Reflections

At stake in this series, introduced in 2008, are terms that define contemporary culture but that have been used to the point of meaninglessness. An editorial collaboration between Witte de With’s director, Nicolaus Schafhausen, and head of publications, Monika Szewczyk, together with Caroline Schneider of Sternberg Press in Berlin, Reflections editions are, as the series title evokes, sustained intellectual commitments. For each book in the series, one writer who exhibits particular originality of thought is invited to consider one problematic term, chosen by the editors. The book-length essay is something rarely seen in print and more rarely still in rigorous translation. In these compact books the text appears in three languages—in English, Dutch and a third language. The series is designed by Kummer & Herrman, Utrecht.