Activist Writing. History, Politics, Rhetoric (Mono 02)

Historically, the printed word is arguably the single most important infrastructure for activist politics. The essays gathered in this volume explore crucial examples of activist writing in sociological, historical, and literary-theoretical perspective. Together, they show that manifestos, pamphlets, open letters, and polemical speeches have left a significant imprint on the political fabric of Modernity. As a political practice, pamphleteering has continually remoulded available forms of democratic participation, thus fundamentally shaping contemporary concepts of activism.

With contributions by David Bebnowski, Dustin Breitenwischer, Sakina Shakil Gröppmaier, Laura Handl / Carsten Junker, Pierre-Héli Monot, Stefanie Kremmel, Nils C. Kumkar, Juliane Prade-Weiss / Vladimir Petrović, Florian Sedlmeier, Christoph Streb, and Daphne Weber.