Impact
West Berlin in the Eighties: the novel of a generation
“No Future”: under this slogan, a group of young people squatted a building in Kreuzberg, Berlin in the early 1980s. ...
Heinz Bude
Heinz Bude, born in 1954, studied Sociology, Philosophy and Psychology. Since 2000, he has held the Chair of Macrosociology at the University of Kassel. From 1997-2015 he headed the department of "The Society of the Federal Republic of Germany" at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. He lives in Berlin. Most recent publications by Hanser: Solidarität. Die Zukunft einer grossen Idee (2019) and Aufprall (2020) http://heinzbude.de/
Solidarity
Solidarity used to be a powerful word. But when individuals were made responsible for their own happiness or misery, it acquired a bad reputation. Today, more than ever, society is divided ...
moreAdorno for the Post-War Generation
What was really behind the protests of 1968?
The year of 1968 still has a polarising effect. But what was the initial driving force behind the 1938-1948 generation? Heinz Bude has ...
The Mood of the World
New departures? A spirit of optimism? Far from it. Instead we all feel threatened, we’re securing our assets and hanging on to all we hold dear. After all, who knows what tomorrow will ...
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