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Punishment and Crime. The Reverse Order of Causality in The White Ribbon
(2018)
This article explores, within a sociological-psychological framework, the problematic moral emotions of spectators evoked by watching the film Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, DE/AT/FR/IT, 2009). As always ...
The Banality of Ghosts. Searching for Humanness with Joshua Oppenheimer in THE ACT OF KILLING
(2018)
In The Act of Killing, (Joshua Oppenheimer, ID, DK 2012), Joshua Oppenheimer searches for humanness by assessing the rituals, routines and grammar of former perpetrators who played a role during the 1965/6 genocide in ...
Representations of Religion and Culture in Children’s Literature. An Analysis of othering Processes in Texts and Illustrations
(2018)
Literature is an important medium for representing and communicating world views and values. This article focuses on the representation of culture and religion and reveals constructions of identities in children’s literature. ...
Trauma and Conformity
(2018)
This article discusses the psychological aspects of two documentaries about violence: THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer and DAS RADIKAL BÖSE (THE RADICAL EVIL) by Stefan Ruzowitzky. These are the concepts ‘Trauma’ ...
Intercultural Perspectives on DAS RADIKAL BÖSE and THE ACT OF KILLING. Similarities and Dissimilarities in Coping with Trauma in Indonesia and Germany, in Southeast Asia and Europe
(2018)
This article offers a close reading of DAS RADIKAL BÖSE (RADICAL EVIL, Stefan Ruzowitzky, DE 2013) and THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer, ID / USA 2012) – two very different films – that nevertheless provide images ...
Music Review: U2, The Joshua Tree and Two Contrary States of Faith. The Joshua Tree 30th Anniversary Tour, Twickenham Stadium, UK: Sunday 9th July 2017
(2018)
A review and discussion of the 30th Anniversary Tour of The Joshua Tree in 2017 by Irish rock band U2, focussing on their second London show at Twickenham.