More than ten years ago I published an article on Alexander the Great in the political discourse of the 19th century Levantine national movements when he struck a chord with the masses and was the perfect historical poster child for all manner of independence efforts from the Ottoman Empire.
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Western colonialism has many devastating stories to tell that still are not part of the public memory. One such story is the destruction of a center of Chinese learning in the 19th century under German occupation that dates back to the year of 1898, when the Germans occupied a bay in Shandong province.
Schon in der ersten Zeile des Romans geht es los:
“Geräusche hinter der Wand, als würde ein Lastwagen immer wieder versuchen, durch die Wände durchzukommen.“
Elias Canetti in his memoir recalls an event as of July 15, 1927 that became photographed on his brain. At that time, workers were shot in Burgenland, Austria, but the murderers were acquitted. That caused an uproar in Vienna.
Picasso’s studio was a “temple of a kind of Picasso religion”, according to his late lover Françoise Gilot. Among its regular visitors was the photographer Brassai who was known for his clumsiness and Picasso took pleasure in taunting him with the words, “Well, what are you going to destroy today?”
„Thus Russia has only one goal, to become the largest power as leader of all Slavic peoples. That would mean about the same as if England or the United States or Germany wanted to be the leader of these three nations plus Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, as well as Holland and Belgium because these languages are related.“
Der Philosoph Hans Blumenberg war ein ungemein produktiver Autor. In seinem umfangreichen Nachlass fanden sich zahlreiche Rohmanuskripte und Anweisungen für Publikationen, die noch viele Jahre nach seinem Tod zu teilweise sehr umfangreichen Neuerscheinungen geführt haben.
To be honest, I wasn’t interested in women’s football until now, and in men’s football only as far as the major sporting events are concerned, such as the World Cup and European Championship. Far too often I’ve seen games that were of mediocre quality and the winner went 1-0 after a penalty. The last time I saw a football match live – namely in Munich – was a long time ago.
Abseits aller akademischen Interessen bekenne ich mich zu einer Schwäche auch für die schöne Literatur, die in meiner Anschaffungsroutine freilich immer etwas zu kurz gerät. Zuweilen beziehe ich meine belletristischen Titel von Flohmärkten, die aber in Zeiten der Pandemie nicht zu haben sind. Gut, dass es Bücherschränke gibt.