Today’s publishers are either closing or merging into weighty giants. Family-run publisher C.H. Beck, now celebrating 250 years, is bucking the trend. But trans-Atlantic talks could disrupt its comfortable perch. Link to the English version, the German
C.H. Beck: Germany’s literary rock for a quarter millennium
Frei wie ein Schmetterling
Homosexualität in Indien: Heuchelei und Unwissenheit lassen wenig Platz für Schwule
Immortality through morality, not matter
As human beings, we have this inherent urge to cling to a hereafter in our quest for immortality. We do all kinds of things to ward off mortality when all we have to do to live on forever is to be good, writes KRISHA KOPS Link to the article
Ordnungsliebe mit Anmut gepaart
Der äthopische Prinz und Historiker Asfa-Wossen Asserate spürt deutsche Tugenden auf.
Happiness as the sense of life
The beautiful thing about happiness is that you can buy it in shops nowadays. At least that is what most commercials promise you. Since this product, like any other, has to be sold, it ought to be craved by as many people as possible. No wonder that happiness became a commodity, which is – as…
Munich’s Lenbachhaus puts Kandinsky and Beuys in new light
Munich’s Lenbachhaus has drawn art lovers with works by Kandinsky and Marc. Now, after a world-class renovation, modern architecture, high-tech and contemporary artworks are on the menu. Link to the English version, the German, the Bosnian