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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