Fallschirmjäger

15 January 2009
Method: Para-doxa

“para-doxa” // “paradox”

“para-” :
1) beyond; beside
2) guard against²

“paradox” (see multiple)

para-² 
“a combining form meaning “guard against,” occurring in loanwords from French, or, via French, from Italian: parachute; parasol
Origin: < F < It para, 3d sing. pres. of parare to prepare against, ward off”

 
 
     Q. potential figure: the Fallschirmjäger?

Even more specifically: these para-troopers were literally “beside” the Wehrmacht, some comprising the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 Hermann Göring — Göring’s distinct (“private”) army.

Q. Obvious task, historical parallel: “guard against” the Luftwaffe (against the blitz; premises: London 1940-41) — but how to go beyond? How to re-deploy history toward unconventional expression of unique{affect, experience, identity}?