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POSTS BY Anne Peters
14 April 2014
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The Animal Turn – what is it and why now?

After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises.After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises. Continue reading >>
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14 April 2014
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The Animal Turn – what is it and why now?

After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises.After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises. Continue reading >>
31 October 2013

“Es gibt kein explizites Verbot der Spionage. Aber das heißt nicht, dass sie erlaubt ist.”

Es wird oft behauptet, völkerrechtlich seien die Abhörmaßnahmen der NSA gegen die deutsche Bevölkerung und ihre Kanzlerin nicht verboten, wenn nicht gar ausdrücklich vertraglich gedeckt. Stimmt das? Nicht unbedingt, sagt Anne Peters, Direktorin am Max-Planck-Institut für Völkerrecht in Heidelberg. Continue reading >>