Article:
Konversionen ins ‘Exil’. Inszenierungen des Übertretens im Umfeld Uwe Tellkamps und des BuchHaus Loschwitz

Author(s): Busch, Nicolai

Abstract

The author Uwe Tellkamp is often regarded as a ›political convert‹ who switched from conservative to (new) right-wing positions in 2018. This article first of all discusses media stagings of Tellkamp’s conversion and points to their problems. Based on socio-scientific studies, the article then discusses the relationship between conservatism and right-wing extremism in East Germany and reveals various intersections between the two ideologies, which Tellkamp reproduced long before 2018. Contrary to the assumption of a ›sudden conversion‹, the article shows which strategies of conversion and political immunization Tellkamp and his literary environment in Dresden-Loschwitz have developed for many years. The focus here is on figures of ›inner emigration‹ and ›exile‹, which are interpretated as conversions into imaginary or literary shelters.

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Busch, Nicolai: Konversionen ins ‘Exil’. Inszenierungen des Übertretens im Umfeld Uwe Tellkamps und des BuchHaus Loschwitz. In: Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, Jg. (2023), Nr. 2, S. 86-111. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23173.
@ARTICLE{Busch2023,
 author = {Busch, Nicolai},
 title = {Konversionen ins ‘Exil’. Inszenierungen des Übertretens im Umfeld Uwe Tellkamps und des BuchHaus Loschwitz},
 year = 2023,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23173}",
 address = {Hamburg},
 journal = {Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift},
 number = 2,
 pages = {86--111},
}
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