Kerim Pamuk - Erleuchtet und verstrahlt

Between endless feedback meetings and self-optimization events, hardly anyone gets any actual work done - though everyone clocks plenty of overtime. In ERLEUCHTET & VERSTRAHLT, Kerim Pamuk delivers his own feedback on God, the world, and every other disaster going.

Caught between doomsday prophets and "Everything's great, keep it up!" dimwits, he tackles the real first article of the German constitution: "The German's reserve is inviolable!" - and the runaway success of children's yoga. The crime-thriller addiction of Westerners and the barbecue addiction of Easterners. He talks about Wagner's cheerful little operas and rinsed-out yoghurt pots shipped off to Malaysia. German weapons as the top export, Thai massages as the top import.

Are we still having fun in this eternal cycle of growing dumber and dumbing others down? Did we turn out the way we wanted? Pamuk takes stock - personally, politically, and sometimes in a panic. Funny and sharp, somewhere between optimistic resignation and pessimistic euphoria.