Ordnungen des Unheimlichen

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The collection explores the concept of the uncanny through various thematic lenses. It begins with an introduction discussing the "Crown of Uncanniness," focusing on the motif of apparent death as a cultural-historical paradigm. Subsequent essays delve into the eerie nature of commodities, examining the cultural theory behind the uncanny aspects of commodity fetishism. The text also analyzes ghostly themes in Holocaust historiography, particularly through H.G. Adler's work, and the influence of hauntology in German pop culture. Further discussions include the intersection of animal magnetism, Romanticism, and psychoanalysis, alongside a poetic examination of recurring repressed economic figures in the works of Wilhelm Raabe and Thomas Mann. The emotional landscape of exile in Klaus Mann's pre-exile writings is scrutinized, as well as the existential anxieties present in the works of Kafka, Sartre, and Kierkegaard. Other contributions address the uncanny home and its manifestations in exile, narratological perspectives on the uncanny as both a character and reader experience, and ghostly representations in contemporary American literature. The collection also touches on the political dimensions of the uncanny, intermedial representations in post-industrial contexts, and the unsettling nature of haunted houses in horror films, culminating in an exploration of uncanny elements in Christian Petzold's "Phoenix" and film dramatu