Open AccessHeltemodig autenticitet: Konsumkritik og politik i Neue-Neue-Deutsche-Welle
Author(s) -
Moritz Schramm
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
k and k/kandk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2246-2589
pISSN - 0905-6998
DOI - 10.7146/kok.v36i106.22031
Subject(s) - german , politics , criticism , flexibility (engineering) , sociology , art history , political science , humanities , history , art , philosophy , law , linguistics , management , economics
Heroic Authenticity: Consumer Criticism and Politics in Neue –Neue-Deutsche-Welle:The article introduces and discusses a new trend in German popular music, often referred to as Neue Neue Deutsche Welle. In the article, it is argued that this new trend in popular music must be seen as a reaction to contemporary political developments and structural changes in society. Referring among others to the French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiappello, it is proposed to see the Neue Neue Deutsche Welle as an attempt to reclaim political discourse and to bring forward new semantic concepts of stability against the current demand for unlimited flexibility.