Bini Adamczak
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Bini Adamczak | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Adamczak in 2015 | |
| Born | 21 December 1979 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Neologism |
| Notable work | Communism for kids, Yesterday's Tomorrow: On the Loneliness of Communist Specters and the Reconstruction of the Future |
Bini Adamczak (born 21 December 1979) is a German feminist and political writer in the field of communism and queer politics. She is known for the invention of the neologism "circlusion" in her article "On Circlusion".[1]
Life and Works
[edit]During the 2000s, she was part of the Frankfurt group Sinistra! - Radikale Linke (Radical Left).[2][3]
In 2004, she published her first book for children, Communism for Kids, in which she explains capitalism and communism according to Karl Marx. The epilogue on the underlying theory of communism is written for parents.[4] The book was a success and has been translated into fifteen languages since 2013.[5] It has, however, also received criticism and pushback from conservative groups in the United States.[6]
Adamczak published her second book, the essay Yesterday's Tomorrow, which retraces the history of communism since the October Revolution, in 2007.
She co-wrote the play, Everybody Needs Only You. Love in the Time of Capitalism with Kostanze Schmitt. It was performed in December 2019 at the Hebbel am Ufer theater in Berlin.
Adamczak currently lives in Berlin and is a member of Jour fixe initiative berlin.
Books
[edit]- Yesterday's Tomorrow: On the Loneliness of Communist Specters and the Reconstruction of the Future (MIT Press, 2021)[7]
- Communism for Kids (MIT Press, 2017)
Further reading
[edit]- "'Communism for Everybody': An Interview with Bini Adamczak, author of Communism for Kids". Viewpoint Magazine. 16 May 2017.
References
[edit]- ^ Lewis, Sophie; Adamczak, Bini (2022-08-22). "Six years (and counting) of circlusion". The New Inquiry. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ Zahlt doch, ihr Germans! Antideutsche Kritik bedeutet heute praktische Solidarität mit den internationalen Kämpfen gegen das deutsche Krisenregime[usurped] Bini Adamczak und Jakob Apfelböck Jungle World Nr. 25, 18. Juni 2015
- ^ The Way We Were: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind
- ^ N. Rakowitz, P. Christoph: Rezension in Diskus
- ^ "Wie endlich alles anders wird - Vortrag der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung am 25. April 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ Green, Alex. "'Communism for Kids' Sparks Conservative Backlash". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ "The Nazi-Soviet Pact: A Betrayal of Communists by Communists". April 27, 2021.
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