Dramaturgie im zeitgenössischen Tanz ist ? positiv gemeint ? ein heißes Eisen. Idealerweise sind Dramaturginnen und Dramaturgen während der Erarbeitung eines Stücks die besten Freunde der Choreografen. more
The Chronicle claims that when Wagner deployed melodic combinations he was actually summoning up sexual positions. Polityka wonders how to get the Polish film industry back on its feet. Segregation existed before multiculturalism, Nepszabadsag reminds us. The New Republic explains why French is new Ancient Greek. Wikileaks is dictatorial, declares La regle du jeu. The book is becoming a community in time for Christmas, according to the Guardian. And Science Fiction is still alive, Salon says, as yesterday's tomorrow rolls to a close.
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The Nation reminds us that whistleblowers are hated when they are right. El Espectador favourably compares gringo diplomats with Alvaro Uribe. Salon.com reviews a history of information industries. In the LRB, John Lancaster tells the newspapers what and whom we want to read online. Europe is going mestizo announces French philosopher Sami Nair in Lettre. In OpenDemocracy the writer Uladzimier Arlou outlines Belarussian fears. In Salon.eu.sk, Andrey Dynko prepares for Lukashenko 4.0.
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In Eurozine, Tomas Kavaliauskas and Ivaylo Ditchev search for the Lithuanian and Bulgarian identities. The Economist observes the universe going round in circles in the mind of Roger Penrose. Elet es Irodalom explains why its front page was blank last week. OpenDemocracy explains how personality rights are being used in Russia to stop historians doing their job.
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Ebooks are becoming a serious alternative to their papery predecessors. Does this mean we are on the verge of a fundamental shift in the medium of the book and its contents? Author, retired German Literature professor and enthusiastic ebook convert Ruth Klüger leads the way into the almost weightless future of reading.
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"The Coming Insurrection", an anti-globalization manifesto published anonymously in France and now translated into German has been greeted by two of the Federal Republic's "quality newspapers" with revolutionary zeal. In their hunger to be hip they are blind to the right-wing, anti-modern, inflammatory nature of the pamphlet which is inspired by Heidegger and Carl Schmitt. By Johannes Thumfart
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