Zig zag : the politics of culture and vice versa
"Zig Zag is the definitive statement of Enzensberger's provocative worldview. In twenty extraordinary essays - some new and translated here for the first time, the rest chosen by Enzensberger himself from throughout his career - he makes an elegant case for open-mindedness in the face of the complexities of contemporary life."--Jacket
x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781565844360, 156584436X
40487910
Second thoughts on consistency
Two notes on the end of the world
Time as pastry dough : a meditation on anachronism
My fifty-year effort to discover America
Las casas, or, A look back into the future
Reluctant Eurocentrism : a political picture puzzle
Europe in ruins
Brussels or Europe?
Billions of all countries, unite!
Hitler walks again
Pity the politicians : a conciliatory gesture
The hero as demolished man
The industrialization of the mind
The aporias of the avant-garde
Literature as institution, or, The aspirin effect
In praise of the illiterate
In defense of normality
The zero medium, or, Why all complaints about television are pointless
The street theater of rags : an obituary for fashion
The future of luxury
Translated from the German
Previously published articles