Even as far back as the late 90s an aura of spirituality and/or neurotic existentialism still
clung to the writings of Kafka. Re-reading his short stories at this time revealed an author
acutely sensitive to the psycho-social dynamics of power and resistance as these are
encountered in an everyday life not solely restricted to the world of work and bureaucratic
institutions. This version includes three appendices that have never appeared on line.
Book Review of Marcel Bois: Kommunisten gegen Hitler und Stalin – Die linke Opposition der KPD in der Weimarer Republik – Eine Gesamtdarstellung (Book Review), a comprehensive overall presentation of the history and sociology of the left opposition of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Read MoreCurt Geyer, Walter Loeb u.a.Fight for FreedomDie Legende vom anderen Deutschland2009, 255 Seiten, 18.-€, ISBN: 978-3-924627-19-5,herausgegeben von Jan Gerber und
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