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Spectator
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
The novel that makes Ulysses look positively inviting: The Aesthetics of Resistance, by Philip Weiss, reviewed
The translator's preface to the third volume of The Aesthetics of Resistance informs us that 'Several deadlines came and went on the way to this translation'. That is quite the understatement. The German edition of Peter Weiss's 1,000-page historical novel appeared in 1975. A full English translation has been in the offing for more than 20 years. In the meantime, Weiss has won just about every literary accolade Germany has to offer, and his play Marat/Sade has become known as the theatrical 'starting gun' of the 1960s. Whatever the translator Joel Scott has in store for us, it had better be worth the wait. Weiss was moved to write his magnum opus by the same question that animated his great model Bertolt Brecht, who actually appears as a minor character in Volume II: how to make art that is simultaneously avant-garde and committed. Or, as another character puts it: how to 'match up the intensity of revolutionary artistic and political actions… the irony of the one with the seriousness, the sense of responsibility, of the other'. Weiss's solution was to write a vast, meandering monologue, largely without paragraph breaks, of the kind that will be familiar to readers of later Germanic writers such as Thomas Bernhard and W. G. Sebald. Interlocutors are never quite afforded voices of their own. Instead, their wordy disquisitions on art and history remain imprisoned in free indirect constructions: 'Such a structure, borrowing, said Coppi, from the ideas of Saint-Just, Babeuf, Proudhon, can only lead to anarchism…' This endless, airless prose works through accretion. Nothing much happens for page after page.
See - Sada Elbalad
14-05-2025
- Politics
- See - Sada Elbalad
Forests in Austria Emit Record CO2 Levels
Israa Farhan Austria's forests, long considered vital carbon sinks and a crucial natural defence against climate change, have begun releasing more carbon dioxide than they absorb, according to a newly released national climate assessment. The Second Austrian Climate Change Assessment Report, which has been under development by leading scientists and environmental experts since 2022, reveals a troubling reversal in the environmental role of Austrian forests. Once a powerful buffer against carbon emissions, the forests are now contributing to greenhouse gas levels due to rising temperatures, prolonged drought, and widespread pest infestations. In 2023, Austrian forests emitted about 5.4 million tonnes more carbon dioxide than they absorbed. This marks a stark contrast to the year 2000, when forests in Austria captured around 18.6 million tonnes of CO2, significantly reducing national emissions and helping to stabilise the climate. Experts from Austria's Environment Agency attribute this shift to the increasing impact of the climate crisis. Climate scientist Peter Weiss noted that higher temperatures are accelerating the decomposition of organic material in forest soil, increasing CO2 emissions. Additionally, heat-induced drought conditions are stunting forest growth, weakening trees' capacity to absorb carbon dioxide. This ecological shift has far-reaching implications. Weiss emphasised that Austria is not alone in facing this challenge. He warned that the trend has been evident in Austria since at least 2018, with both 2018 and 2019 recording more CO2 emissions from forests than they absorbed. However, 2023 set a new and alarming record for the highest forest-related carbon emissions in Austrian history. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War
