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Conspiracy, security and human care in Donnersmarck's "Leben der Anderen"
Verschwörung, Sicherheit und menschliche Sorge in Donnersmarcks "Leben der Anderen"
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Abstract "Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's acclaimed film, 'Das Leben der Anderen' (2006), affords a provocative opportunity for investigating the relation between conspiracy and security. Although state-sponsored conspiracies breed insecurity among the citizenry, they nonetheless also provide the ground f... view more
"Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's acclaimed film, 'Das Leben der Anderen' (2006), affords a provocative opportunity for investigating the relation between conspiracy and security. Although state-sponsored conspiracies breed insecurity among the citizenry, they nonetheless also provide the ground for epistemological security, insofar as the threat can be decisively located. In pressing the literal definition of security as 'the removal of concern', this article interprets the film according to shifting modalities of care. Considered as a vast conspiratorial network against its own populace, the East German Ministry for State Security (the Stasi) represents a mechanized, dispassionate ideal that strives to eliminate concerns about whatever may jeopardize the regime. To counter this security project, Donnersmarck presents us with characters who display a fundamentally human care that is instigated by governmental practices and yet ultimately works against state-oriented securitization and legitimation." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
German Democratic Republic (GDR); security; Ministry of State Security (GDR); national state; film; interpretation; analysis; human security; legitimation; historical analysis; science of history; network; humanitarianism
Classification
General History
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Other Media
Method
empirical; qualitative empirical; historical
Free Keywords
Verschwörungstheorie; Securitization
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 129-141
Journal
Historical Social Research, 38 (2013) 1
Issue topic
Security and conspiracy in history
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.1.129-141
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed