Artistic freedom and author responsibility : legal dimensions of political literature / Alexandra Juster, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Juster, Alexandra, editor.

Series:

Living signs of law ; v. 7.

Living signs of law, 2948-2429 ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and literature.

Law and literature.

Literature and morals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2026]

Summary:

In an era marked by global crises, political polarization, and contested truths, literature has re-emerged as a vital space for ethical reflection and legal imagination. This interdisciplinary volume explores how contemporary political authors engage with pressing societal issues—ranging from political power, democracy, dictatorship, colonization, sexual freedom, artificial intelligence to historical memory—while navigating the boundaries of artistic freedom and public responsibility. Bringing together scholars from law, literature, philosophy, and sociology, the book examines the triangular relationship between author, text, and reception. It investigates how fiction can function as a site of dissent, normativity, and legal discourse, and how authors negotiate their roles as public intellectuals in a media-saturated world. With case studies on writers such as Juli Zeh, Robert Menasse, Shida Bazyar, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michel Houllebecq, Günther Grass, Dave Egger, Svetlana Alexievich, Boualem Sansal, Jean-Philippe Pleau, and others, this volume offers a timely and critical contribution to debates on freedom of expression, the ethics of authorship, and the political power of literature.

Contents:

Contemporary political literature between artistic freedom (Article 5 (3)(1) German Basic Law) and the author’s ethical responsibility: an investigation using the example of Juli Zeh’s novels The Method and Über Menschen / Alexandra Juster

The writer’s responsibility: from legality to legitimacy / Alexandra Juster

Guillaume Dustan: from law to literature, a reconfiguration of normativity through fiction / Christine Baron

The significance of aesthetics and narrative conventions for political literature: multi-perspectivity vs. mono-perspectivity / Benoît Prieur

Writing without power: engagement and the politics of literature today / Vera Nünning

Political literature and ethical mediation: memory, engagement, and responsibility in the work of Boualem Sansal / Tommaso Gazzolo

Relationality and responsibility of testimony in the work of Svetlana Alexievich / Elmehdi Elmaouloue

Requiem for the European dream? Robert Menasse and the idea of Europe / Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield

Politically involved writers in the twentieth century: a case study of Günter Grass / Riccardo Cavallo

The transferability of ethics and aesthetics—Shida Bazyar’s balancing act in current Iranian and racism discourses / Magdalena Latkowska

Ina Schenker / Ina Schenker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 27, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Juster, Alexandra. Artistic Freedom and Author Responsibility.

ISBN:

9783032235503

3032235502

OCLC:

1592859272

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license