»Laios«: Lina Beckmann makes full use of her art
Fills the large, almost empty room completely in this solo evening: Lina Beckmann. Photo: © Thomas Aurin Sure, we know him: Oedipus. Kills his father, sleeps with his mother. Both…
Literary stumbling block: Paying the bill for Christian pranksters
Victim of early anti-Semitism: Joseph Süßkind Oppenheimer Photo: Wikipedia Stolpersteine, small brass memorial plaques, commemorate the fate of the people who were persecuted and murdered during the National Socialist era.…
Frank Spilker: Of all the ideas, he values the interesting ones the most
“What has ruined you so much?” Frank Spilker can write really good lyrics. Photo: dpa As is well known, poetry is derived from lyre, which means that its origin lies…
Criticism of Patriarchy: Gendered Reason | nd-aktuell.de
“Men’s Racket” or “Brother Horde”? Bourgeois rationality personified at work Photo: dpa/Matthias Balk The study “Critique of De-sensual Reason” by the sociologist Mario Wolf is based on a contradictory simultaneity.…
Jewish life: Ezzes from Estis: Abi gesint
Photo: unsplash/nikolai chernichenko Health is generally good for Jews. But only as long as they are not sick. That’s why they also say: gesint we a goj (healthy as a…
Picture of the week: Ede and Kuno
One heart and one soul: the twin babies from the Berlin Zoo would also delight Professor Dathe. Photo: dpa/Zoo Berlin »When the day of Pentecost came, everyone was together in…
Poetry: Of all thoughts, he values the interesting ones the most
Frank Spilker, guitarist and singer of the band Die Sternen Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Axel Heimken As is well known, poetry is derived from lyre, which means that its origin…
»Archive of the Avant-Gardes«: Dreams are not foam
Max Ernst took dreaming seriously. A drawing from the “Histoire naturelle” cycle, created in 1925 Photo: Archiv der Avantgarden – Egidio Marzona, SKD, Photo: Elke Estel It has now been…
Workers’ children’s literature: Against Eribon | nd-aktuell.de
Abandoned: The working class and their work, here in Dresden-Leuben. Photo: dpa Workers’ literature has always had a difficult time in Germany, but it is now almost non-existent. At least…
Life as a cartoon: “Simpsons”: What we are
Hedonism and moralism, constantly remobilized: the Simpson couple Foto: IMAGO/Everett Collection One reason why George Bush Sr. lost the election as US President to Bill Clinton in 1992 was a…