2006: Gert Mattenklott (1942-2009), “Über Verrat”/”On Betrayal”
Gert Mattenklott, “Über Verrat”/”On Betrayal”
Berlin Mosse Lecture
https://mosselectures.wisc.edu/berlin/
Thursday 8 June 2006, 19:00 CET
Description: Mattenklott analyzes the meaning as well as the intellectual and literary history of the concept of betrayal. A published version of his talk (in German) can be accessed here: Thomas Macho, Gert Mattenklott, Klaus R. Scherpe, Künste der Verneinung. Mosse-Lectures 2006 (Berlin: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2007), 37-60.
Senatssaal of Humboldt University
1. Stock
Unter den Linden 6
10117 Berlin
GERMANY
Sponsored by:
[mosse] LECTURES an der humboldt-universität zu berlin
Global Mosse Lecture Series
The Mosse Foundation
Photo by Prof. James Steakley.
Gert Mattenklott: (1942-2009) German expert in comparative literature, philosophy, and history, with an emphasis on Jewish studies, aesthetics, and globalized literature. Mattenklott taught at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and at the Peter-Szondi-Institut of the Free University of Berlin. He authored and edited numerous books including Der übersinnliche Leib. Beiträge zur Metaphysik des Körpers (1982).
