Reflections - Overview

Tuesday 20. of September 2005 A first comment on the outcome of the German election

Many people were surprised that the outcome of the election held one year earlier underlined more indecision than giving any of the parties elected a clear mandate when it comes to forming the next government. That is an...

Sunday 04. of September 2005 Solidarnosc – re-creating a legacy

To remember Solidarnosc of Poland during a time when elsewhere in the world people need solidarity in the form of practical help, that might be an occasion to underline that things do not stand still and there is a need to...

Monday 29. of August 2005 View of literature from the Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann fifty years after his death on 12th of August 1955

If readers could only stand beside Thomas Mann and view from his Magical Mountain the literary landscape below, they would hear him repeating one word over and again: boredom.

Literature is not boredom if engaged, said Sartre....

Thursday 25. of August 2005 A new time for founders?

It's about the high unemployment rate, it's about the future of the social state, it's about new growth in the economy, and it's also partly about inland security and fighting terrorism. But it's not actually about culture...

Thursday 25. of August 2005 British Museum – keeper of Civilisations but what accessibility to cultural heritage if not without controversy and facing difficult choices?

But what accessibility to cultural heritage, if not without controversy and facing difficult choices?

The Parthenon sculptures one such case, the other giving recognition to what cultural heritage!