Lippert, Florian (2021) Uncanny Europe. : Derridean Hauntologies of History, Unity and Identity in Films by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Austrian Studies, 29. pp. 144-160.
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Abstract
The contribution addresses current crisis discourses on the (non-)identity of Europe and, based on ideas of Jacques Derrida, identifies the "uncanny" as a new core motif of these discourses. The most important aspects of this motif — the repression of past conflicts and the controversies about Europe's relationship to the Other — are then discussed in detail using films by the Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter (born 1972). On the one hand, I exemplify and specify facets and effects of the uncanniness of European identity as they evolve from aesthetic cultural production — the best possible field for explorations of the uncanny, according to Freud. On the other hand, this exploration will also shine a new light on the œuvre of one of today’s most prominent Austrian filmmakers and its rich hauntologies of Europeanness.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Volume: | 29 |
| Publisher: | Modern Humanities Research Association |
| Status: | Published |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2023 14:41 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2023 14:41 |
| URI: | https://ebooks.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/405 |
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