Eine operative Zensur soll nicht nur zeigen, dass es keine Zensur gibt, sondern vorführen, dass wir es mit einem intakten Rechtssystem zu tun haben, das Bombendrohungen ernst nimmt, sich um Brandschutzmaßnahmen sorgt oder Zuschauer und Leser vor pornografischer oder blasphemischer Kunst und Literatur beschützt.

How can withdrawal—meaning either that which withdraws itself, or which is being withdrawn—be represented, thus made visible and negotiable? This publication takes this paradox as its starting point, which remains present as a tension throughout. The book aims to draw constellations of different instances of withdrawal, ranging from passivity, failure, and refusal to disappearance and remembrance and to resilience and resistance. Understanding withdrawal as a concept that encompasses both cutting ties and reaffirming relations, the contributions collected here trace the...