History and Obstinacy

History and Obstinacy

The short video segments presented here are points of entry to various parts of History and Obstinacy by Alexander Kluge and Oskar Negt. The annotations that accompany the individual videos reference specific chapters or sections of the 2014 English-language edition from Zone Books, edited by Devin Fore and translated by Richard Langston.

A Parisian Concierge

A Parisian Concierge
00:02:05

Essential Powers of Man

Essential Powers of Man
00:02:12

How Much Blood and Horror

How Much Blood and Horror
00:02:45

I've Never Seen Two Dogs Exchange a Bone!

Ich habe noch nie zwei Hunde einen Knochen tauschen sehen!
00:03:08

Lament of the Unwanted Product

Lamento Der Liegengebliebenen Ware
00:03:16

Light Veins

Licht-Adern
00:04:14

Money Makes Things Mobile

Geld Macht Den Dingen Beine
00:06:48

One Person is the Mirror of Another

Ein Mensch Ist Des Anderen Spiegel
00:01:58

Song of the Crane Milchsack IV

Song Des Krans Milchsack IV
00:02:21

The "Total Worker" at Verdun

Der "Gesamtarbeiter" Vor Verdun
00:17:34

The Death That Had to Laugh

Der Tod Der Lachen Musste
00:04:01

The Forced Institution of Exchange

Die gewaltsame Einprägung des Tauschs
00:03:02

The Wilful Child

Das Eigensinnige Kind
00:02:21

We the Inhabitants of the Cosmos

Wir Einwohner Des Kosmos
00:04:05
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