By Stefanie Graefe
When southwest Germany was hit by the “flood of the century” this summer, two aspects initially dominated media discourse: shock and dismay. Readers and TV viewers in Germany are accustomed to footage of…
Stefanie Graefe is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Her focus in research and teaching is on political sociology and the sociological analysis of the present era. She is particularly interested in the connection between subjectivity and neoliberal governmentality in contemporary capitalism. She recently published “The Discreet Charm of Catastrophe. Vulnerability, Resilience, and Critique in the Era of Multiple Crises”, in: Sebastian Eduardo Dávila et al. (eds.), On Withdrawal—Scenes of Refusal, Disappearance, and Resilience in Art and Cultural Practices, ZĂĽrich 2024, pp. 279-296.
By Stefanie Graefe
When southwest Germany was hit by the “flood of the century” this summer, two aspects initially dominated media discourse: shock and dismay. Readers and TV viewers in Germany are accustomed to footage of…