The "German question" is considered here in the wake of reunification. The book incorporates historical, cultural and geopolitical considerations in exploring the issue in terms of its four central dimensions - Germany's identity, national unity, power and role in world politics.
Exploring Berlin's contemporary identity, the book examines how the city reconciles its Cold War legacies, including the influence of the four Great Powers, the East German Stasi, and the Berlin Wall. Through an analysis of monuments, museums, and memorials, Dirk Verheyen illustrates Berlin's ongoing efforts to forge a cohesive narrative that unites its divided history and fosters a shared sense of belonging among its residents.
United City, Divided Memories? focuses on the basic question of how Berlin today deals with three specific Cold War-era legacies: the presence of the four Great Powers, the East German Stasi, and the Berlin Wall. Dirk Verheyen looks at monuments, museums, and memorial sites as illustrations of Berlin's struggle to craft an effective shared identity that ties together its western and eastern halves. Verheyen's comprehensive and critical analysis is considered against the broader background of Germany's efforts at coming to grips with its dual twentieth-century totalitarian past. This book demonstrates that important elements of east-west contrast linger and complicate the city's efforts at crafting a more definitively future-oriented united identity. United City, Divided Memories? will stimulate debate among German studies scholars, as well as among those interested in German history and cultural studies.
Diese Sammlung enthält 27 überarbeitete Predigttexte, die Schlüsselwörter nutzen, um Evangeliumstexte fokussiert auszulegen. Die Reflexionen verbinden Hintergrund und Kontext mit der Relevanz für das christliche Leben in der heutigen Gesellschaft. Dirk Verheyen ist Ständiger Diakon in der Erzdiözese Berlin.