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Rekuperationskritik

English translation: accusation that one has been 'recuperated'/'co-opted'

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German term or phrase:Rekuperationskritik
English translation:accusation that one has been 'recuperated'/'co-opted'
Entered by: davidgreen

13:24 Jun 15, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / political philosophy
German term or phrase: Rekuperationskritik
This is some heavy stuff...

Operiert man immer schon am selben Terrain wie das Gegenüber („der Feind“), dann verliert die alte *Rekuperationskritik* an „Ausverkauf!“ oder „Vereinnahmung!“ erst mal ihren Sinn. Sie setzt ja voraus, dass es eine klare Unterscheidung geben kann zwischen der Instanz der Macht oder des Staates auf der einen und der des Widerstands oder der Verweigerung auf der anderen Seite. Nicht nur macht der moralische Vorwurf des „sell-out“ keinen Sinn, es macht auch keinen Sinn, jegliche Kooperation mit dem Staat (im engeren Verständnis) prinzipiell zu verweigern.

If one always operates the same terrain as the adversary (“the enemy”) then the old *recuperation criticism* of “selling-out!” or “Vereinnahmung!” loses its meaning to begin with. It presupposes, in fact, that there can be a clear distinction between the authority of power or the State on one hand and that of the resistance or refusal on the other hand. Not only does the moral reproach of the “sell-out” make no sense, any type of cooperation with the State (in the narrower understanding) also makes no sense to refuse as a matter of principle.
davidgreen
accusation that one has been 'recuperated'
Explanation:
I don't disagree with silfilla's answer and 'co-opted' is a good expression here, but the guys themselves use(d?) 'recuperation' which perhaps retains more of the feel of the original, something like:

the traditional accusation that one has been 'recuperated', that is, has sold out or been co-opted/absorbed/made harmless by the enemy/other side, no longer makes sense

'In situationist jargon, recuperation is the process whereby a radical phenomenon potentially threatening to the existing order is transformed or integrated into a commodity.'
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no7/139-148.html
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Kieran McCann
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Local time: 06:27
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Thanks tons, I went with a combination of both your input.
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3 +1accusation that one has been 'recuperated'
Kieran McCann
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accusation that one has been 'recuperated'


Explanation:
I don't disagree with silfilla's answer and 'co-opted' is a good expression here, but the guys themselves use(d?) 'recuperation' which perhaps retains more of the feel of the original, something like:

the traditional accusation that one has been 'recuperated', that is, has sold out or been co-opted/absorbed/made harmless by the enemy/other side, no longer makes sense

'In situationist jargon, recuperation is the process whereby a radical phenomenon potentially threatening to the existing order is transformed or integrated into a commodity.'
http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no7/139-148.html



    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/~johngray/barsit10.htm
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist
Kieran McCann
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks tons, I went with a combination of both your input.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Sil seems to think that your research is sound and that your answer is the better of the two on offer. That’s good enough for me. // Sorry Kieran. I had the strong impression that you’d got the thumbs-up at 0:44 + 2:09. So Sil’s official answer is…?
2 hrs
  -> thanks, but I think silfilla is proposing a different answer, so you do actually have a choice, oder? :-) // the last one, presumably...
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s.b.


Explanation:
First, a few definitions that might help (this is Austrian):

Rekuperation
Rekuperation kann zweierlei bedeuten:

Im technischen Sinne steht es für die Rückgewinnung von Energie.

Im politischen Sinne steht es für die Reintegration eines einstmals revolutionären Ansatzes in den Mainstream - in welchem er als affirmierendes Moment weiterexistiert. Hier wurde der Begriff Rekuperation vor allem von der Situationniste International geprägt.

http://www.bggmuend.ac.at/pokorny/wiki/de/wikipedia/r/re/rek...

Vor der feindlichen Übernahme der eigenen Mittel warnten schon die Situationisten, die diesen Tatbestand als "Rekuperation" bezeichneten.

http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1962643

a first attempt:

... then the old mainstreaming accusation/criticism, that one has "sold out" or been "co-opted," makes no sense/loses its meaning. ...

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Note added at 2 hrs 9 mins (2005-06-15 15:34:30 GMT)
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I obviously dropped the ball earlier on in that I didn\'t research the English language used by the Situanists themselves.

* Recuperation: \"To survive, the spectacle must have social control. It can recuperate a potentially threatening situation by shifting ground, creating dazzling alternatives- or by embracing the threat, making it safe and then selling it back to us\"- Larry Law, from The Spectacle- The Skeleton Keys, a \'Spectacular Times pocket book.

\"Ha! You think it\'s funny? Turning rebellion into money?\"- The Clash, White Man In The Hammersmith Palais.

Recuperation is the process by which the spectacle takes a radical or revolutionary idea and repackages it as a saleable commodity. An ironic example of recuperation, it could be argued, ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situationist

So, in keeping with the above (thanks to Kieran for the research), I\'m also suggesting:

... then the [same] old \"recuperation\" critique/accusation -- that one has \"sold out!\" or been \"co-opted!\" -- makes no sense/loses its meaning. ...

silfilla
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