Artistic Freedom and Author Responsibility : Legal Dimensions of Political Literature / edited by Alexandra Juster.
2026
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Artistic Freedom and Author Responsibility : Legal Dimensions of Political Literature / edited by Alexandra Juster.
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1st ed. 2026.
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Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.
Description
VI, 263 p. 1 illus. online resource.
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Living Signs of Law, 2948-2429 ; 7
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Introduction
Contemporary political literature between artistic freedom (Article 5 (3)(1) German Basic Law) and the author's ethical responsibility
The writer's responsibility: from legality to legitimacy
Guillaume Dustan: From law to literature, a reconfiguration of normativity through fiction
The Significance of Aesthetics and Narrative Conventions for Political Literature: Multi-perspectivity vs. Mono-perspectivity
Writing Without Power. Engagement and the Politics of Literature Today
Political Literature and Ethical Mediation: Memory, Engagement, and Responsibility in the Work of Boualem Sansal
Relationality and Responsibility of Testimony in the Work of Svetlana Alexievich
Requiem for the European Dream? Robert Menasse and the Idea of Europe
Politically involved writers in the twentieth century: a case study of Günter Grass
The Transferability of Ethics and Aesthetics - Shida Bazyar's Balancing Act in Current Iranian and Racism Discourses.
Contemporary political literature between artistic freedom (Article 5 (3)(1) German Basic Law) and the author's ethical responsibility
The writer's responsibility: from legality to legitimacy
Guillaume Dustan: From law to literature, a reconfiguration of normativity through fiction
The Significance of Aesthetics and Narrative Conventions for Political Literature: Multi-perspectivity vs. Mono-perspectivity
Writing Without Power. Engagement and the Politics of Literature Today
Political Literature and Ethical Mediation: Memory, Engagement, and Responsibility in the Work of Boualem Sansal
Relationality and Responsibility of Testimony in the Work of Svetlana Alexievich
Requiem for the European Dream? Robert Menasse and the Idea of Europe
Politically involved writers in the twentieth century: a case study of Günter Grass
The Transferability of Ethics and Aesthetics - Shida Bazyar's Balancing Act in Current Iranian and Racism Discourses.
Summary
In an era marked by global crises, political polarization, and contested truths, literature has re-emerged as a vital space for ethical reflection and legal imagination. This interdisciplinary volume explores how contemporary political authors engage with pressing societal issues-ranging from political power, democracy, dictatorship, colonization, sexual freedom, artificial intelligence to historical memory-while navigating the boundaries of artistic freedom and public responsibility. Bringing together scholars from law, literature, philosophy, and sociology, the book examines the triangular relationship between author, text, and reception. It investigates how fiction can function as a site of dissent, normativity, and legal discourse, and how authors negotiate their roles as public intellectuals in a media-saturated world. With case studies on writers such as Juli Zeh, Robert Menasse, Shida Bazyar, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michel Houllebecq, Günther Grass, Dave Egger, Svetlana Alexievich, Boualem Sansal, Jean-Philippe Pleau, and others, this volume offers a timely and critical contribution to debates on freedom of expression, the ethics of authorship, and the political power of literature.
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9783032235503
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