Turn, turn, turn

The German Studies seem to be deeply splitted. On the whole as well as in each of their traditional parts (Linguistics, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies) they distinguish themselves through cyclic figures of permanent resolution. Paradoxically, however, these figures of thinking manage to cross the former interior boundaries as well. This might be seen especially in the different turns which occur in the German Studies like in other humanities, but with a certain kind of exaltation. So it may be that the cyclic figures of thinking in turns do not only have a centrifugal, but centripetal effect. Therefore one could, polemically spoken, postulate a paradox germanistic turn — this would be no ordinary positioning, rather a vote for the intriguing dynamics of German Studies.