Carolin Amlinger
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Carolin Amlinger
Carolin Amlinger is a sociologist of literature and research associate at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the University of Basel. In 2022, she was awarded the Dissertationspreis of the University of Darmstadt for her doctoral thesis Schreiben. Eine Soziologie literarischer Arbeit.
Carolin Amlinger is a sociologist of literature and research associate at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the University of Basel. In 2022, she was awarded the Dissertationspreis of the University of Darmstadt for her doctoral thesis Schreiben. Eine Soziologie literarischer Arbeit.
Awards (selection)
Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023 (nomination) for Gekränkte Freiheit
Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023 (nomination) for Gekränkte Freiheit
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Year of Publication: 2025
Carolin Amlinger, Oliver NachtweyYear of Publication: 2025
Destructive Desires
Before he was re-elected, Donald Trump promised to do away with the guardrails of liberal democracy. And he was not elected despite this promise, but because of it. In their bestseller Offended Freedom, Carolin Amlinger and Oliver Nachtwey showed how libertarianism and authoritarianism could meld together. Two years later, reality confirmed their sociological diagnosis in the most...
Year of Publication: 2022
Carolin Amlinger, Oliver NachtweyYear of Publication: 2022
Offended Freedom
COVID deniers with flower necklaces, artists questioning scientific findings, journalists staging themselves as rebels against alleged gags: Libertarian authoritarians have found their way...
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English world rights (Polity), Korea (Eco Livres)
Year of Publication: 2021
Carolin AmlingerYear of Publication: 2021
Writing
There is no need to fear the end of literary culture – but the way by which books are made is changing. With a focus on the recent history of the book market, Carolin Amlinger provides a comprehensive inventory of aesthetic economies that also allows a glimpse into the future of the book business. At the same time, the study condenses the diverse working and living environments of...
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