Category: German Matters
German places and poetry and my humble attempts at translation- oh and yes, politics!
Jeanne Mandello (1907-2001) was a German-Jewish-Uruguayan modern artist and experimental photographer. #PalianSHOW
Jeanne Mandello (1907-2001)
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Friedrichstraße Station
Berlin, October 2, 2025.
Friedrichstraße Station
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Inflation in Kreuzberg
How often is this repeated that the lumpenproletariat as an underclass in society is void of revolutionary consciousness, as stated by Marx and Engels themselves, when in the face of the contradictions of late-stage capitalist postmodernity, as the very lowest class strata in society, they do have a great amount of revolutionary potential. But it […]
What is the role of the lumpenproletariat?
On August 14, 1994, Elias Canetti died in Zurich, leaving a profound mark on English intellectual discourse. Through works like Crowds and Power, his German prose—translated into English—reshaped conversations about authority, mass psychology, and the language of power.
Death of Elias Canetti (1905–1994) – Bringing Crowds and Power into English
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