Tag: 1972
Leipzig Book Fair: Prize for “ca. 1972 · Violence · Environment · Identity · Method” – Culture
No one was really happy with the decision at the Book Fair publishing receptions on Thursday evening in Leipzig. Worded carefully. As a rule, discomfort on these occasions is politely…
Why do we need the SPD?: The damned party
Triumph and tragedy of the Social Democrats: How the SPD almost always gets in the snout – a historical calendar page on Willy Brandt’s electoral success in November 1972. source…
The Legend of Paul and Paula was filmed 50 years ago. – Culture
Of Peter Richter Rumms: 49 years ago, “The Legend of Paul and Paula” was released in the cinemas, the film that was ultimately to become the most successful of the…
"the tent" turns 50: Small world in the Kapuzinerholzl
Those who can do without comfort will be rewarded with a lot of flair in the youth hostel. Between Nymphenburg and Moosach there are a total of 300 sleeping places…
SZ series for the year 1972: The beginning of the environmental movement – culture
A water lily grows in a pond. It doubles in size every day, but its rapid growth goes unnoticed. Even after 29 days, half the pond is still free. On…
50 years of “rockers”: tough guys – culture
“You can’t imagine that anymore, of course,” says Klaus Lemke, while targeting a few of the overbred high earners with their plantation owner gang who have now taken over the…
Interview with Claus Peymann – Two minutes of darkness – Culture
“We were consistentists”: Claus Peymann on Thomas Bernhard, the “Notlicht scandal” in Salzburg in 1972 – and theater that moved the world. Claus Peymann is back, in all immodesty. In…
Richard Nixon and Jacques Derrida: 1972 began financial capitalism – culture
In the history of money and finance, 1972 was a long year: it began in late 1971, when US President Richard Nixon announced that the dollar would be de-pegged from…
Trends on the book market: 1925 is still free
Taking the bus to the geniuses: why yearbooks are so hugely successful. A speculation. source site
SZ series 1972: The Documenta 5 and the birth of the curator – culture
If you want to describe the epochal break in art history that the fifth edition of the Documenta in Kassel means, then you have to take a close look at…