The Poetic Power of Theory

Contributions by Richard Langston Contributions by Leslie A. Adelson Contributions by N.D. Jones Contributions by Leonie Wilms Contributions by Alexander Kluge Contributions by Alan Beyerchen Contributions by Erik Porath Contributions by Ulrike Vedder Contributions by Hans Jürgen Scheuer Contributions by Lilian Haberer Contributions by Cyrus Shahan Contributions by Seth Howes Contributions by John E. Davidson Contributions by Irina Simova Contributions by Steffen Andrae Contributions by Georg Baselitz Contributions by Sarah Morris Contributions by Beate Wiggen Edited by Richard Langston Edited by Leslie A. Adelson Edited by N.D. Jones Edited by Leonie Wilms

Book cover: The Poetic Power of Theory

Extent: 459 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Language: German

Paperback (Published)

(November 2019)

ISBN: 9783847110392

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $50.00

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Was heisst poetische Kraft der Theorie? Alexander Kluge selbst entschlusselt die Idee – ein Leitmotiv in seinen jungsten Geschichten und Filmen – in seinem gleichnamigen Aufsatz, der den Kern der sechsten Ausgabe des Alexander Kluge-Jahrbuchs bildet.


“The poetic power of theory” has for Alexander Kluge less to do with pure “philosophy” or the solitary “pleasures in thinking” than with the ancient Greek practice of “theoria”. Like the ancient theoretician called theoros, who returned home from foreign lands to tell of other peoples and cultures, Kluge’s interest in the poetic force of theory seeks to fortify humankind’s essential powers for expressing the subjective experience of difference at a time of crisis when the necessary tools for narration have become impoverished. The sixth volume of the yearbook queries Kluge’s theory of narrative’s potential in the stormy age of digitality governed by algorithms, flooded with information, and disrupted by social conflict.

  • Contributions by Richard Langston
  • Contributions by Leslie A. Adelson
  • Contributions by N.D. Jones
  • Contributions by Leonie Wilms
  • Contributions by Alexander Kluge
  • Contributions by Alan Beyerchen
  • Contributions by Erik Porath
  • Contributions by Ulrike Vedder
  • Contributions by Hans Jürgen Scheuer
  • Contributions by Lilian Haberer
  • Contributions by Cyrus Shahan
  • Contributions by Seth Howes
  • Contributions by John E. Davidson
  • Contributions by Irina Simova
  • Contributions by Steffen Andrae
  • Contributions by Georg Baselitz
  • Contributions by Sarah Morris
  • Contributions by Beate Wiggen
  • Edited by Richard Langston
  • Edited by Leslie A. Adelson
  • Edited by N.D. Jones
  • Edited by Leonie Wilms