The German Issue by Sylvère Lotringer - ISBN: 9781584350798
Hardcover
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

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    356 pages

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    2 October 2009

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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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781584350798
ISBN-10:1584350792
Author:Sylvère Lotringer
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:356
Edition:New edition
Release Date:2 October 2009
Weight:1.18kg
Dimensions:254mm x 178mm x 25mm
Series:Semiotext(e) Journal
Audience Age:18
About The Author

Sylvère Lotringer

Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Felix Guattari (1930-1992), post-‘68 French psychoanalyst and philosopher, is the author of Anti-Oedipus (with Gilles Deleuze), and a number of books published by Semiotext(e), including The Anti-Oedipus Papers, Chaosophy, and Soft Subversions.Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Alexander Kluge is an author and filmmaker, known for launching the New German Cinema in the early 1960s.Sylv re Lotringer is Jean Baudrillard Chair at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University.Michel Foucault (1926-84) is widely considered to be one of the most influential academic voices of the twentieth century and has proven influential across disciplines.Paul Virilio was born in 1932 and has published a wide range of books, essays, and interviews grappling with the question of speed and technology, including Speed and Politics, The Aesthetics of Disappearance, and The Accident of Art, all published by Semiotext(e).Alexander Kluge is an author and filmmaker, known for launching the New German Cinema in the early 1960s.

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