A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America.
The German Issue (1982) was originally conceived as a follow-up to Semiotext(e)'s Autonomia/Italy issue, published two years earlier. Although ideological terrorism was still a major issue in Germany, what ultimately emerged from these pages was an investigation of two outlaw cities, Berlin and New York, which embodied all the tensions and contradictions of the world at the time. The German Issue is the Tale of Two Cities, then, with each city separated from its own country by an invisible wall of suspicion or even hatred. It is also the complex evocation of the rebelling youth―squatters, punks, artists and radicals, theorists and ex-terrorists―who gathered all their energy and creativity in order to outlive a hostile environment. Like a time capsule, The German Issue brings together all the major “issues” that were being debated on both sides of the Atlantic―which eventually found their abrupt resolution in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It involved the most important voices of the period―from writers and filmmakers to anthropologists, activists and poets, terrorists and philosophers: Joseph Beuys, Michel Foucault, Christo, Christa Wolf, Walter Abish, Alexander Kluge, Paul Virilio, Ulrilke Meinhof, William Burroughs, Jean Baudrillard, Hans Magnus Enzenberger, Maurice Blanchot, Hans Jürgen Syberberg, Heidegger, André Gorz, Helke Sander. Opening with Christo's “Wrapping Up of Germany” and the celebrated dialogue between East German dramaturge Heiner Müller and Sylvère Lotringer on the Wall (“Mauer”), since published in many languages, The German Issue offers a first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation. It also embodies at its best Semiotext(e)'s tenacious effort to establish a creative bridge between art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard1584350792
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon1584350792
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 2.6. Seller Inventory # 1584350792-2-1
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 2.6. Seller Inventory # 353-1584350792-new
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6241420-n
Book Description Condition: New. pp. xx + 335. Seller Inventory # 261219480
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover1584350792
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9781584350798
Book Description hardback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781584350798
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ0209KR_ns