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Rothko (Hardcover)
Lauren Friesen
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R878
Discovery Miles 8 780
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The creative clash of tradition and innovation causes many cultures
to be in continuous remix. Crucibles of adaptation are present in
religion, law, education, science, technology, publishing, arts,
media, etc. The present volume Anabaptist ReMix: The Varieties of
Cultural Engagement is a case study of one tradition-Anabaptists
and Mennonites-and fragments of its transformation in the modern
and post-modern era. Today, in the face of a global pandemic,
climate disaster, social fragmentation, and the prospect of nuclear
annihilation, the descendants of radical reformers seek to live out
the wisdom of that original revolution. Theology is re-imagined as
a conversation about human nature and emergent images of the
divine. In this volume, the arts are re-framed as an examination of
conflict, catharsis, and justice. Christian pacifism is given new
partners with those in the just-war tradition. Women find a new
voice to tell stories of abuse, oppression, and healing. Native
American, Black, and Latinx voices call attention to buried stories
calling for resurrection. The power of institutional structures is
interrogated and challenged to act on prophetic missions of
equality, healing, and justice.
The Storm Komrade Sokrates centers on aging radicals who were
leaders in German student revolution of 1848. The main characters
are Dr. Hartmeyer, a Dentist and Dr. Marcuse, the local Rabbi.
After their arrests, they were sent to the Eastern border of
Germany to live a life in quasi exile. These leaders, and the other
former revolutionaries, are now attempting to pass their ideals
liberty, equality and justice] on to their sons, but fail
miserably. Their sons are not interested the aspirations of the
previous generation and, instead, one of the Dentist's sons
declares his desire to gain wealth and social status, and the
other, in the spirit of Bismarck's nationalism, joins the student
military corps. The Rabbi's son takes the opposite point of view.
He fails to see any future in a society where anti-Semitism is on
the rise and is looking for a way out. When the play was produced
in 1903, the author was threatened with imprisonment because the
script was viewed as an attack on the monarchy and the noble class.
This is the first English edition of the play.
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