Die Sichtbarkeit der Idee

Politics, society and culture are essential spheres of life; as such, they are founded on individual and collective, thus abstract ideas. In their time and to some extent beyond it, they develop socio-political relevance and can be traced in actions and objects.Using the example of patriotic art and art appreciation, cultural studies methodology as social practice, and the construction of lines of tradition within political upheavals, this volume traces processes and events that have visualised theoretical constructs. The authors ask what political potential arises through visuality, and which cultural approaches are associated with it. They pursue different methods to visualise translation processes, the transformation of ideas, and their applicability.

• With examples from the late 19th century, the era of National Socialism, and the GDR