A Book Affair #15: Merve Verlag

Tom Lamberty & friends:
Vom Griechenland

“How come, that people in Europe do not know love, but love knowledge?” (Friedrich Kittler) 

“The beauty of truth lies in its revelation.” (Cornelia Vismann)

“Vom Griechenland” translates into many different meanings: “From Greece” (as in: a message from Greece, and: out of Greece, …) and “About Greece”, “On Greece”. It is the only book by Cornelia Vismann and Friedrich Kittler that started as a joint endeavor, even though it is composed of 5 essays, which are authored separately.

“To me – simplifying a bit here – this book represents a new approach in going back to the Greek origins of our thinking and turning them into something of incredibly contemporary relevance” .

-Tom Lamberty

You are cordially invited on Wednesday November 21st for a “symposium” with Merve Verlag publisher Tom Lamberty who will present the iconic publishing house through publications spanning a period of almost 50 years.

Tom will be joined in conversation by his Athens based friends Dionysis Kavvathas (Philosophy and Media Aesthetics) and Martin Carlé (musicologist), former students of literary scholar, philosopher, music historian and media theorist Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011).

The conversation will be in Greek, German and English.

Seasonal snacks and drinks will be served during the ‘symposium’. Join us!

A Book Affair / Temporärer Kunst-Buchladen is a 7-month long project organized by Goethe-Institut & Radio Athènes.

For further information please contact us at wave@radioathenes.org and Iris.Asimakopoulou@athen.goethe.org