How, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. This book combines their eyewitness testimony with the latest academic research
In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and…
Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music, revealing the development of the composer's interests and priorities
"J.S. Bach composed some of the best-loved and most moving music in Western culture. In this book Peter Williams revisits Bach's biography through the lens of this music. Reviewing all of Bach's music, collection by collection, to reveal the development of Bach's interests and p…
A portrait of the life, career, and milieu of the master composer describes the special challenges he faced as a gifted artist in the face of personal, historical, political, and cultural factors, in a volume that shares insight into his compositional methods through recreations…
Klassisk kærlighedstragedie om følelser der ikke lader sig kontrollere. Dramaet begynder, da ægteparret Eduard og Charlotte inviterer hans ven Kaptajnen og hendes niece Ottilie på langt besøg på deres gods.
Ordoliberalism and the 'Freiburg School' have gained traction in contemporary political economy in response to two factors: a rising interest in governmentality studies and the banking, financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe. In the face of these crises, Germany has assum…
Heritage of our times
by Plaice, Neville, Plaice, Stephen, Bloch, Ernst
fromWeimar and now: German cultural criticism
In "The Limits of Community", Plessner presents the appeal and the dangers of rejecting modern society for the sake of the ideal of community. The appeal, he suggests, is to escape the anonymity of mass society; the danger is the eventual loss of human dignity and the rise of an…
