Germany and its European Context

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction
2	Siegert, Hubertus. Berlin Babylon. (PDF) Pinder, John. “What the EU is for,” “Single Market, Single Currency,” and “The EU and the Rest of Europe.” (PDF) Nietzsche, Friedrich. “The Four Great Errors.” (PDF)
3	Byatt, A. S. Babel Tower. (PDF) Nietzsche, Friedrich. “The ‘Improvers of Mankind’” (PDF)
4	Byatt, A. S. Babel Tower. (PDF) Noble, Michael J. “A Tower of Tongues.”
5	Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life. (PDF)
6	Hermann, Judith. “This Side of the Oder.” (PDF) Kristeva, Julia. “Europe Divided: Politics, Ethics, Religion.” (PDF)
7	Schulze, Ingo. Simple Stories. (PDF) Wolf, Christa. “The Leftover Baggage of German History: Correspondence with Jürgen Habermas.” (PDF)
8	Wolf, Christa. Cassandra. (PDF) Bahro, Rudolf. “From Red to Green: Industrialism and Cultural Revolution.” (PDF)
9	Strauß, Botho. “Idiots of the Immediate.” (PDF) Sloterdijk, Peter. “Cynicism — The Twilight of False Consciousness.” (PDF)
10	Vinterberg, Thomas. The Celebration. (PDF) Aspects of Dogma: p.o.v. (PDF) Foucault, Michel. “What is an Author?” (PDF)
11	Houellebecq, Michel. The Elementary Particles. (PDF) Piper, Andrew. “Project Übermensch: German Intellectuals Confront Genetic Engineering.” (PDF)
12	Beuys, Joseph. Artworks_._ (PDF) Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. “Beuys: The Twilight of the Idol”. (PDF)
13	Kristeva, Julia. “Europhilia-Europhobia.” (PDF)