Drilling through Hard Boards: 133 Political Stories

Author:   Alexander Kluge ,  Wieland Hoban
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
ISBN:  

9780857424280


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   07 July 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Max Weber famously described politics as a strong, slow drilling through hard boards with both passion and judgment. Taking this as his inspiration, Alexander Kluge brings readers yet another literary masterpiece. Drilling through Hard Boards is a kaleidoscopic meditation on the tools available to those who struggle for power. Weber's metaphorical drill certainly embodies intelligent tenacity as a precondition for political change. But what is a hammer in the business of politics, Kluge wonders, and what is a subtle touch? Eventually, we learn that all questions of politics lead to a single one: what is political in the first place? In the book, Kluge masterfully unspools more than one hundred vignettes, through which it becomes clear that the political is more often than not personal. Politics are everywhere in our everyday lives, so along with the stories of major political figures, we also find here the small, mostly unknown ones: Elfriede Eilers alongside Pericles, Chilean miners next to Napoleon, a three-month-old baby beside Alexander the Great. Drilling through Hard Boards is not just Kluge's newest fiction, it is a masterpiece of political thought.

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Author:   Alexander Kluge ,  Wieland Hoban
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Imprint:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 1.40cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.00cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780857424280


ISBN 10:   0857424289
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   07 July 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Alexander Kluge is one of the major German writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. He is the author of many books including Dispatches from Moments of Calm, 30 April 1945, Air Raid, and December, all four published by Seagull Books. Wieland Hoban is a British composer who lives in Germany. He has translated several works from German, including many by Theodor W. Adorno.

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