¿Contradiction¿ is a core concept in the humanities and the social sciences. Beside the classical ideas of logical or dialectical contradiction, instances of ¿lived¿ contradiction and strategies of coping with it are objects of this study. Contradiction Studies discuss the many ways in which explicit or implicit contradictions are negotiated in different political or cultural settings. This volume collects articles that tackle the concept of contradiction, practices of contradicting and lived contradictions from a number of relevant perspectives and assembles contributions from linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, political science, and media studies.

Prof. Dr. Gisela Febel is Professor Emerita for Romance Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Bremen.

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Knopf is Professor for North American and Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Bremen.

Prof. Dr. Martin Nonhoff is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bremen.

Overview of most recent and topical research in contradiction studies.- Understanding complexities of the concept of contradiction.- Grasping the varieties of practical contradiction.