When we think of something as "viral," we often think of the transit of electronic information at an intensified speed and reach. Viral also refers to indiscriminate exchanges, often linked with notions of bodily contamination, uncontainability, and unwelcome transgression of border and boundaries. [...]
It is the bitterly cold winter of 1944/45. The Red Army is advancing on Eastern Prussia, the easternmost province of Germany, at the start of its inexorable advance towards Berlin. Millions of East Prussians are desperate to flee, but the Nazis order them to stay and fight. Finally, with the Russian[...]
Eine der ergreifendsten Fluchtgeschichten aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Die Flucht der Trakehner, der edlen Pferde aus Ostpreußen, in verschiedenen Trecks nach Westen ist legendär. Sie fand unter katastrophalen Umständen erst im letzten Moment vor dem Einmarsch der Roten Armee statt. Dass dabei nich[...]
Desire is a term often used in conjunction with the subject. This desire is directed towards the real, which is defined as the generic core of the linguistic order. As a result of the focus on affect, the three terms-desire, the subject, the real-have been fundamentally shaken up and called into que[...]