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Project

Programs of Sheltering and Heating of the Literary Traveler: Analyzing the Discursive Construction of Sheltering and Warming Spaces in Contemporary German Language Travel Texts
Code
01P01910
Duration
01 January 2011 → 15 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
Keywords
space travel literature globalization German literature Literary studies
 
Project description
 

Due to recent trends in globalization and secularization, new ways of constructing protective spaces of interpersonal security and warmth have been in development. This research project applies philosopher Peter Sloterdijk's concept 'sheltering and heating programs' to analyze different forms of these programs and to explore how they are construed and what their function is in a selection of contemporary German language literary travel writings.