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Politics in the Novel Unterstadt by Ivana Šojat

In the novel Unterstadt, Ivana Šojat alternates stories about personal destinies with stories about official history, thus the narrator emphasizes that the gap between official history and the fate of the heroes of the work is insurmountable. The author thematizes ‘political evils, evils of political power/authority’ in accordance with Ricouer’s point of view, according to …

Contrast and History – Michel Foucault and Neoliberalism

The paper is suggesting one possible angle for the re-examination of Foucault’s portrayal of the historical role of German neoliberalism in his 1979 lectures entitled Naissance de la biopolitique. This particular season has been the object of the increased interest in recent decades for various reasons. One of the reasons is the broader theme of …