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World authors on climate change  Coinciding with the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper asked writers from around the world for their perspectives. Read how global warming has effected lives from Bombay to the high Alps, from The Netherlands to Nigeria and beyond. We present stories by Hans Maarten van den Brink, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Romesh Gunesekera, Kiran Nagarkar, Leo Tuor and more... mehr... |
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Magazine Roundup  The London Review wishes Elfriede Jelinek's novel "Gier" had never been translated. Polityka provides a history of Polish anti-Semitism - in German too. In Clarin, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava is confident that our cities will soon become pleasant places to live. In Gazeta Wyborcza, political scientist Ivan Krastev assuages ex-Yugoslavian fears that the end of the EU is nigh. In the Guardian, Ian McEwan pours cold water on apocalyptic belief. Al Ahram looks back at the history of the Jews in Egypt. And the New York Times admires Pakistan's strongest democratic weapon: men in black. mehr... |
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"I am the eternal altar boy"  This year's prestigious Büchner Prize went to Austrian writer Josef Winkler. He talks to Paul Jandl about dung heaps, patriarchs, the fear of speechlessness and the elegance of John Paul II's coffin. Photo © Jerry Bauer / SV mehr... |
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Magazine Roundup  In Die Welt, Victor Erofeyev collects his thought on Solzhenitsyn's life and work. The New Republic laments the Europeanisation of American cities. In the Gazeta Wyborcza, theatre directors Monika Strzepka and Pawel Demirski are pining for the equality that neoliberalism has abolished. Prospect magazine covers the re-emergence of character in Britain. Przekroj magazine covers both Sarkozy and heavy metal, albeit in separate articles. And Roberto Saviano tells us in L'Espresso why Italy's boxers will be packing a punch with Southern gusto. mehr... |
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From the Feuilletons South African writer Ivan Vladislavic describes the literary braindrain in Africa. Turkologin Corry Guttstadt decries Turkish cowardice during the Holocaust. Novelist Slavenka Drakulic explains why Croatia has finally opened its eyes to serious crime. And Cellist Anner Bylsma agonises over prolonged vibrato. mehr... |
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From the Feuilletons Did Carl Philipp Emmanuel hide the end of the 'Art of Fugue'? Organist Ton Koopman casts aspersions on Bach's son. Michel Houellebecq explains why the problem is genital. Diedrich Diederichsen remembers meeting a certain New York waitress back in '82. Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych explains why he's on Georgia's side. Osssetian literature academic Shanna Chochiyeva explains why she thinks the Georgians are Nazis. And Czech playright Pavel Kohout says what the Russians need is another revolution. mehr... |
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Magazine Roundup  "Hands off Lech Walesa!" demands Adam Michnik in the Gazeta Wyborcza. Polityka also defends the Solidarnosc leader against the hatred of the Kaczynski brothers. La vie des idees introduces a resistance programme against the dominance of English. In The Nation, Naomi Klein explains the neat rationale for pillaging Iraqi oil. Suketu Mehta encourages slum tourism in Espressso. Martina Navratilova lobs and smashes her way into the art world in the Spectator. And Elet es Irodalom can't get over the Dutch in Hungary. mehr... |
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Blueprint for power  Since the beginning of the year, the German feuilletons have been probing the relationship between architecture and morality. Their interest was kindled by the publication of Deyan Sudjic's book "The Edifice Complex: How the Rich and Powerful Shape the World", which came out in 2006 and examines the role of European architects in non-democratic states such as China and Libya. We take a look at how the debate developed.mehr... |
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Notes on a post-secular society Last year secularists and multiculturalists converged at signandsight.com to debate Islam in Europe. Both parties want a liberal society where autonomous citizens live peacefully side by side, but the slightest political provocation is enough to unleash an intellectual Kulturkampf. Jürgen Habermas considers both positions and points beyond them to a post-secular society, where religious and secular mentalities are open to a complementary learning process. mehr... |
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Kylwyria - Kálvária  Ligeti the gesamtkunstwerk, Ligeti the Socrates-Ligeti, Ligeti the volcano. Hungarian composer György Kurtág spoke at a memorial session of the Order Pour le Mérite in Berlin about his lifelong friend, György Ligeti, who died on June 12, 2006. mehr... |
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