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Politics, Peace, and Sports
In his new article “Die neue Regel ist der Regelbruch” (The new rule is breaking the rules) for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Jörg Scheller argues that the decline in global peacefulness and the increasingly violent policies of the Trump administration, the Kremlin, or the Chinese Communist Party can be analyzed as a departure from the principles…
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Central Eastern Europe and Geopolitics
In his new article “Ostmitteleuropa ist ein Bollwerk des Realitätssinns” (in German) for the magazine Schweizer Monat, Jörg Scheller argues that Central Eastern European perspectives have long been marginalized in Western Europe, especially in the context of geopolitics.
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Der Westen liegt am Schwarzen Meer: Eine Apologie des Dazwischens am Beispiel Osteuropas
New article by Jörg Scheller in the Journal “Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie“, 2024/1.
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Counter-intuitive Peacebuilding: An Encounter with Artist Daniel Rycharski in Rural Poland
In 2024, Jörg Scheller met Rycharski in his home town of Sierpc and interviewed him. The artist, who is openly gay and an activist for queer rights, but also a devout Christian, lives and works in rural Poland amidst the electorate of Poland’s national conservative PiS party. Through long-term cooperation with the local population, especially…
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Publication: “Die neuen Graswurzel-Avantgarde”, Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte
Volume XVIII/2 of the Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte includes an article by Jörg Scheller about “the new grassroots avant-gardes”. The text discusses individuals and groups researched within the framework of Contemporary Art, Popular Culture, and Peacebuilding in Eastern Europe, including Daniel Rycharski (Poland) and Oberliht (Republic of Moldova).
