Resistance : subjects, representations, contexts / Martin Butler, Paul Mecheril, Lea Brenningmeyer (editions.).

"The contributions to this volume are based on a selection of papers given at an international and interdisciplinary conference on resistence held in Oldenburg in November 2014 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Carl von Ossietzky University..." -- Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction. Coming to Terms—On the Aim and Scope of this Volume -- Resistance. Carl von Ossietzky, Albert Leo Schlageter, and Mahatma Gandhi -- More than Resistance. Striving for Universalization -- Popular Culture, ‘Resistance,’ ‘Cultural Radicalism,’ and ‘Self-Formation’. Comments on the Development of a Theory -- Resistance as a Way out of One-Dimensionality. The Contribution of Herbert Marcuse to a Critical Analysis of the Present -- Border Crossing as Act of Resistance. The Autonomy of Migration as Theoretical Intervention into Border Studies -- Reclaiming the City, Reclaiming the Rights. The Commons and the Omnipresence of Resistance -- “All Those Who Know the Term ‘Gentrification’ are Part of the Problem”. Self-Reflexivity in Urban Activism and Cultural Production -- Images of Protest. On the “Woman in the Blue Bra” and Relational Testimony -- Connecting Origin and Innocence. Myths of Resistance in European Memory Cultures after 1945 -- Into the Darkness: Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy for a Socialist Society. A Manifesto

All around the world and throughout history, resistance has played an important role and it still does. Some strive to raise it to cause change. Some dare not to speak of it. Some try to smother it to keep a status quo. The contributions to this volume explore phenomena of resistance in a range of historical and contemporary environments. In so doing, they not only contribute to shaping a comparative view on subjects, representations, and contexts of resistance, but also open up a theoretical dialogue on terms and concepts of resistance both in and across different disciplines.