REBECCA GEBAUER
PhD Researcher
Author: Rebecca Gebauer
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A Blessing by John O’Donohue
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“Continue” by Maya Angelou
Last week, a number of my friends on social media shared Maya Angelou’s poem “Continue” to mark the start of a new year. Originally written as a birthday gift for Oprah Winfrey, the poem seemed especially powerful in the face of violence once more erupting in the Middle East, fires ravaging vast parts of Australia,… Read.
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Reflections on studying and experiencing the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Imagine you intensely study a conflict region and its narratives for a whole year and then you travel to see the situation on ground for yourself. You think that you are well prepared and that you understand why the conflict is what it is. Power imbalances. Corrupt politicians. Contested truths and histories. Legacies from colonial… Read.
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Democracy Matters – but does it work?
This week, I had the chance to host two workshops as part of a Scottish Government consultation on local decision making. The project is called “Democracy Matters” and partially facilitated with help of the Scottish Churches Parliamentary office which seems sensible considering that the church has a presence even in the farthest corners of… Read.
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Travelling the “Holy Land”
I have just started a new book: Kissing Fish by Roger Wolsey. The first thing that jumped at me was the very first quote that Wolsey chose for his introduction to the book: The message of Jesus as I understand it, is contained in the Sermon on the Mount unadulterated and taken as a whole.… Read.
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Time flies!
It’s been a year since I set up this blog and clearly I failed to keep alive at least the illusion of some regular publishing here. Life has been busy! Unsurprisingly, the long silence coincided with the rhythm of the academic year. I have just finished exams and honours level turned out to be quite… Read.
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Which theories of democratisation best explain why democracy failed in the Weimar Republic?
It appears to be impossible to identify a singular approach or theory to fully explain the failure of the Weimar republic or any other case of democratization. As argued above, the theories on democratisation are manifold and all have their merits, therefore, the best theories for one particular case can only be identified by looking… Read.
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Is it possible for nationalism to avoid being based on either race or ethnicity?
It seems, on the surface at least, that for the most part nationalism has a strong focus on exclusion based on ethnicity or race by very often aiming to protect the nation from foreigners, with foreigners being mostly identified by the different biological appearance (race) or their different customs (ethnicity). However, this essay shows that… Read.
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‘Theory is always for someone, and for some purpose’ Robert W. Cox
It appears to be impossible to identify a singular approach or theory to fully explain the failure of the Weimar republic or any other case of democratization. As argued above, the theories on democratisation are manifold and all have their merits, therefore, the best theories for one particular case can only be identified by looking… Read.
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How successful are audiences in rejecting and renegotiating media messages?
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