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Gegenwärtig lässt sich in unterschiedlichen gesellschaftlichen Diskursfeldern eine Bezugnahme auf das Motiv der ,Vanitas' (Vergänglichkeit) feststellen.Die Beiträge dieses Band widmen sich der überraschenden Virulenz eines ursprünglich christlichen und in der Frühen Neuzeit wirkmächtigen Konzeptes in Popkultur, Literatur, Musik und bildender Kunst und verdeutlichen ferner seine Relevanz für Soziologie, Theologie, Philosophie, Psychologie und Medizin. Bedeutung erlangt Vanitas sowohl mit traditionell dem Motiv verwandten Themen wie Trauer und Mortalität als auch in Verbindung mit hochaktuellen Diskursen über Beschleunigungs- und Kontingenzerfahrungen, dystopischen Szenarien der Klimakatastrophe oder utopischen Visionen des Transhumanismus. Neben soziologischen und kulturwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven auf Vergänglichkeit, Flüchtigkeit, letale Krankheiten, Alter und Tod widmen sich die Beiträge der popkulturellen und künstlerischen Aneignung des Vanitas-Topos zwischen spielerischer Ironie und tiefsinniger Melancholie.Der interdisziplinäre Band ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Reflexion von Gegenwart unter Bezugnahme auf einen tradierten kulturtheoretischen Topos. This interdisciplinary volume delves into the significance of the early modern vanitas motif in the present day. In the arts, pop culture, and social discourses, it is utilized to make cultural-critical diagnoses. Reflections about the mortality of human life, about decadence and conceit, or the futile pursuit of happiness are updated, but they are joined by new topics such as climate change and transhumanism.

LITERARY CRITICISM / General. --- Death. --- contemporary culture. --- cultural criticism. --- ephemerality.

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'Realism' is a pervasive term in discussions of contemporary developments in the cultural sphere. By drawing on different theories of realism, the authors explore how the term may be used as a helpful concept in order to analyse and evaluate current trends in cultural production and, in turn, how cultural production changes our understanding of what counts as 'realism'. The contributions deal with realism in narrative fiction, drama and audiovisual media (film, television news) within the context of national traditions: examples drawn on in the case studies range from Africa, Britain, Germany, Iceland, Russia, Turkey to the United States. While the authors take their cues from media-specific 'realisms', focusing especially on narrative fiction, the volume also highlights continuities and intersections between notions of realism in different genres and media. With its original essays, this collection invigorates the transdisciplinary engagement with forms and socio-political functions of realism in contemporary culture.

Knowledge, Theory of. --- Realism in literature. --- Realism in motion pictures. --- Realism in the press. --- Reality in mass media. --- Press --- Realism in moving-pictures --- Motion pictures --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Mass media --- Reality in motion pictures. --- Contemporary Culture. --- Drama. --- Novel. --- Realism.

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