The New German Critique is a contemporary academic journal

Academic journal

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 in German studies

German studies

German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...

. It is associated with the Department of German Studies at Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

. It "covers twentieth century political and social theory, philosophy, literature, film, media and art, reading cultural texts in the light of current theoretical debates." The executive editors are David Bathrick (Ithaca), Andreas Huyssen

Andreas Huyssen

Andreas Huyssen is the Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1986...

 (New York), and Anson Rabinbach (Princeton).