittlers Heidegger-Lektüre
2014
The article examines the variant ways in which Friedrich Kittler quotes certain passages of Martin Heiddegger’s texts and especially of Heidegger’s seminal book Sein und Zeit (1927) over the course of his academic career. It argues that the telos of Kittler’s variant, non-philological quotation is the legitimation of German studies as well as cultural studies by telling a myth: Martin Heidegger, a philosophical authority, has consequently affirmed media technology. Thus, Kittler’s practice of citation reveals its strategic intention. A reading of literary texts that takes into account the apriori function of technological innovation is an appropriate method supported by Geistesgeschichte.
Approaches to (Auto)biography from History, Sociology, Media, and Literary Studies in Two German Publications
2015
The interdisciplinary approaches that are suggested in the two German studies reviewed here certainly advance the notion, as Thomas Etzemuller notes, that biography is a surprisingly complex genre....
Present State of Research Regarding University Choice and Attractiveness of the Study Area
2013
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present the present state, trends and focus of research regarding the factors that influence the decision making process in choosing a university in which a potential student will study. The study has been accomplished using the methodology of bibliographic study and qualitative research, using various secondary sources. The study focuses on the analysis of the present state of research concentrated on Germany's area and constitutes the basis of a comparative management research Romania-Germany. From various German studies it is shown that for most of the students the most important factor in choosing their university is represented by the study spec…
Frings, Theodor (1886–1968)
2006
Theodor Frings, late professor of German language and literature at the university of Leipzig, dealt with the dynamics of language in history, with the contact of German with neighbouring languages, such as, Dutch, Romance (“Germania Romana”) and Slavic languages. To Frings, the explanation of language change was the ‘external’ history. His description of the regional basis of Standard German, namely, the compromise language caused by dialect mixture in east Germany, was well accepted.