Principles of Life on Black Friday – Chronicle of Emotions, Notebook 1

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

A highly readable and lighthearted, yet intellectual-stimulating exploration of the modern human condition. This volume concerns itself with the question of time, from the description of a brief fragment passing by in a matter of minutes to stories of the unexpected stock-market crash of 1929, a once-in-a-century event that Europeans call ‘Black Friday’ because Wall Street’s collapse reached the Old World one day later. Through this exploration of time, Kluge ponders some fundamental questions not altered by the passing of time: What can I trust? How can I protect myself? What should I be afraid of? Our age today has achieved a new kind of obscurity. We’ve encountered a pandemic. We’ve witnessed the Capitol riots. We see before us inflation, war, and a burning planet. We gaze at the world with suspense. What we need in our lives is orientation—just like ships that navigate the high seas. We might just find that in Kluge’s vignettes and stories.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-04
Mått:6 x 9 x 19 mm
Vikt:444 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:278
Förlag:Seagull Books London Ltd
ISBN:9781803092249
Översättare:Martin Chalmers, Richard Langston

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Mer om författaren

Alexander Kluge is one of the major German fiction writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. As a filmmaker, he is credited with the launch of the New German Cinema movement. Martin Chalmers (1948–2014) was a Berlin-based translator from Glasgow. He translated some of the best-known German-language writers, including Herta Müller, Elfriede Jelinek, and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Richard Langston is professor of German literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Dark Matter: A Guide to Alexander Klugeand Oskar Negt, editor of Difference and Orientation: An Alexander Kluge Reader, and the lead translator of Kluge and Oskar Negt’s History and Obstinacy.

Innehållsförteckning

1. 0.0001% of a lifetime2. An afternoon on the Ligurian coast3. A case of time pressure 4. Commentary on Anna Karenina5. Blood like bubbling water6. Emotion consists of what remains unused7. A living relationship to work8. Causality outstripped9. Hitler as “moonwalker10. A glut of informers 11. An unusual case of lobbying12. Heiner Müller and “the figure of the worker”13. A musical interlude for great singing machines14. Lohengrin in Leningrad15. Twilight of the Gods in Vienna16. Heiner Müller’s last words on the function of theatre17. The death of the gods – a black hole at the heart of Rome18. In another land19. What is power of the mind?20. The conman and happiness 21. Is one allowed to defend oneself against a helpless man?22. Solar eclipse 23. The consistency of the moon24. The poets of organisation25. Siberian time reserves26. The glowing block in the balance; the diver Ananenko27. A near disaster28. A new age29. The immortal woman30. A memorial to unknown soldiers31. A visit to Robert Musil in 194232. A story of a tyrant33. “Shore of fate34. Reader-friendly articles must tell their stories spatially 35. A sudden outbreak of defeatism36. Is it possible to find something without having any hope?37. The strong influence of a daughter38. Out of sight, out of mind39. Lovestruck conspirators of a more noble humanity40. Stauffenberg’s grave41. Principles of life on Black Friday I42. Principles of life on Black Friday II43. Torch of freedom44. That was the farewell to the industrial age45. Turkish honey46. The proprietor47. A dignified form of property