Withdrawal
The fact that things have always moved forward is one of the convictions of modern times: there is no provision for retreat. And yet there are situations where a U-turn has been the only thing ...
moreWolfgang Schivelbusch
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, born in 1941 in Berlin, is a historian, literary critic and publicist. He now lives in Berlin again after many years in New York. In 2013, he was awarded the Lessing Prize of the City of Hamburg. Most recent publications by Hanser: Vor dem Vorhang. Das geistige Berlin 1945-1948 (1995), Entfernte Verwandtschaft. Faschismus, Nationalismus und New Deal. 1933-1939 (2005) and Das verzehrende Leben der Dinge. Versuch über die Konsumption (2015).
The Devouring World
Mankind’s earliest stories centre on such transformations as elemental principles of nature. In more recent times they formed the basis of essential theories in the field of political ...
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