Goethe said: "I often feel pain when I think of the German nation, which is so praiseworthy as an individual, but so sad as a whole." Historically, Germany has been called "the country of poets and thinkers".
Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, ......* Beethoven, Wagner, ......Goethe, Heine, Hesse, ......From philosophy to literature to literature, the unique culture has nurtured countless talented people. Let's learn about Germany's history and culture in 10 books, and get closer to this land of poets and thinkers.
1.History of GermanyUlf Dearmaier et al
The book presents historical events in an easy-to-understand manner, but it is not written in a popular historiographical manner. The authors are all professional scholars, but they try to compile them in a way that is interesting to the readers, so that people can be interested in German history. Andreas Rüdig, Duisburg journalist and book critic The book begins with a political history, but also provides an overview of the interconnections between economic, social, cultural, and spiritual history, and begins with an overview of the general situation in each period. In its case studies, the book also uses a less common European comparative perspective, particularly the chapters on Charles V and the Thirty Years' War. —Heinz Schilling, Professor of History at Humboldt-Universität Berlin Among the nations of the world, Germany is an inescapable and extremely difficult object to write about. What is "German History"? When did the land called "Germany" begin to become self-aware? How did it emerge as a Central European power? How does it oscillate between the magnificent national culture and the expanding imperial feelings? How did it achieve nirvana rebirth in the ruins of war? A group of German historians have joined forces to answer these questions comprehensively and concisely from the political, economic, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects, and strive to go beyond the framework of the nation-state and interpret the growth process of a nation from a broader perspective of global history. The narrative of the book begins in the 6th century and continues until 2012 during the period of the Republic of Berlin, the Federal Republic. The authors strive to break through the framework of national history and discuss the evolution of German history from the perspective of European history and global history. 2.Germans and their mythsWritten by Hellfried Minkler
In German history, myths have always been closely related to politics, such as the legend that Friedrich the Great the "Red Beard" will come again, the national epic "Song of the Nibelons", the story of Faust's pact with the devil, the anecdote of King Friedrich II of Prussia, ......The myths derived from them have been used to explain different realities in various periods. After World War II, Germany had a completely different attitude towards the interpretation of political myths. This book takes a broad historical approach to the political myth of modern Germany, with a particular focus on its transmutation, how it shaped the national character of the Germans, what unique power the Germans had to inspire action, and how the political tragedy of Germany was linked to the myth. This book is not only about the history and mentality of the Germans, but it is also an enlightening work on modern politics, with unique insights, fluent translations, and extremely readable content. 3.Translation of Three ** Classics of Marxism: German Classical Philosophy (12 Kinds and 17 Volumes).Feuerbach etc
Without German philosophy, there would be no scientific socialism. -- Engels, "The Complete Works of Marx and Engels", Volume 18, Zhimar's three major works of Marxism were systematically sorted out for the first time and published to trace back to the source, providing a systematic, authoritative and convenient translation of the classics for the study of Marxism At the same time as the political revolution occurred in France, the philosophical revolution occurred in Germany. This revolution was started by Immanuel Kant, who overthrew the antiquated Leibniz metaphysical system adopted by European universities at the end of the 17th century, and his "Three Critiques" laid the foundations of German classical philosophy. Fichte developed the idealism in Kant's philosophy, and Schelling critically inherited the philosophy of Kant and Fichte, and stood on the position of objective idealism to clarify the relationship between thinking and being. For Hegel, for the first time, dialectics was systematically formulated as a conscious method of thinking. Starting from his humanistic materialism, Feuerbach criticized Hegel's idealism and the creation theory of **, and restored the authority of materialism. Marx and Engels fully affirmed the historical merits of German classical philosophy, critically absorbed the dialectical ideas of Hegel's philosophy, discarded his idealistic system, critically absorbed the basic ideas of Feuerbach's materialism, abandoned his idealistic view of history, and founded dialectical materialism and historical materialism. 
4.Address to the German nation[de] Fichte
This book reviews the historical stage of the German nation, the path to the revival of the German nation, the uniqueness of the German nation, and the pillars and prospects of the revival of the German nation. Unswervingly following the broad road of human civilization, loving one's motherland while upholding the ideal of world harmony, and opposing both narrow nationalism and the hegemonism of foreign powers are the true essence of this world-famous work. 5.History of German Literature (Revised Edition).Fan Dacan is the editor-in-chief
The History of German Literature (Revised Edition) regards the development and change of German literature from its beginning to the reunification of Germany in the 90s of the 20th century as a unified process, focusing on how it developed and evolved, how the various literary periods converged, the historical origins and historical roles of various genres, writers and their works, and then explained their historical relationship with the literary schools that appeared before and after them, as well as writers and works. On this basis, the writer and the work are introduced, evaluated, and reviewed.
It is divided into five volumes: the first volume: from ancient Germanic literature to 17th-century literature, including heroic legends, chivalric literature, early citizen literature, etc.; Volume II: 18th-Century Literature, Including the Enlightenment, Classics, and Goethe in His Later Years; Volume III: 19th Century Literature, including Romance, Realism, etc.; Volume IV: Literature of the First Half of the 20th Century, from Naturalism to 1945; Volume V: Literature of the Second Half of the 20th Century, including Post-War German Literature, East-West German Literature, and Post-Reunification Literature. 6.The Origins of the First World War (3rd ed.).By James Joel and Gordon Martel
This book combines rigorous and meticulous historical narrative with structured element analysis, showing the unpredictability, wholeness, and complexity of World War I as a war in the era of globalization, and showing a sense of theory such as neoclassical realism, which is not only readable, but also emulatory! The origin of World War I is one of the most complex issues in the study of modern history. British historiography master James. Joel's classic work transforms the vast expanse of historical data and debate into a clear analytical structure, and the calmness, profundity, and high sense of common sense that emerge from the text are impressive. -- Xu Qiyu, senior researcher at the Institute of National Strategy at Tsinghua University and former deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, remains by far the best single-volume work on the complex issue of the origins of World War I. Gordon Martel has done the impossible, making Joel's The Origins of World War I once again the best research on why World War I broke out. Martel has not only updated Joel's research, but also elevated and expanded it, a triumph of scholarly research and editorial talent, and Joel must be happy about it. —George Louis Peel Prize-winning American Historical Association and American historian Samuel R. JrWilliamson This scholarly, comprehensive, and sophisticated work should serve as readable for all researchers of the history of the period, as well as for policymakers today. John F., Head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and an expert on the history of international relationsv.The causes of Kegel's World War I are probably the most chaotic of all the causes of war, and therefore the most studied to date. How could an all-out war that the vast majority of people don't really want to break out become a reality? Among the studies on the causes of the First World War, the most commendable work of the past 30 years is James Joel's The Origins of the First World War. He comprehensively examined and analyzed the main research results on the origins of the First World War in the past 100 years, and expounded his unique insights, and for the first time proposed what needs to be studied"Unstated assumptions".In short, it is to examine the factors that implicitly influence the decisions of the rulers, but are not obvious. These include important variables that have been overlooked in previous studies, such as social trends and people's influence on **. In this way, Joel opened up another dimension in the study of the First World War, leading many successors. In 2007, Gordon Martel, a well-known contemporary expert on diplomatic history and war history, added a new supplement and expansion to Joel's classic work, adding many newly discovered historical materials and new research results in the past ten years since the publication of the second edition of this book (1992), so that this classic work can keep pace with the times and constantly rejuvenate itself. 7.Fragile Rise:Grand Strategy and the Fate of the German Reich (Revised).Xu Qiyu
Xu Qiyu did not believe that the growth of Germany's material power would inevitably lead to war, as some Western scholars did. On the contrary, Xu's nuanced analysis reveals that while the rise of Germany provoked the structural pressures that drove actors into war, those pressures could have been defused by good strategy and leadership (as Bismarck demonstrated). It was the lack of such strategy and leadership on the part of Bismarck's successors that allowed the insignificant events in the Balkans to ignite the flames of war throughout Europe. —Graham Allison, founding dean of the Harvard Kennedy School and international political scientist "Fragile Rising" is a valuable ...... for its political insightThis book is fundamentally about leadership; Rather, it is about how leadership manifested itself with Bismarck and how it was missing after Bismarck. - David Stevenson, Historian, Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science This is a new work that deeply analyzes the history of Germany's rise and fall from 1871 to 1914. It vividly and in detail describes how after the reunification of Germany, Bismarck, through correct strategic tactics, prevented Germany from becoming the center of the contradictions between the great powers, and was able to rise rapidly in a relatively favorable international environment, while later leaders repeatedly misjudged the ...... of the situationThe author's attitude of daring to challenge the conclusions or opinions of historical politicians based on reliable historical facts is commendable. ——Mei Zhaorong, former Chinese ambassador to Germany and former president of the Chinese-China Institute of Diplomacy Mr. Qiyu's masterpiece is ...... at the right timeThis book not only portrays the formation and transformation of Germany's grand strategy, but also analyzes its domestic economic, social, political, and ideological backgrounds. It's a great work of history and a good work of strategy full of fascinating tactical details. ——Wang Jisi, Boya Chair Professor of Peking University and Dean of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University Xu Qiyu discussed the history of Germany's rise. It is also the history of Europe's march towards war. The author abandons the simplistic theoretical analysis of contemporary international relations studies and delves into many details of this period of German history. ——Chair Professor, Hong Kong Chinese University (Shenzhen) Zheng Yongnian's "Why did Germany go to war after reunification" has always been a question of concern in the study of the history of modern international relations. This issue remains of great value in the context of the 100 years since the First World War and the dramatic changes in the existing international landscape. The Fragile Rise answers this important question in recent history, by detailing Germany's foreign and political-military policy from reunification to the First World War, based on a full excavation of existing research and original diplomatic archives. The author points out that with the further development of its strength, Germany's grand strategy is degrading or even disintegrating, and it is increasingly unable to cope with the changing and complex situation. 8.They thought they were free:Germans in 1933-1945By Milton Meyer
How and why did decent people "become Nazis?" The book is a fascinating and thought-provoking read, consisting of ten very wonderful stories of small people. It is a microsocial anthropology report on life in Germany during the Third Reich. Among the many books that have written about Germany after the fall of Hitler's thousand-year Reich, this book is one of the most readable and enlightening works. Milton Meyer, German-American Jew, was a well-known journalist and columnist with a complex identity. He was an objector during World War II. The question of how and why a "decent man" became a Nazi attracted him to live in Germany after the war, where he lived with a German family for ten years. It was through him that he learned about the lives of ordinary Germans under Nazi rule, which led to this influential book. Ten small people who had lived during the Nazi era were its main interviewees. According to them, Nazism is not only a political system or ideology, but also a worldview that is very suitable for the temperament and mentality of the Germans after the First World War. The Nazis conquered the hearts and minds of the great and mediocre Germans, and also crushed them. Meyer brilliantly writes that Germany's enthusiasm for Nazism is clearly "the little man has gone mad." 9.The German HolocaustFriedrich Meinecke
This book is the final work of the author Meinecke in his later years, and is regarded as a masterpiece of self-reflection in the German mind. The author looks at the historical and cultural background of Germany for two centuries and gives his own answer to the reasons that led to fascism. He disagreed with the popular view in Western intellectual circles after World War II, that the Hitler phenomenon was an inevitable product of Germany's modern history and culture, but stood up to defend German history and culture, believing that it was the accident of history rather than the necessity that led to fascism. This is a profound reflection and re-evaluation of German history and culture by Meinecke, an intellectual historian, after the catastrophe. 10.German geniusBy Peter Watson.
The most outstanding quality of the German Genius 1: The Great Turning Point of Germany's Destiny The Third Renaissance, The German Genius 2: The Rise of the Educated Middle Class, The German Genius 3: The Pain and Miracle ......of Modernity, and The German Genius 4: Fracture and Continuity is that it places scientific discoveries at the heart of cultural history and connects them with fascinating technological and industrial developmentsThe German Genius will be a staple reading for many years to come. —The Independent
It is an encyclopedic examination in which every famous German artist or thinker, as well as geniuses who should be better known to the general public, are included. —The Times Literary Supplement
She was one of the least developed countries in Western Europe in the mid-18th century. It's a fascinating epic story of how the country moved toward a richer, stronger, and more cultured country up to the catastrophe of National Socialism. – Financial Times
This is a masterpiece ......This thoughtful book presents a breathtaking panorama. We hope that it will achieve its goal of promoting a deeper and broader understanding of the country that has Kant, Beethoven, Einstein and Habermas. —Christopher Clark, The Sunday Times
Peter Watson wrote a long intellectual history of Germany since 1750 for a compelling reason: the British were obsessed with Nazism and caused them to ignore the ......achievements of German cultureThe book's introduction to a different kind of German history is very welcome. —Alexander Starlett, The Observer
This work brings together Germany's foundational contributions in the fields of philosophy, theology, mathematics, natural and social sciences, humanities and arts. Peter Watson inscribed a large number of creative thinkers who were enshrined as wise ......Summarizes some high-level generalizations of difficult ideas. From painters to physicists, the breadth of topics covered in the book is impressive. -- The New York Times Book Review Goethe said: "I often feel pain when I think of the German nation, which is so laudable as an individual, but so sad as a whole." Since the middle of the 18th century, Germany has gradually transformed from a culturally poor Western country into a cultural power, even more creative and influential than the European and American countries of the time. Her artists, writers, philosophers, scientists, and engineers have pushed their scientific culture to unimaginable heights. However, the rule of Hitler and the Third Reich in the 20th century led to a sharp decline in genius, which interrupted this process. After World War II, Germany regrouped and became one of the most developed countries, but its glorious history is still shrouded in the shadow of Nazi crimes. "The German Genius" seeks to correct the world's stereotypes of Germany. It is an "850-page love letter to Germanic knowledge" and an encyclopedic work. In this inclusive history of culture and ideas, Peter Watson looks back to the historical truth and explores the origins of German genius. He constantly asks why Germany's scientific culture has flourished and how it has shaped people's lives. More importantly, how it continues to impact our ...... world
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