"The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state Writing in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition." In The New York Times…
"From the award-winning journalist and best-selling author of America's Bitter Pill: a tour de force examination of 1) how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few, and 2) how…
Journalist Steven Brill examines how and why major American institutions no longer serve us as they should, causing a deep rift between the vulnerable majority and the protected few. Covering the years 1967 to 2017, Brill shows us how America's core values -- meritocracy, innova…
Biographical note: Karin Tebben, Universität Heidelberg. In a new edition, Karin Tebben presents Nordau's best-known work "Degeneration" ("Entartung," 1892/93), which focuses on the modern pathologies of artistic modernism. Together with Nietzsche, Nordau is one of the most inf…
In a new edition, Karin Tebben presents Nordau's best-known work "Degeneration" ("Entartung," 1892/93), which focuses on the modern pathologies of artistic modernism. Together with Nietzsche, Nordau is one of the most influential thought leaders of a tradition that, as it develo…
The world grown old in later medieval literature
"America's supposed moral decline from an imagined golden age, and the threat of divine punishment for straying from the path of righteousness, have been consistent themes in its political and religious rhetoric. But why is this myth so compelling to Americans? Murphy investigat…
Krisen verstehen: Historische und kulturwissenschaftliche Annäherun…
by Ramsbrock, Annelie, Nutzenadel, Alexander, Rüdiger, Jan, Giesen, Bernhard, Krohn, Wolfgang, Hasse, Raimund, Gutmann, Thomas, Baberowski, Jörg, Martschukat, Jürgen, Darieva, Tsypylma, Beck, Stefan, Boyer, Christoph, Geyer, Martin, Hedinger, Daniel, Houben, Vincent, Knecht, Michi, Orland, Barbara, Priesmeier, Lena, Reinecke, Christiane, Sachsenmaie, Dominic, Schröder, Iris, Weiß, Andreas, Zöllner, Reinhard