The German Mittelweg

The German Mittelweg

Author: Michael G. Lee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1000143813

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In the 1790s, a close-knit group of German philosophers published several garden theory texts. These works are unique in that a close-knit group of philosophers had never before--and has not since--produced so many works on the topic of garden design. In essence, this cohort sought to imbue the most visionary concepts that had been inherited from the German garden tradition with the intellectual resources that were newly available through Kant’s critical philosophy. The most important of these concepts was the prescription for a new Mittelweg, or "middle path," garden that would mediate between the perceived excesses of French formalism and the English picturesque. In close analysis, the author demonstrates that Kant used similar "middle path" techniques in the design of his own "critical path" between dogmatism and skepticism. This similarity is most apparent when he uses topographical metaphors to describe the organizational principles of his system. By interpreting Kant’s topographical metaphors in relation to contemporary garden theories, this book offers new insights into the structural similarities between his "critical path" and the German garden’s "middle path" between French formalism and the English picturesque.


Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution

Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution

Author: Ian Kershaw

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-05-28

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0300148232

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This volume presents a comprehensive, multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership and of the attitudes and behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide.


At the Edges of Liberalism

At the Edges of Liberalism

Author: Steven E. Aschheim

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 113700228X

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The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European—especially German—and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement, creativity and destructiveness that occurred at these junctions. These encounters typically unfolded within an uneasy continuum of conflict and co-operation, conformity and resistance, refashioning or maintaining personal and collective dimensions of identity. Clearly, they never allowed for the luxury of indifference. Yet it would be wrong to present meetings of this kind as exclusively confrontational, as stark either-or choices. Life at the junctions may be vulnerable and insecure but it can also yield fresh angles of perception and new opportunities. If these boundary situations generated a modicum of friction, confusion and anxiety, and at times even murderousness, they also produced new alliances and friendships, creative projects and novel fusions and formations of identity. In exploring these dramatic moments in history, Steven Aschheim provides valuable new insights into the history of Europe, Israel, and global Judaism.


Understanding The Nazi Genocide

Understanding The Nazi Genocide

Author: Enzo Traverso

Publisher: Pluto Press

Published: 1999-06-20

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780745313535

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Enzo Traverso's Understanding the Nazi Genocide draws on the critical and heretical Marxism of Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt School.


Fodor's Germany

Fodor's Germany

Author: Fodor's

Publisher: Fodor

Published: 2008-12-02

Total Pages: 767

ISBN-13: 1400007089

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Provides information on accommodations, restaurants, walking and driving tours, sightseeing, and shopping, with information for Berlin and Eastern Germany.


English/German Dictionary of Idioms

English/German Dictionary of Idioms

Author: Professor Hans Schemann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 1135114358

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This dictionary is the ideal supplement to the German/English Dictionary of Idioms, which together give a rich source of material for the translator from and into each language. The dictionary contains 15,000 headwords, each entry supplying the German equivalents, variants, contexts and the degree of currency/rarity of the idiomatic expression. This dictionary will be an invaluable resource for students and professional literary translators. Not for sale in Germany, Austria or Switzerland


Politics and the Imagination

Politics and the Imagination

Author: Raymond Geuss

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2009-12-07

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1400832136

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In politics, utopians do not have a monopoly on imagination. Even the most conservative defenses of the status quo, Raymond Geuss argues, require imaginative acts of some kind. In this collection of recent essays, including his most overtly political writing yet, Geuss explores the role of imagination in politics, particularly how imaginative constructs interact with political reality. He uses decisions about the war in Iraq to explore the peculiar ways in which politicians can be deluded and citizens can misunderstand their leaders. He also examines critically what he sees as one of the most serious delusions of western political thinking--the idea that a human society is always best conceived as a closed system obeying fixed rules. And, in essays on Don Quixote, museums, Celan's poetry, Heidegger's brother Fritz, Richard Rorty, and bourgeois philosophy, Geuss reflects on how cultural artifacts can lead us to embrace or reject conventional assumptions about the world. While paying particular attention to the relative political roles played by rule-following, utilitarian calculations of interest, and aspirations to lead a collective life of a certain kind, Geuss discusses a wide range of related issues, including the distance critics need from their political systems, the extent to which history can enlighten politics, and the possibility of utopian thinking in a world in which action retains its urgency.


Let's Go 2008 Western Europe

Let's Go 2008 Western Europe

Author: Let's Go Inc.

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-11-27

Total Pages: 1144

ISBN-13: 9780312374587

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Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local. RELIABLE MAPS to get you around cities, towns, and the countryside. CHEAP, DELICIOUS EATS from Spanish paella to Norwegian pickled herring. VOLUNTEER and work opportunities throughout Europe. INSIDER TIPS on the best straight and gay nightlife, traveling cheap, and finding vegetarian food. Advice on HIKING, BIKING, AND CLIMBING from the Pyrenees to the Dolomites. A useful PHRASEBOOK to help you say "I'm lost" in fifteen different languages.


City Maps Hamburg-Nord Germany

City Maps Hamburg-Nord Germany

Author: James mcFee

Publisher: Soffer Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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City Maps Hamburg-Nord Germany is an easy to use small pocket book filled with all you need for your stay in the big city. Attractions, pubs, bars, restaurants, museums, convenience stores, clothing stores, shopping centers, marketplaces, police, emergency facilities are only some of the places you will find in this map. This collection of maps is up to date with the latest developments of the city as of 2017. We hope you let this map be part of yet another fun Hamburg-Nord adventure :)


The British and German Worlds in an Age of Divergence (1600–1850)

The British and German Worlds in an Age of Divergence (1600–1850)

Author: Niels Grüne

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-07-22

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1040104576

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The question of whether Britain is "apart from or a part of Europe" (D. Abulafia) has gained significance in recent years. This book reassesses an underexplored field of early modern transnational history: the variety of ways in which connections between Britain and German-speaking Europe shaped developments. After a comprehensive introduction, this book is divided into three parts: cross-border transfers and appropriations of knowledge; coping with alterity in intergovernmental contacts; and ideologising the cultural nation. The topics range from the exchange of religious and political ideas over court life, diplomacy, and espionage to literary and philosophical debates. Particular attention is paid to the media processes involved and to the practical value of knowledge about the "other" in different historical contexts. The picture emerging from the case studies reveals an intriguing dynamic: Mutual interest and ambiguous entanglements deepened precisely at a time when the British and German worlds diverged evermore from each other in terms of social and political structures. This fascinating volume sheds new light on Anglo-German relations and will be essential reading for students of early modern European history.