Christian Noack - Böcker

The Iron Curtain was not an impenetrable divide, and contacts between East and West took place regularly and on various levels throughout the Cold War. This book explores how the European tourist industry transcended the ideological fault lines and the communist states attracted an ever-increasing number of Western tourists. Based on extensive original research, it examines the ramifications of tourism, from sun-and-sea package tours to human rights travels, in key Eastern European locations including East Berlin, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Albania. The book’s analysis of the politics, culture, and history of tourism to the East offers important new perspectives on European tourism in the twentieth century.The Introduction of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

The Iron Curtain was not an impenetrable divide, and contacts between East and West took place regularly and on various levels throughout the Cold War. This book explores how the European tourist industry transcended the ideological fault lines and the communist states attracted an ever-increasing number of Western tourists. Based on extensive original research, it examines the ramifications of tourism, from sun-and-sea package tours to human rights travels, in key Eastern European locations including East Berlin, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Albania. The book’s analysis of the politics, culture, and history of tourism to the East offers important new perspectives on European tourism in the twentieth century.

Ireland’s Great Famine or ‘an Gorta Mór’ (1845–51) and Ukraine’s ‘Holodomor’ (1932–33) occupy central places in the national historiographies of their respective countries. Acknowledging that questions of collective memory have become a central issue in cultural studies, this volume inquires into the role of historical experiences of hunger and deprivation within the emerging national identities and national historical narratives of Ireland and Ukraine. In the Irish case, a solid body of research has been compiled over the last 150 years, while Ukraine’s Holodomor, by contrast, was something of an open secret that historians could only seriously research after the demise of communist rule. This volume is the first attempt to draw these approaches together and to allow for a comparative study of how the historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood in Ireland and Ukraine. Juxtaposing studies on the Irish and Ukrainian cases written by eminent historians, political scientists, and literary and film scholars, the essays in this interdisciplinary volume analyse how national historical narratives were constructed and disseminated – whether or not they changed with circumstances, or were challenged by competing visions, both academic and non-academic. In doing so, the essays discuss themes such as representation, commemoration and mediation, and the influence of these processes on the shaping of cultural memory.

Russia increasingly emphasises the importance of 'soft power' for securing its foreign policy interests, but recent research has paid more attention to Russia's intentions rather than to the receiving end of its cultural and public diplomacy. This volume seeks to address this gap and explore the specifics of both Russian language promotion and its acceptance in a number of case and country studies, including Ukraine, Germany and Ireland. A range of scholars discuss the legal status and the practical use of Russian for communication or media use, both in the 'near' and the 'far abroad', examining the politics of the Russian language, the role of the Russian Federation in influencing these politics and the challenges that the promotion of Russian faces in particular contexts across the globe.

Examines Russian language politics and its impact on different Russian speaking communitiesExplores the language situation and general use of Russian in everyday life, in print media, television and social media Looks at the politics of Russian in a range of countries including Ukraine, Belarus, Khazahkstan, Moldova, Ireland and Germany Adopts a comparative approach to examine the institutional set-up and practice of Russia's language promotion in relation to its British, French and German counterparts Russian policy documents increasingly emphasise the importance of miagakaia sila for securing Russia's foreign policy interests. Looking at the politics of Russian in a range of countries including the Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ireland and Germany, this book examines Russian language promotion and its reception in different countries and across different contexts. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, the book examines the politics of the Russian language, the role of the Russian Federation in influencing these politics and the challenges that the promotion of Russian faces in particular contexts across the globe. Taking a comparative approach, the book also examines the institutional set-up and practice of Russia's language promotion in relation to its British, French and German counterparts and against the history of Soviet cultural diplomacy.

Ireland’s Great Famine or ‘an Gorta Mór’ (1845–51) and Ukraine’s ‘Holodomor’ (1932–33) occupy central places in the national historiographies of their respective countries. Acknowledging that questions of collective memory have become a central issue in cultural studies, this volume inquires into the role of historical experiences of hunger and deprivation within the emerging national identities and national historical narratives of Ireland and Ukraine. In the Irish case, a solid body of research has been compiled over the last 150 years, while Ukraine’s Holodomor, by contrast, was something of an open secret that historians could only seriously research after the demise of communist rule. This volume is the first attempt to draw these approaches together and to allow for a comparative study of how the historical experiences of famine were translated into narratives that supported political claims for independent national statehood in Ireland and Ukraine. Juxtaposing studies on the Irish and Ukrainian cases written by eminent historians, political scientists, and literary and film scholars, the essays in this interdisciplinary volume analyse how national historical narratives were constructed and disseminated – whether or not they changed with circumstances, or were challenged by competing visions, both academic and non-academic. In doing so, the essays discuss themes such as representation, commemoration and mediation, and the influence of these processes on the shaping of cultural memory.

Christian Noack legt seiner Studie die formgeschichtliche Beobachtung zugrunde, daß die drei großen exegetischen Schriftenreihen Philos jeweils einen anderen soziokulturellen 'Sitz im Leben' haben. Er interpretiert die 'Expositio Legis' als Dokument einer politischen Missionstheologie, die sich an die jüdische wie auch nichtjüdische Öffentlichkeit richtet und aus Synagogenvorträgen hervorgegangen ist. Die 'Quaestiones et Solutiones' versteht er als ein Werk, das zwischen unterschiedlichen weisheitlichen Schulmilieus vermittelt und für die mystische Allegorese wirbt. Den 'Allegorischen Kommentar' deutet er als Dokument einer esoterischen Schultradition, die anspruchsvolle exegetische und philosophische Kenntnisse voraussetzt und kritisch reflektiert. In drei exegetischen Analysen zeigt Christian Noack, daß jede Kommentarreihe ein besonderes soteriologisches Profil besitzt. Die soteriologische Funktion der 'Expositio Legis' liegt in der öffentlichen Werbung für ein monotheistisches Gottesbewußtsein. Mystische Erfahrungen werden mit einer synergistischen Tendenz dargestellt, um sie vor dem Forum der hellenistisch-römischen Öffentlichkeit als vernünftig erscheinen zu lassen. Die 'Quaestiones et Solutiones' haben die soteriologische Aufgabe, zu mystischen Allegoresen hinzuführen, in denen Philo ekstatische Erfahrungen beschreibt, die mit dem Begriff 'monadisches Gottesbewußtsein' charakterisiert werden können. Die soteriologische Funktion des 'Allegorischen Kommentars' besteht darin, in eine nichtekstatische Mystik der Gotteshingabe einzuüben, in der die geschöpfliche, auch leibliche Wirklichkeit ganz aus Gott heraus erfahren wird. Philo arbeitet dabei mit einem macht- und vernunftkritischen Bewußtseinsdualismus. In diesem Dualismus stehen sich ein sich selbst absolut setzendes Ichbewußtsein und ein von Gott gesetztes und auf Gott ausgerichtetes Gottesbewußtsein unversöhnlich gegenüber.