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Fire And Flames: A History Of The German Autonomist Movement

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Fire And Flames: A History Of The German Autonomist Movement
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Geronimo Geronimo
Afterword by Gabriel Kuhn
Introduction by George Katsiaficas
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781604860979
ClassificationsDewey:322.44
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher PM Press
Imprint PM Press
Publication Date 31 May 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

The first comprehensive study of the German autonomous movement ever published. Released in 1990, it reached its fifth edition by 1997, with the legendary German journal Konkret concluding that 'the movement had produced its own classic.' The author, writing under the pseudonym of Geronimo, has been an autonomous activist since the movement burst onto the scene in 1980-81. He here traces its origins in the Italian Autonomia project and the German social movements of the 1970s, before describing the battles for squats, 'free spaces' and alternative forms of living.

Author Biography

Geronimo is the pen name of an activist for the German autonomous movement. George Katsiaficas is a visiting professor of sociology at Chonnam National University and a Fullbright Fellow. He is the author of The Imagination of the New Left and The Subversion of Politics. Gabriel Kuhn is a translator and the author of Life Under the Jolly Roger.

Reviews

"The target audience is not the academic middle-class with passive sympathies for rioting, nor the all-knowing critical critics, but the activists of a young generation." --Edition I.D. Archiv "Some years ago, an experienced autonomous activist from Berlin sat down, talked to friends and comrades about the development of the scene, and, with Fire and Flames, wrote the best book about the movement that we have." --Dusseldorfer Stadtzeitung fur Politik und Kultur