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Das verräterische Herz
The treacherous Heart

Author(s): Slobodan Šnajder
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: fraternity; heart metaphor; migrant crisis; Corona crisis

Summary/Abstract: The author, as a sensitive and critical observer of his present, draws on the metaphorof the heart, incorporating his 'Balkan experience', to direct the reader's thoughts to therelativity of the categories of good and evil. The core idea, philosophically grounded and historicallyauthenticated, is the question of the brotherhood of the human race, especially in theface of modern crises in Europe and the world such as the migrant crisis and, more recently,the Corona crisis.

  • Issue Year: 6/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 19-26
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German