Nicolas Pethes – författare

Schnittstellenforschung. Mit Beginn der Kulturwissenschaften und durch die kulturelle Wende in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts formte sich ein erweitertes Kulturverständnis. Fallen in diesem Sinne die Grenzen zwischen Wissenschaft und Literatur, wird der Blick auf deren Berührungspunkte frei: Welches sind die thematischen, formalen und konzeptionellen Schnittstellen? Das Handbuch beantwortet diese Fragen und zeigt zentrale Wissenskonzepte (z. B. Metapher, Denkfigur, Schrift), aber auch, wie vernetzt Literatur mit den verschiedenen Wissenschaften ist.

Die Medialität und Materialität der Literatur ist ein beliebtes Thema in Seminaren und Hausarbeiten. Der Band verfolgt die Phasen der Schrift- und Medienentwicklung (vom Buchdruck über Radio (Hörspiel), Fernsehen (Literaturverfilmung) bis zu den Neuen Medien) und beschreibt die Wechselwirkungen mit der literarischen Produktion.

In der Debatte über Digitalisierung sind Techniken und Praktiken des digitalen Lesens zu einem viel diskutierten Gegenstand geworden.

While concepts of Earth have a rich tradition, more recent examples show a distinct quality: Though ideas of wholeness might still be related to mythical, religious, or utopian visions of the past, "Earth" itself has become available as a whole. This raises several questions: How are the notions of one Earth or our Planet imagined and distributed? What is the role of cultural imagination and practices of signification in the imagination of "the Earth"? Which theoretical models can be used or need to be developed to describe processes of imagining Planet Earth? This collection invites a wide range of perspectives from different fields of the Humanities to explore the means of imagining Earth.

Philological practices have served to secure and transmit textual sources for centuries. However – this volume contends –, it is only in the light of the current radical media change labeled ›digital turn‹ that the material and technological prerequisites of the theory and practice of philology become fully visible. The seventeen studies by scholars from the universities of Budapest and Cologne assembled here investigate these recent transformations of our techniques of writing and reading by critically examining core approaches to the history and epistemology of the humanities. Thus, a broad praxeological overview of basic cultural techniques of collective memory is unfolded.

Springsteen Fandom: "A Lifetime Conversation" explores the experience of the Bruce Springsteen musical fandom as a mutual exchange between artist and audience.Choosing significant stops of the Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour as a narrative guideline, the book presents a thorough analysis of Springsteen’s album conceptions, song lyrics, show rituals, and interviews. Based on a discussion of the ever-growing Springsteen scholarship, Pethes introduces artist-fan-communication as a notion that is not based on mere illusions but rather on actual emotions and practices.For over 50 years, Bruce Springsteen has been a rock star with whom fans entertain a highly personal relationship. This is not only due to Springsteen’s charismatic stage persona but also to the aesthetic conception of his music that the book explores based on Springsteen’s own description of the relationship to his fans as a “lifetime conversation.”