Source:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/germ/events.htm
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Department of German
University of Illinois at Chicago
International Symposium - Elias Canetti
July 25-28, 2001
Organizer:
Dagmar C. G. Lorenz
The Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti (1905-1994) witnessed and
analyzed the elements of the mass movements of the 20th century-
-marches, rallies, and the architecture that facilitated
demonstrations and caused modern individuals to merge a mass.
In Masse und Macht (Crowds and Power) Canetti articulates his
views on culture and the human psyche. His literary oeuvre,
dramas and the novel Die Blendung (1935-36, tr. as Auto da Fé
1946), his diaries, and his autobiography express his philosophical
views derived from a variety of disciplines including anthropology,
history, literature, philosophy, psychology, and from his own
international experience. Like few other authors Canetti sheds light
on the dynamics of destructive and self-destructive regimes such
as National Socialism by examining the forces that propel
totalitarian leaders as well as the mechanisms that cause the
masses to follow.
During this interdisciplinary international symposium international
experts discuss Canetti's literary and theoretical work in the
context of pre- and post-fascist Europe.
Participants:
Dagmar Barnow
University of Southern California (USA)
Martin Bollacher
RuhrUniversität Bochum (Germany)
Irene Boose
Marbach (Germany)
William C. Donahue
Rutgers University (USA)
Robert Elbaz
University of Haifa (Israel)
Kristie A. Foell
Bowling Green State University (USA)
Anne Fuchs
University College Dublin (Ireland)
Dagmar C. G. Lorenz
University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Gerhard Melzer
Karl Franzens Universität Graz (Austria)
Wolfgang Mieder
University of Vermont (USA)
Harriet Murphy
University of Warwick (UK)
Johannes G. Pankau
Carl von Ossietzky Universität
Oldenburg (Germany)
Edgar Piel
Institut für Meinungsforschung
Allensbach (Germany)
Julian Preece
University of Kent at Canterbury (UK)
H. S. Reiss
Ludwig Maximilians Universität
Munich (Germany)
Ritchie Robertson
University of Oxford
St. John's College (UK)
Sigurd Scheichl
Leopold Franz University
Innsbruck (Austria)
Lydia Schieth
University of Regensburg (Germany)
Hannelore Scholz
Humboldt University Berlin (Germany)
Irene Stocksieker Di Maio
Louisiana State University (USA)
Kathleen E. Thorpe
University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
Edward Timms
University of Sussex at Brighton (UK)
Bernd Widdig
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Reiner Wild
Universität Mannheim (Germany)
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