CRC 1285
The DFG Collaborative Research Center 1285 'Invectivity. Constellations and Dynamics of Disparagement' is investigating the forms, functions, and impacts of disparaging, violating acts of communication in twelve sub-projects. These range from small, possibly subtle discourtesy to manifest vituperation and verbal aggression at the edge of physical violence in present days and in the past. The period of history ranges from the Roman Republic to the age of the Reformation, the National Socialism and to the immediate present. The media examined include literature and painting, television and film, theatre and the Internet.