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On Monday, 30th January 1933, Joseph Roth no longer wants to wait in Berlin. Early in the morning he walks to the station and takes a train to Paris. He must have sensed that the coming days would become extremely decisive for writers in Germany. In his forthcoming book on February 33, Uwe Wittstock chronicles how, day by day, the brilliant literary life of the Weimar period gave way to a long winter of sufferance for Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht, for Else Lasker-Schüler, Alfred Döblin and many others.

In 2005, Angela Merkel became the first woman in the German chancellor‘s office. From „Kohl‘s girl“, the former citizen of the GDR became Germany‘s most popular politician and one of the most powerful women in the world. In his biography on Angela Merkel, Ralph Bollmann traces her life and career, offering an impressive masterpiece of German and European history since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Andreas Schwab in his book Time of the Escapists, takes us to ten artists‘ colonies. We immerse ourselves in the special atmosphere of Pont-Aven, Altaussee, Taormina, Capri, Worpswede and Ascona, ending our journey on Monte Verità. World-famous artists such as Alma Mahler-Werfel, Arthur Schnitzler and Truman Capote welcome us to their preferred hideouts.

Determined, against all odds and full of passion, Paula Becker pursued her goal of becoming a painter at the end of the 19th century, finding inspiration in the artists‘ colony of Worpswede together with her husband Otto Mo- dersohn. During several stimulating stays in Paris, she became acquainted with contemporary French painting. In his comprehensive monography, Uwe M. Schneede shows how she translated these essential influences into her own pictorial language and paved the way for other German avant-garde artists. oahnBc uan io Jenny Royston Foreign Rights Susanne Simor Publisher Beck Jonathan © Christoph Mukherjee readingadventure. years inaterrific lastfifty ofthe history German the gel readers”, their rarely entertain prosewriters “Clever German sametime,contemporary andfunny atthe ness despite ademonicfather. Unobtrusive andcaptivating, many asample Derbyshire countries, translationbyisavailable. Katy razor-sharp ofinterwoven family story erotic, events. societal andhistorical Herpreviousworks have beensoldto her new novelwith weIn fiction, arehappy to welcome renowned andnovelist the culturaljournalist wrote inreviewing Alfred Döblinprize Interior weather Interior . As a background to the story of the friendship between friendship novel NikiandLu, ofthe the story tells to the the . Asabackground The SummerofmyMother Janina Hecht . Insparkling language ofunconventional beauty, aslimand offers Schmitter ’s debut tells of beautiful and terrible days, for afamily’s happi- ’s debuttells search ofbeautifulandterrible . Thesamecanbesaidabout Manager Foreign Rights Woelk Elke Schmitter ’s new book, alreadyawarded’s new book, to C.H.Beck Der Spie- Contents 3

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8 February 33 | Uwe Wittstock 22 Made in Washington | Bernd Greiner

9 Angela Merkel | Ralph Bollmann 23 Sorting Machines | Steﬀ en Mau

10 History of Turkey | Markus Reinkowski 24 Darknet | Stefan Mey

11 Time of the Escapists | Andreas Schwab 25 Palestine and the Palestinians | Muriel Asseburg

12 Paula Modersohn-Becker | Uwe M. Schneede 26 Understanding Racism | Susan Arndt

13 Discomfort | Armin Nassehi 27 The Decayed House of Islam | Ruud Koopmans

14 Dostojweskĳ | Andreas Guski 28 What should be Returnded? | Sophie Schönberger

15 Resting in God | Volker Leppin 29 The Emigrant | Günther Anders

16 The Conversion of the World | Bernhard Maier 30 Who stole the Mona Lisa? | Susanna Partsch

17 History of Philosophy | Wolfgang Röd 31 101 Questions: The Holocaust | Markus Roth

18 The Imperial Period | Hartwin Brandt 32 Allah’s Caravan | Susanne Schröter

19 Conﬂ ict of Interpretation | Heinrich August-Winkler 33 Black Pharaohs | Francis Breyer

20 Pioneers of German Democracy | Frank-Walter Steinmeier 34 The Art of Investing | Philipp Haas

21 The 9th of November | Wolfgang Niess 35 Class Reunion | Julia Onken

36 The Fine Art of Aging | Ottfried Höﬀ e

37 Being for Yourself | Johann Hinrich Claussen and Ulrich Lilie

38 The Secret of the Twelfth Coin | Albrecht Beutelspacher

39 Dictionary of Latin Quotations | Hubertus Kudla

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40 History of the Federal Republic of Germany | Dominik Geppert 56 Inner Weather | Elke Schmitter

41 German History in the 20th Century | Andreas Wirsching 57 During these Summers | Janina Hecht

42 The Third Reich | Ulrich Herbert 58 For a Life | Ulrich Woelk

43 The European Union | Berthold Rittberger 59 Second Life | Adolf Muschg

44 Human Rights | Angelika Nußberger 60 A Love in Cairo | Amir Hassan Cheheltan

45 Colonialism | Jürgen Osterhammel and Jan C. Jansen 61 Our Games do not End | Dirk von Petersdorf

46 Charlemagne | Matthias Becher 62 The golden Pot | E.T.A. Hoﬀ mann

47 The Ottonians | Hagen Keller

48 The Celts | Alexander Demandt

49 The Bible | Konrad Schmid

50 The Jesuits | Markus Friedrich

51 Vergil’s Aeneid | Markus Janka

52 Caspar David Friedrich | Werner Busch

53 Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease | Hans Förstl

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„Gripping and frightening: the transformation of

C.H.BECK Germany into a hell of dictatorship and terror.“ Sten Nadolny All happened very quickly. February 1933 was an extremely decisive month for writers in Germany. Uwe Wittstock tells the chronicle of a death that was announced and yet never thought possible. From day to day he follows how the brilliant literary life of the Weimar period gave way to a long winter of sufferance for Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht, for Else Lasker-Schüler, Alfred Döblin and many others.

Monday, 30 January. Joseph Roth no longer wants to wait in Uwe Wittstock Berlin for the news the day will bring. Early in the morning February 33 he walks to the station and takes a train to Paris. Thomas The Winter of Literature Mann in Munich, meanwhile, spends the next ten days hard- 288 pages including 25 illustrations ly concerned with politics, but rather with his lecture on € 24,- Richard Wagner. Uwe Wittstock unfolds a mosaic of events and visualises the atmosphere of those days, marked by fear German title: and self-deception among the writers, passivity or deter- Uwe Wittstock mination among others. Who cozied up to the new rulers, Februar 33 who had to fear for their lives and who had to flee? Based on Der Winter der Literatur partly unpublished archive material, a tremendously dense picture of a terrible time emerges.

Uwe Wittstock is a literary critic and book author. Until 2018, he was editor of „Focus“, for which he now writes as a columnist. Previously, he worked as a literary editor for the FAZ (1980 - 1989), as an editor at S. Fischer (1989 - 1999) and as deputy head of the arts section and cultural correspondent for the „Welt“ (2000 - 2010). He was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for Journalism. Ralph Bollmann Angela Merkel 9 The Chancellor and her Time FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Angela Merkel – The Great Biography

Ralph Bollmann In 2005, Angela Merkel became the first woman and former Angela Merkel citizen of the GDR to occupy the chancellor‘s office. From „Kohl‘s girl,“ the minister and secretary-general of the CDU, The Chancellor and her Time she has become Germany‘s most popular politician and one 848 pages including 70 illustrations of the most powerful women in the world. In his funda- € 29,95 mental biography, Ralph Bollmann traces Merkel‘s life with German title: critical sympathy. He also unfolds the story of her chancel- Angela Merkel lorship placing enormous demands on her, beginning with Die Kanzlerin und ihre Zeit the financial crisis, reaching to the refugee crisis and also including the Covid 19 pandemic. His brilliantly written book Dutch translation rights sold to shows us an extraordinary woman at the center of power, De Arbeiderspers/Het Getĳ who decisively shaped an entire age. During Angela Merkel‘s reign, the familiar world order of the postwar period dissolved, and a new uncertainty took its place, most recently in the Corona Crisis even reaching into people‘s everyday lives. Thanks to her experience of the systemic breakdown of 1989/90, the former East German politician was better prepared for this challenge than many of her colleagues. She became so popular not least because she consistently kept all impositions away from Germans who were reluctant to change. But this harmony suddenly ended with the refugee debate. Ralph Bollmann‘s biography is not only a captivating read, but also an impressive history of Germany and Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Ralph Bollmann is a historian, journalist and correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. He already has written a previous book about Angela Merkel and the Germans in 2013 and, among other things, has interviewed companions of Angela Merkel. Maurus Reinkowski

10 History of Turkey From Atatürk to the Present Day FAL 2021 From Atatürk‘s Republic to Erdogan‘s Presidential State: The Standard Work on the History of Turkey

C.H.BECK Turkey‘s republican order has remained virtually unchanged since the founding of the state in 1923, but the astonishing continuity conceals dramatic changes such as the inflicted Europeanisation under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, military coups, conflicts with minorities and last but not least Recep Tayyip Erdogan‘s Islamist-authoritarian presidential regime. With sovereignty, precision and wonderful readability, Maurus Reinkowski tells the story of a country at the crossroads of different cultures and power blocs.

When Turkish President Erdogan converted the Hagia Maurus Reinkowski Sophia from a museum to a mosque in the summer of 2020, History of Turkey he said the prayer himself like an Ottoman sultan, demonst- From Atatürk to the Present Day rating Turkey as an Islamic country. The Republic of Turkey, 496 pages including 51 illustrations and built on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, has repeatedly 6 maps redefined its identity in the course of its hundred-year his- € 29,95 tory: Under the military regime after 1980, the nation-state, which Atatürk forced to be secular and European, strived German title: for a Turkish-Islamic synthesis; after 1990, it saw itself as Maurus Reinkowski the leading power of all Turkic peoples; at the turn of the Geschichte der Türkei Von Atatürk bis zur Gegenwart millennium, it saw itself as a future member of the European Union; and today, it seeks to close ranks with the former- ly Ottoman-dominated Arab world. Maurus Reinkowski tells the story of Turkey along the lines of its domestic and foreign policy upheavals, masterfully illustrating the social, economic and cultural tensions that continue to shape the country between Orient and Occident to this day.

Maurus Reinkowski teaches Islamic Studies at the University of Basel. He was a staff member of the Orient Institute in Istanbul, a fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, and a visiting professor at Sabanci University in Istanbul. Andreas Schwab

Time of the Escapists 11 A Journey to the Artists’ Colonies from

Barbizon to Monte Verità 2021 FALL C.H.BECK From the 1830s until the 20th century, people all over Europe set out to establish living and working communities in natural, harmonious, and some- times even wild surroundings far away from big cities. Life in Barbizon, the archetype of all artists‘ colonies, in Capri, Worpswede or Ascona is determined by a conscious separation from bourgeois society. The escapists seek a counter-world to life in the cities, to exaggerated nationalism and the omnipresent sense of crisis.

Andreas Schwab Without much social control, new lifestyles develop begin- Time of the Escapists ning to assert themselves much later, some of them only in the 21st century as for example women‘s emancipation A Journey to the Artists’ Colonies from Barbizon to Monte Verità and the play with different gender roles as well as living out of a freer sexuality. Over time, a network of subcultures 320 pages including 70 illustrations and an illustration part emerges that stretches from Skagen on the northern tip of € 24,95 Jutland and to Corfu. Often, even artists commute from one drop-out location to another. Swiss author and exhibition German title: organiser Andreas Schwab has arranged them into a colour- Andreas Schwab ful round dance: Eleven characters, including Alma Mahler- Zeit der Aussteiger Werfel, Arthur Schnitzler and Truman Capote, take us to Eine Reise zu den Künstlerkolonien von Barbizon bis Monte Verità ten different artists‘ colonies. After a period of residence in which we immerse ourselves in the special atmosphere of Pont-Aven, Altaussee or Taormina, we set off with a person living there to the next colony - until we arrive at the end of the this journey at Monte Verità, where the „wild thinker“ Harald Szeemann welcomes us.

Andreas Schwab, born in 1971, is an author, exhibition organiser and mayor of Bremgarten near Bern. He has published books on Monte Verità and the Longo maï rural cooperative. As a member of the exhibition group Palma3, he has curated numerous exhibitions on cultural-historical themes, including the permanent exhibition in the Casa Anatta on Monte Verità and, most recently, „Live better! In Search of the Ideal Life“. Uwe M. Schneede

12 Paula Modersohn-Becker The Painter who set out on the Path to

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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907) was one of the great, singular artists of modernism. She cou- rageously went her own way as a woman - got to know Paris and its art and became a pioneer of the German avant-garde with her intense and expres- sive paintings.

Determined, against all odds and full of passion, Paula Uwe M. Schneede Becker pursued her goal of becoming a painter at the end Paula Modersohn-Becker of the 19th century. She initially found inspiration in the The painter who set out on the path to artists‘ colony of Worpswede, where she met her future hus- modernity band Otto Modersohn. Her artistic hub, however, was Paris, 240 pages including 119 coloured the world capital of art at the time. During several stimula- illustrations ting stays there, she became acquainted with contemporary € 28.- French painting. In his comprehensive monography, Uwe M. Schneede, one of the best experts on Paula Modersohn- German title: Becker‘s work, shows how the artist translated these im- Uwe M. Schneede Paula Modersohn-Becker portant impressions into her own pictorial language. She died in 1907 at the age of only 31, but her oeuvre has shaped the epoch between the old and the new, the 19th and 20th centuries, and paved the way for the German avant-gardes. Today she stands paradigmatically for the first generation of independent, courageous women painters of modern age.

Uwe M. Schneede was director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle from 1991 to 2006, before he taught modern art history at the University of Munich.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: Vincent van Gogh (3rd edition 2019) Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: Beĳ ing Publishers Turkish: Repar Tasarim Matbaa ve Reclamcilic Tic Ltd Sti Spanish: Alianza Editorial S.A. Geschichte der Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert (2001) Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: China Federation of Literary & Art Circles Press Armin Nassehi

Discomfort 13 Theory of the Overburdened Society FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

In his new book, Armin Nassehi shows why modern complex societies are notoriously overburdened with the management of crises

Armin Nassehi In our handling of the pandemic and the climate crisis, it Discomfort becomes clear that the various political, economic, familial, and scientific instances of society follow their own logics of Theory of the Overburdened Society operation contradicting each other internally and externally. 320 pages As a result, the attempt to combine all political forces to € 26,- overcome the crisis is bound to fail. Calls for more solidarity German title: and cohesion sound good, but against this background they Armin Nassehi are illusory. In his book, Armin Nassehi argues that complex Unbehagen societies continuously experience themselves as being in cri- Theorie der überforderten Gesellschaft sis, without ever returning to a form of prestabilized harmony. At the same time, he suggests what can be learned from our handling of the pandemic and the climate crisis in order to be better equipped for future crisis situations.

Armin Nassehi holds the Chair of General Sociology and So- cial Theory at the University of Munich and has been editor of the cultural journal „Kursbuch“ since 2012. Andreas Guski

14 Dostoevsky A Biography FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

Dostoevsky‘s life was one of extremes. Literally overnight, at the age of 24, he became the star of the Petersburg literary scene. When he was arres- ted for political reasons at the age of 27, he only escaped his death sentence at the very last minu- te. After ten years in Siberia, he returns a changed man and begins his literary comeback. Later he flees from material hardship into gambling.

Andreas Guski follows Dostoevsky‘s political transforma- Andreas Guski tions between revolt and reaction, his attempts to survive Dostoevsky as a professional writer, and his struggle for readers. While A Biography Dostoevsky himself often lived psychologically at the limit, Special edition 2021 in his works he illuminates the most secret corners of the 464 pages including 30 illustrations human soul perfectly. His confrontation with the modern € 20.- world made him a „prophet of the 20th century“ (Albert German title: Camus). Dostoevsky‘s novels and stories charged with tre- Andreas Guski mendous tension belong to the most widely read works of Dostojewskĳ world literature and are brilliantly explored in this biogra- Eine Biographie phy. Serbish translation rights are sold to Laguna Andreas Guski taught Slavic philology at the University of Simpliﬁ ed Chinese translation rights Basel. He is one of the best German experts on Dostoevsky‘s are sold to Social Sciences Academic work, on which he has published widely... Press Volker Leppin

Resting in God 15 History of Christian Mysticism FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Greek monks attained rest in God through asceti- cism, Bernard of Clairvaux allowed himself to be embraced by the Crucified, and Mechthild of Mag- deburg gave herself to her bridegroom Christ. Vol- ker Leppin tells the story of Christian mysticism in a completely new way by showing that the search for the immediate nearness of God was already part of the core of early Christian teaching.

Volker Leppin Mystics felt so close to God that differences between clergy Resting in God and laity, men and women, became obsolete for them. In his brilliant account, Volker Leppin shows how early History of Christian Mysticism Christian teachings, in conjunction with Platonic philoso- 480 pages including 17 coloured illustra- phy, shaped mystical world views and paths to salvation and tions € 32.- became the core of orthodox spirituality. The question of common ground with other religions and a growing distance German title: from the Church show how essential mysticism is for Christi- Volker Leppin anity, especially in the modern age. Ruhen in Gott Geschichte der christlichen Mystik Volker Leppin teaches church history at the University of Tübingen (from August 2021 at Yale University) and is a member of the Saxon and Heidelberg Academies of Sciences and Humanities. For his research on the late Middle Ages, he has been awarded the Ruprecht Karls Prize of the University of Heidelberg, the Hanns Lilje Prize of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Gerhard Hess Prize of the German Research Foundation, among others. Bernhard Maier

16 The Conversion of the World A history of Christian Mission

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How Christian mission changed the world „Convert in disciples all nations!“ The age of discoveries and conquests gave the „Great Com- mission“ a completely new thrust. Bernhard Maier impressively describes how Christian missionaries transformed cultures and religions all over the world from the Spanish Conquista to the compe- tition of great powers for lands and resources to decolonisation.

Bernhard Maier shows how missionaries morally flanked Bernhard Maier the subjugation of the world, reaching their own limits soon. The Conversion of the World Forced conversions were rarely sustainable. They had to A History of Christian Mission in the learn the languages of the pagans, translate the Good News, Modern Era interpret myths and rituals in Christian terms, and had to 500 pages including 30 illustrations and found schools, provide medical care, and, if necessary pro- 2 maps tect the entrusted peoples against their own colonial power. German title: Bernhard Maier‘s commanding history of mission offers a Bernhard Maier unique key to better understanding the globalisation of cul- Die Bekehrung der Welt tures in the Modern Era. Eine Geschichte der christlichen Mission in der Neuzeit Bernhard Maier teaches General Religious Studies and Euro- pean History of Religions at the University of Tübingen.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: Die Kelten (2016) English: Edinburgh University Geschichte Schottlands (2015) Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: Beĳ ing Phoenix- Power Cultural Development Die Druiden (2009) Turkish: Repar Tasarım Matbaa ve Reklamcılık Tic Ltd Sti Stonehenge (2nd ed. 2018) Italian: Il Mulino Turkish: Repar Tasarım Matbaa ve Reklamcılık Tic Ltd Sti 17 FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Wolfgang Röd (Ed.) Wolfgang Röd (Editor) History of Philosophy Vol. I - XIV | Special edition in Kassette History of Philosophy 14 volumes Complete Work in 14 Volumes 6.126 pages € 228.- In the fourteen-volume History of Philosophy, renowned authors present an introductory and generally understandable German title: account of the development of Western thought through all Wolfgang Röd (Hg) epochs up to the present day. Geschichte der Philosophie Band I – XIV | Sonderausgabe in Kassette I: The Philosophy of Antiquity 1: From Thales to Democritus Czech translation rights are sold to Oikoymenh II: The Philosophy of Antiquity 2: Sophism and Socraticism. Portugese translation rights are sold to Editore Plato and Aristotle da Universidade de Brasilia (1+2) III: The Philosophy of Antiquity 3: Stoa, Epicureanism and Scepticism Korean translation rights are sold to Hangilsa Publishing Co. (vol. I,II,III,VII, VIII, X) IV: The philosophy of the late ... V: The Philosophy of the High and Late Middle Ages VI: The Philosophy of Humanism and the Renaissance VII: Modern Philosophy 1: From Francis Bacon to Spinoza Further works published by C.H. Beck: VIII: Modern Philosophy 2: From Newton to Rousseau IX,1: Critical Philosophy from Kant to Schopenhauer Eureka! (2013) Korean: Eun Hang Namu Publishing IX,2: Classical German Philosophy from Fichte to Hegel X: Positivism, Socialism and Spiritualism in the 19th Century The Path of Philosophy, 2 vols. (2nd ed. 2008/9) XI: Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy Portuguese: Editora da Universidade de Brasilia XII: Neo-Kantianism, Idealism, Realism, Phenomenology Ukrainian: Ukrainian Philosophical XIII: Philosophy of Life and Existential Philosophy Foundation XIV: The Philosophy of Recent Times: Hermeneutics, Frankfurt Dialectical Philosophy of the Modern Era School, Structuralism, Analytic Philosophy (2nd ed. 1986) Portuguese: Editora da Universidade de Wolfgang Röd (1926-2014) was professor of philosophy at Brasilia the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck Hungarian: Latin Betük Kiadó and editor of the History of Philosophy. Spanish: EUNSA Ediciones Hartwin Brandt

18 Ancient Orient, Greek History, Roman History Vol.11:

FAL 2021 The Imperial Period Roman History from Octavian to Diocletian C.H.BECK 31 B.C. - 284 A.D.

In a chequered history, from the 5th century BC onwards the small central Italian town of Rome had become the Roman Empire.

When its legions had subjugated the peoples of the Mediter- Hartwin Brandt ranean, they were led against each other by their comman- Ancient Orient, Greek History, ders. The bloody civil wars ended in 31 BC with the naval Roman History Vol.11: battle of Actium, in which Marc Antony and Cleopatra were The Imperial Period defeated by Caesar‘s adopted son Octavian and his loyal Roman History from paladin Agrippa. The winner takes it all: Rome‘s traditional Octavian to Diocletian republican decision-making and ruling structures had outli- 31 B.C. - 284 A.D. ved - the time of the emperors had dawned. 784 pages including 3 maps and 4 genea- Hartwin Brandt succeeds in a masterly synthesis with his logical tables great portrayal of the Roman imperial era. This concise € 112,- volume offers orientation and at the same time original interpretations. In this volume, 300 years of Roman history German title: shine in bright and clear light of modern historiography. Hartwin Brandt Die Kaiserzeit Römische Geschichte von Octavian bis Hartwin Brandt teaches Ancient History at the University of Diocletian Bamberg 31 v.Chr. – 284 n.Chr.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: The Heritage of the Antique (2017) Italian: Mulino Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: Social Sciences Academic Press Turkish: Repar Tasarım Matbaa ve Reklamcılık Tic Ltd Sti Konstantin the Great (3rd ed. 2011) Spanish: Herder Editorial, S.L. Hungarian: Gabo Könyvkiadó Heinrich August Winkler

Conﬂ ict of interpretation 19 The Dispute over German History FALL 2021 FALL To this day, German history is a contested terrain on which political conflicts are often fought out: Is there a historical German “special path”? Does Germany bear a greater responsibility for the outbreak of the C.H.BECK First World War than other nations? How did Hitler‘s rise to power, and how could the Holocaust happen? These are just some of the historical-political questions which Heinrich August Winkler has treated repeatedly. This volume brings together some of the most important contributions by the prominent historian, who has participated in these „conflicts of interpretation” for more than half a century and often played a decisive role in shaping them.

Heinrich August Winkler A Germany that opens itself unreservedly to the political Conﬂ icts of interpretation culture of the West and at the same time develops a critical relationship to its own past - such a Germany had to be won The Dispute over German History after 1945 against all odds. Heinrich August Winkler‘s new 304 pages book tells of this often bitterly fought disputes. Regardless of € 25,- whether the attempts to instrumentalize history came from German titel: the left or the right, Winkler‘s interventions always pursued Heinrich August Winkler a dual purpose: correcting legends and backing the culture Deutungskämpfe of democratic pluralism - knowledgeably, astutely and, so- Der Streit um die deutsche Geschichte metimes with a strong shot of polemic.

Heinrich August Winkler taught modern history at the University in Berlin from 1991 to 2007. In 2014, he received the Hans Ringier Foundation‘s European Prize for Political Culture, and in 2016 the Leipzig Book Prize for European Un- derstanding. In 2018, the Federal President awarded him the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: How we became who we are (2020) Simplifi ed Chinese: Social Sciences Academic Press A History of the West: The Era of the World Wars 1914 – 1945 (2011) Is the West Collapsing? (2017) English: Yale University Press Simplifi ed Chinese: CITIC Pess Corporation Simplifi ed Chinese: Social Sciences Serbian: Albatros plus d.o.o. Academic Press The Long Way West, 2 vols. (2010) Weimar (3rd ed. 1997) English: Oxford University Press Italian: Donzelli Italian: Donzelli Editore Russian: DHI Moscow French: Librairie Artheme Fayard Simplifi ed Chinese: Social Sciences Polish: Wydawnictwo Universytetu Academic Press Wroclawskiego Hungarian: Osiris Kiado Wie wir wurden, was wir sind (3rd ed. 2020) Japanese: Showado Publishing Co. Simplifi ed Chinese: Social Sciences Simplifi ed Chinese: Moveable Type Legacy Academic Press Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Ed.)

20 Pioneers of German Democracy 30 courages women and men 1789-1918. FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

The democratic freedom movements still have not found their place in the collective memory of Germans. Never again“ is rightly at the core of Germany‘s culture of remembrance. But anyone who wants to strengthen our democracy must also know those who fought for it, often at the risk of their lives.

Freedom and democracy have deep roots in German history. Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Ed.) Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has made it one Pioneers of German Democracy of the goals of his term in office to make these roots more vi- 30 courages women and men 1789-1918 sible. The volume he has edited portrays courageous women 320 pages including 30 illustrations and men who stood up for freedom and human rights bet- € 24,95 ween the French Revolution and the Weimar Republic. The foundations of democracy and parliamentarism, emancipa- German titel: tion, fundamental rights and the constitutional state were Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Hg.) laid in this era. Nevertheless, actors such as Georg Forster, Wegbereiter der deutschen Demokratie Robert Blum, Louise Otto-Peters, Emma Ihrer or Hugo Preuß 30 mutige Frauen und Männer 1789-1918 are too often still too much in the background in public memory. Nevertheless they show us what has brought us forward in our history and what we can build on. With contributions by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Norbert Lammert, Barbara Sichtermann, Christopher Clark, Hedwig Richter, Herfried Münkler, Ute Gerhard, Dietmar Süß, Heri- bert Prantl and many others.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is President of the Federal Republic Wolfgang Niess

The 9th of November 21 The Germans and their Fateful Day FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

“The 9th of November is Germany‘s fateful day.“ This is how the President of the Bundestag, Wolf- gang Schäuble, began his address to the comme- moration ceremony of the German Bundestag on 9 November 2018. „On this date, our recent history condenses in its ambivalence, with its contradic- tions, its contrasts. The tragic and the happy, the futile attempt and the success, joy and guilt: all these belong together. Inseparably.“

Wolfgang Niess The revolution of 1918/19, the Hitler putsch, the Reich The 9th of November Pogrom Night, Georg Elser‘s assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and the peaceful revolution of 1989 - all these events The Germans and their Fateful Day are linked to this date. Wolfgang Niess tells the story of the 288 pages including 20 illustrations respective days and describes the struggle for remembrance. € 26,- Since 1918, 9 November has been a special day in German German title: history with its own historical significance. The events are Wolfgang Niess not merely anecdotal but have a real context. A German Der 9. November history of the 20th century can therefore be written in the Die Deutschen und ihr Schicksalstag mirror of this date. More than any other day of the year, 9 November illustrates the long struggle for democracy in Ger- many, interrupted by terrible relapses into barbarism, but ultimately successful. It is time to declare it a national day of remembrance.

Wolfgang Niess has a doctorate in history and was an editor at SWR television for many years. Niess is the author of numerous radio and television programmes, essays and book publications on aspects of contemporary history. Bernd Greiner

22 Made in Washington What the USA has done to the World

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The USA is generally considered as the essential nation. Without its protective hand, seemingly the world would sink into chaos. Bernd Greiner tests this thesis. What does the order power do when it puts things in order? And what do the areas of the world look like after Washington has intervened?

Bernd Greiner‘s book shows how the USA developed its claim to be the guardian of international order. It also shows how the idea arose that the condition for stability is Ameri- can superiority. And it provides a critical balance of Ameri- Bernd Greiner can regulatory policy since the Second World War including Made in Washington its terrible consequences in South and Latin America, for example in Guatemala. But also the Vietnam War, the Iraq What the USA has done to the World since 1945 wars or the policy in Indonesia. After the end of the Cold War, the USA clung to its military understanding of secu- 240 pages € 16,95 rity, thus achieving the opposite of what was originally desired. What matters is not the assertion but the balancing German title: of interests, not the language of power but a grammar of Bernd Greiner trust. Europe should advocate a policy of collective security. Made in Washington Without claiming dominance and demanding allegiance, Was die USA seit 1945 in der Welt ange- without arrogance and nationalism. In other words, beyond richtet haben American attitudes, claims and practices.

Bernd Greiner is the founding director and staff member of the „Berliner Kolleg Kalter Krieg / Berlin Center for Cold War Studies“. He taught non-European history at the Uni- versity of Hamburg and headed the research area „Theory and History of Violence“ at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research until 2014. Steﬀ en Mau

Sorting Machines 23 The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century FALL 2021 FALL

According to a common narrative, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous in C.H.BECK globalisation. Cross-border mobility is thus becoming a universal experience - at best temporarily interrupted by the return of nationalist politics. Steffen Mau shows that this view is deceptive: from the very beginning, borders are not getting more permeable in globalisation, but have become powerful sorting machines. Today they fulfil their separation function better and more effectively than ever.

While the cross-border movement of people has steadily increased in recent decades, a counter-development has taken place at the same time: in many places new deterrent Steff en Mau walls and militarised border crossings can be observed. Borders have also become increasingly selective . Supported Sorting Machines by digitalisation they have been upgraded to smart borders, The Reinvention oft he Border in the and border control has expanded spatially on a massive 21st Century scale, even becoming a global enterprise that is detached 192 pages from territory. Sociologist Steffen Mau analyses how the € 14,95 new sorting machines create mobility and immobility at German title: the same time: for desired travellers, borders are supposed Steff en Mau to open like department stores‘ doors, for others they are Sortiermaschinen remain more firmly closed than ever. While a small circle of Die Neuerfi ndung der Grenze privileged people are allowed to travel almost everywhere im 21. Jahrhundert today, the vast majority of the world‘s population continues to be systematically excluded. Nowhere is the Janus face of globalisation more evident than at the borders of the 21st century.

Steffen Mau teaches macrosociology at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He was awarded the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation in 2021. Stefan Mey

24 Darknet Weapons, Drugs, Whistleblowers

FAL 2021 How the Darknet works. C.H.BECK

A 19-year-old who sells almost a tonne of drugs from his parents‘ living room. Whistleblowers who transmit explosive information under the protection of anonymity, political collectives who want to prevent authorities from accessing their plat- forms.

What does the Darknet look like, what makes it as frightening as attractive to many people? Is it good, evil or something in between? And is it worth to visit? Journalist Stefan Mey has gone into the depths of the Darknet. He Stefan Mey quickly realised how much of the information circulating is Darknet myth and how little we know. He elicits the secrets of this hard-to-explore place. In his intense research, he scoured Weapons, Drugs, Whistleblowers dozens of scientific Darknet studies for usable results and How the Digital Underworld Works sought out conversations with people „out there“ via tap- 3rd revised and updated edition proof channels. 240 pages €16,95 Stefan Mey studied sociology and journalism and is a freelance journalist in Berlin. For years he has been reporting on German title: technology and on the question of what the internet is doing Stefan Mey to politics, the economy and society. He has written about Darknet Waﬀ e, Dorgen, Whistleblower the Darknet for more than a dozen renowned media. Wie die digitale Unterwelt funktioniert

Korean translation rights sold to HanulMPlus Inc Muriel Asseburg

Palestine and the Palestinians 25 A History from the Nakba to the Present Day FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

The history of Palestine and the Palestinians is a story of war, expulsion, loss and exile, and of a still unfulfilled quest for national self-determination. Muriel Asseburg tells the dramatic story of a small fragmented country, a people without a state struggling for liberation since almost a century. Her clear, factual book helps us to better understand the Palestinian people.

The founding of the state of Israel in May 1948 and the following war were perceived by the Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine as a Nakba, a catastrophe. Hundreds of Muriel Asseburg thousands lost their houses, their property and their homes. Muriel Asseburg explains the prehistory and background Palestine and the Palestinians of this key year, tells the story of the Palestinian national A History from the Nakba to movement and depicts its most important protagonists. She the Present Day describes wars, uprisings and peace initiatives, reports on 320 pages including 10 illustrations the experiences of Palestinian self-government and portrays € 16,95 important personalities from politics and culture. Her sen- German title: sitive account lets us see Palestine and the Palestinians with Muriel Asseburg different eyes. Palästina und die Palästinenser Eine Geschichte von der Nakba bis zur Muriel Asseburg is a Middle East expert and Senior Fellow Gegenwart in the Middle East and Africa Research Group at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. Susan Arndt

26 Understanding Racism FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

Racism is one of the greatest catastrophes in history. It affects even the smallest contexts of global and local structures – as a result of its far too long history, which this book concisely analyses.

Every day, people all over the world experience racism in the form of everyday discrimination, become victims of political and institutional racism and suffer from racist violence. When the police officer Derek Chauvin took the breath Susan Arndt away from the Black American George Floyd, an anti-racist Understanding Racism wave of protest surged around the world, which also moved Germany. Susan Arndt introduces the history and present 384 pages € 18,95 of racism and shows that it cannot be overcome by the mere will of individuals. Anti-racism requires active action and German title: appropriate skills and necessitates knowledge and argu- Susan Arndt ments which this both is providing. Rassismus begreifen

Susan Arndt teaches English Literature and Anglophone Literatures at the University of Bayreuth.

Further titles published by C.H. Beck: Sexism (2020) Turkish: Tohum Yayincilik Turizm Reklam Ruud Koopmans

The Decayed House of Islam 27 The Religious Causes of Deprivation of Freedom, Stagnation and Violence FALL 2021 FALL

The „house of Islam“ has become the house of C.H.BECK war, terror, economic stagnation and dictatorship in many places. In his groundbreaking analysis of this desolate situation, the renowned social sci- entist Ruud Koopmans sets hard facts against the Islam-critical general verdict of the West and its fashionable self-criticism. He shows how funda- mentalism has a stranglehold on Islam worldwide and asks what paths could lead out of this impasse.

Ruud Koopmans is Director of the Department „Migration, Integration, Transnationalization“ at the Science Center Ber- lin and Professor of Sociology and Migration Research at the Ruud Koopmans University of Berlin. He also performs important advisory functions, for example as a member of the Scientific Adviso- The Decayed House of Islam ry Council of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. The Religious Causes of Deprivation of To a large audience he is known through regular contribu- Freedom, Stagnation and Violence tions in major newspapers and television appearances. 300 pages including 16 illustrations and 20 graphics € 14,95

German title: Ruud Koopmans Das verfallene Haus des Islam Die religiösen Ursachen von Unfreiheit, Stagnation und Gewalt

Only English translation rights available. Sophie Schönberger

28 What should be Returned? The Restitution of Cultural Artefacts in

FAL 2021 the Age of Nostalgia C.H.BECK

The restitution of cultural property is one of the most explosive and most discussed topics of recent years. Can past injustice be redressed through late restitution? What must, what should, what can be returned?

In our dealings with a historically burdened past, injustice seems to attach not only to history as such, but also to very concrete objects. If they were looted, extorted from the victims or even lost, it is common sense today, that they Sophie Schönberger have to be returned to their original owners even many de- What should beRreturned? cades after their loss. Sophie Schönberger, an expert in art and cultural law, explains the parameters, difficulties, but The Restitution of Cultural Artefacts in the Age of Nostalgia also opportunities that characterise this process, using three examples shaping current debates in Germany in different 160 pages including 24 illustrations € 14,95 ways: the restitution of Nazi looted property, the handling of colonial objects and, finally, the compensation claims of the German title: Hohenzollern family. Sopie Schönberger Was soll zurück? Sophie Schönberger teaches public law, art and cultural Die Restitution von Kulturgütern im law at the University of Düsseldorf and is co-director of the Zeitalter der Nostalgie Institute for German and International Party Law and Party Research. Günther Anders

The Emigrant 29 With an epilogue by Florian Grosser FALL 2021 FALL

An Essay A highly topical rediscovery C.H.BECK

„Our essence is not that our lives have been interrupted by an (inescapable) interlude, but that the disintegration of our lives into several lives has become definitive; and that means that the second life stands out at an angle from the first, and the third again from the second, that each time a „bending of the way“ has taken place, a bending that makes ret- rospection - I almost wrote: physically - impossible.“ Günther Anders

Every emigration is a fundamental break in life. It uproots a person, makes him speechless, lonely and invisible. With unsparing honesty, Günther Anders reports on the shame and Günther Anders disgrace he had to experience in his own existence as a fugi- tive. His brilliant essay sheds new light on the „main moral The Emigrant | An Essay malaise“ of the 20th century and thus is on a par with other With an epilogue by Florian Grosser rediscoveries, such as Hannah Arentdt‘s „The Freedom to Be 96 pages Free“, Theodor W. Adorno‘s „Aspects of the New Right-Wing € 10.- Radicalism“ or George Orwell‘s „On Nationalism“.

German title: Günther Anders (1902 - 1992) is one of the most important Günther Anders philosophers of the 20th century. His intellectual and political Der Emigrant | Ein Essay Mit einem Nachwort von Florian Grosser radicalism is unparalleled in the German-speaking world. His main work is „The Antiquity of Man“. Florian Grosser, born 1980, teaches philosophy at the Univer- Further works published by C.H. Beck: sity of California, Berkeley and at the California College of the The Molussian Catacombs (1991) Arts, San Francisco. Dutch: Lemniscaat Rotterdam French: Éditions L‘échappée A Fight of Cherries: Dialogues with Diaries and Poems (1985) Hannah Arendt (2012) Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen, French: Fage editions Italian: Donzelli volume 1 (7th edition 1983) Hiroshima is everywhere (1995) French: Payot French: editions ivrea Spanish: Ediciones Paidos Spanish: Paidos Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Japanese: Hosei University Press French: Editions du Seuil Kafka, Pro and Contra (4th edition 1972) Spanish: Editoral Pre-Textos Portuguese: Editora Elefante Brasilian: Cosac & Naify Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen, Man without world (2nd edition 1993) The View of the Tower (3rd edition 1984) volume 2 (4th edition 1983) Japanese: Hosei University Press Japanese: Hosei University Press French: fario Ketzereien (Heresies) (1996) Italian: Mim-Edizioni Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Japanese: Hosei University Press Japanese: Hosei University Press We – sons of Eichmann (3rd edition 2001) Spanish: Editoral Pre-Textos Visit to Hades (3rd edition 1997) Japanese: Shobunsh Publishing Italian: Bollati Boringhieri French: Editions Payot & Rivages To Love Yesterday (3rd edition 1997) Spanish: Ediciones Paidos French: Fage editions About Heidegger (2001) Portuguese: Editora Elefante Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Italian: Bollati Boringhieri Susanna Partsch

30 Who stole Mona Lisa? The most famous art thefts in the world FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the jewel heist in the Green Vault in 2019 - this book is full of gripping and unbelievable stories: it tells of cunning mafia clans, perpetrators disguised as police officers, resourceful art detectives, cut-up paintings, obsessed art lovers and ransom demands amounting to millions - cases like out of a crime novel, but written by life.

The Mona Lisa only became world famous after she was stolen. When she disappeared in August 1911, no one noticed at first. But when museum visitors flocked to the empty wall and laid flowers in front of it, she soon became the talk of Susanna Partsch the town. Happily returned to the Louvre, it is now one of Who stole Mona Lisa? the best-known and best-kept works of art anywhere. How could such a theft be carried out, how was it discovered The most famous art thefts in the world and what were the perpetrator‘s motives? Susanna Partsch explores these questions in her book and presents many 240 pages including 18 illustrations € 14,95 other spectacular cases besides the Mona Lisa - among them a Rembrandt that was stolen four times in a row, a getaway German title: car full of van Goghs that fell by the wayside because of a Susanna Partsch flat tyre, or a Picasso that was stolen from the yacht of a Wer klaute die Mona Lisa? Saudi sheik and used as a cheque in the drug-dealing and Die berühmtesten Kunstdiebstähle der arms-dealing milieu. An exciting yet entertaining read for Welt any art lover!

Susanna Partsch has a doctorate in art history and lives as a freelance author in Munich.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: The 101 Most Important Questions: Modern Art (2010) Korean: Kyungdang Publishing Co. Markus Roth

Holocaust 31 The 101 most important questions FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Who did the National Socialists consider to be Jews? Was Hitler‘s „Mein Kampf“ a roadmap for the Holocaust? Did all Jews have to wear a yellow star? Why did they build the extermination camps in occupied Poland? Did the National Socialists murder Jews to get their property? And did the Germans really not know about the Holocaust?

The Holocaust is a crime against humanity that still haunts us today. Six million Jews were murdered, more than half of them in extermination camps. Keeping the memory alive Markus Roth is one of the most important tasks of political education in Germany. Markus Roth opens up this darkest chapter of Ger- The 101 most important questions: Holocaust man history in 101 questions that provide an introduction to the history, course and consequences of the Holocaust. 160 pages including 5 illustrations

German title: Markus Roth researches the history and impact of the Holo- Markus Roth caust at the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt am Main. Die 101 wichtigsten Fragen: Holocaust Susanne Schröter

32 Allah‘s Caravan A Journey Through the

FAL 2021 Islamic Multiverse C.H.BECK

Muslims who worship not only Allah but also the goddess of the southern sea, who replace ritual fasting with work, or who interpret the Koran in a feminist way: Susanne Schröter takes us on an entertaining journey through unknown worlds of Islam that have one thing in common above all: They belong to the „endangered species“ that fundamentalists and radicals are fighting against.

The dancing dervishes in Turkey have developed their own orthodoxy, while in the Balkans there has long been an unorthodox, genuinely European Islam. In Sudan, the cult of the tsar undermines rigid sharia rules. In Senegal, powerful Susanne Schröter sheikhs guide a life in the rhythm of prayer, work and music. Allah’s Caravan In Malaysia, ancient Muslim matriarchies exist, while in the U.S. a progressive Muslim subculture is flourishing and A journey through the Islamic Multiverse liberal associations with female imams are emerging in Ger- many. With the Ibadites in Oman, a traditionally tolerant de- 208 pages including 11 illustrations € 16,95 nomination can be discovered. In Pakistan, Sufi sanctuaries have developed into social free spaces, including for trans- German title: gender people. On the island of Java, Islam has merged with Susanne Schröter Hinduism and Buddhism, and in China, an interfaith Islam Allahs Karawane is developing under the eyes of the CP. Susanne Schröter‘s Eine Reise durch das islamische astonishing journey through the Islamic multiverse shows Multiversum in the most beautiful way that the world‘s second largest religion is more diverse, more „diversified,“ more creative and more pragmatic than Islamic fundamentalists and angry critics of Islam would have us believe.

Susanne Schröter teaches ethnology at the University of Frankfurt a.M., directs the Frankfurt Research Centre Global Islam (FFGI). She is also board member of the German Ori- ent Institute. Francis Breyer

Black Pharaohs 33 Nubia’s Kingdoms on the Nile FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

More pyramids survive in Nubia than in Egypt, but the fabulously wealthy black kings and their inscriptions continue to puzzle us today. Fran- cis Breyer, one of the few experts in the world working to decipher Meroitic, offers a fascinating overview of the cultures and empires south of Ancient Egypt, which to this day are unjustly overshadowed by their northern neighbor.

Looking at maps of Ancient Egypt, one might think that south of the first cataract of the Nile the world, or at least the culture, had ended. The Egyptians themselves tried to create Francis Breyer this impression. Yet there were flourishing empires there, whose kings also ruled Egypt for a time as „Black Pharaohs.“ Black Pharaohs Francis Breyer describes the history of Nubian cultures from Nubia’a Kingdoms on the Nile the first commonwealths in the 5th millennium BC, through 220 pages including 33 illustrations the Cushite empires with their metropolises of Kerma, Na- € 18.- pata and Meroë, to the Christian and Islamic kingdoms and sultanates in the Middle Ages. He follows the archaeological German title: Francis Breyer traces of gods‘ beliefs and society and explains what the Schwarze Pharaonen dark-skinned dignitaries in Egyptian tombs are all about. His Nubiens Königreiche am Nil vividly written book makes impressively clear what we gain when we finally look beyond the canonical high cultures.

Francis Breyer is an Egyptologist and Ancient Orientalist at the University of Bonn, is one of the leading experts on the ancient cultures of Nubia and Ethiopia. He has published groundbreaking books on the mysterious land of Punt, the Meroitic and the Kingdom of Aksum. Philipp Haas

34 The Art of Investing 14 Principles for Shares, Financial

FAL 2021 Freedom and the Good Life C.H.BECK Philipp Haas has a mission. He wants to help Germans invest their money more productively. In times of zero interest rates, savings are gradu- ally being devalued. Shares and real estate, on the other hand, are rising in value. In his financial education novel, Haas introduces the art of investing in a light and entertaining way and shows how financial freedom can be achieved. Investing is an art which makes you independent and enab- les a free and happy life.

To reach people who would not read a typical financial book, Philipp Haas invented Felix and Victor. Felix sets off for a summer trip to Spain to think about what he actually wants in life. After a few adventures, he finally lands on Philipp Haas Menorca. There he meets Victor, who tells him his 14 invest- The Art of Investing ment principles containing the most important things about money, decisions, economics, the stock market, shares, 14 Principles for Shares, Financial Freedom and the Good Life real estate, luck and the art of investing. They will change Felix‘s life forever. Just like Felix, many people are currently 304 pages € 16,95 asking themselves how they can invest their money in order to achieve freedom and independence as early as possible. German title: This book offers them guidance and shows how to become Philipp Haas better at investing money than 90 percent of Germans in one Die Kunst des Investierens weekend. 14 Prinzipien für Aktien, ﬁ nanzielle Freiheit und das gute Leben After studying at the University of St. Gallen, Philipp Haas worked in the digital industry and as a fund manager. Today he is an independent investor as well as an online entre- preneur and also manages capital for third parties. He runs the blog investresearch.net, the newsletter FINANZPOST and a popular YouTube channel. He is also one of the most successful portfolio managers on Wikifolio. In all his activi- ties, Philipp Haas is concerned with making investment in Germany better, simplier and fairer. Julia Onken

Class Reunion 35 Invitation to the untidy Past

A psychological report 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

„Dear Girls and Boys!“ This flattering form of address announces a class reunion. Julia Onken doesn‘t think twice: she‘s there. And she has no idea what awaits her: a lesson about the survi- val of the untidy past, about life plans and their success or failure. „Class Reunion“ is a book by the great psychologist about formative experiences, our ideas about the world and ourselves, and what they make of and with us.

A class reunion is a lesson. Not only about how differently we age: For some, you think they sent their parents, for others, they sent their children. Like in a film, we are also Julia Onken shown which life models were initially available to us and how we started out in the world, whether they were able Class Reunion to give us a good sense of our selves or whether we had to Invitation to the untidy past overcome patterns that hindered us. Perhaps when we look A psychological report back on our school years we understand why certain events 224 pages have left deep traces in us continuing to shape us into our € 14.- mature years. In any case, Julia Onken‘s conclusion of the German title: day, which was as entertaining as it was memorable, is: „and Julia Onken should another invitation come soon - I‘m in.“ Klassentreﬀ en Einladung in die unaufgeräumte Vergan- genheit Julia Onken is a qualified psychologist, psychotherapist and Ein psychologischer Bericht director of the Lake Constance Women‘s Seminar.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: Wenn du mich wirklich liebst (2011) Korean: Prunsoop Otfried Höﬀ e

36 The ﬁ ne art of Ageing Small Philosophy of the good Life FAL 2021

Otfried Höffe offers here a social ethics of aging.

C.H.BECK He opposes the supremacy of the economy and the dominance of negative images of old age. He responds to the threat of an „ageing society“ with the perspective of „gained years“ and also offers practical advice: The principles of running, lear- ning, loving and laughing work against old age weaknesses and help not only to achieve well- being, but also considerable physical, mental, social and emotional capital. The forces counterac- ting old age can be found to a considerable extent in oneself and within oneself.

Otfried Höffe has taught in Freiburg/Switzerland, Zurich, Sankt Gallen and Tübingen, where he heads the Political Philosophy Research Unit. Otfried Höff e The fi ne art of Ageing Small Philosophy of the good Life 187 pages € 12,95 Further titles published by C.H. Beck: Aristotle (4th ed. 2014) German title: Portugese: Artmed Editora SA Otfried Höff e Chinese: People’s Publishing House Die hohe Kunst des Alterns Korean: Shi ua Jinshil Kleine Philosophie des guten Lebens

Immanuel Kant (8th ed. 2014) Simplifi ed Chinese translation rights English: State University of New York sold to Social Sciences Academic Press Japanese: Hosei University Press Italian: Il Mulino Polish: Polish Scientifi c Publishers Portugese: Editora WMF Martins Fontes Ltda. Korean: Moonye Publishing Co. Thomas Hobbes (2010) Spanish: Herder Editorial S.L. Spanish: Ediciones Xorki Justice (6th Ed. 2021) Art of Living and Morality (2009) Korean: EJ Books English: Northwestern University Portuguese: EDIPUCRS, Editora da Press Pontifi ca Universidade Católica Chinese: People‘s Publishing House Democracy in the Age of Japanese: Juristische Fakultät der Globalization (2nd ed. 2021) Kyoto Universität Small History of Philosophy Korean: Bada Publishing Co. Russian: Praxis Publishers (3rd edition 2018) Italian: il Mulino Serbian: Akademska Knjiga Korean: Hangilsa Portuguese: Livraria Martins Fontes Latvian: Zvaigzne ABC Publishers Ltd Spanish: Ediciones Peninsula Spanish: Fundación Universidad Polish: Polish Scientifi c Publishers Critique of Freedom. The Core Prob- Externado de Colombia Chinese: Edition Center of Jiangsu lem of Modernity (2nd ed. 2021) Turkish: Repar Tasarım Matbaa ve Boya Education College English: Chicago University Press Reklamcılık Tic Ltd Sti Turkish: Inkilap Kitabevi Yayin Turkish: Sentez Yayincilik Johann Hinrich Claussen

Ulrich Lilie 37 Being by Myself An Atlas on Loneliness FALL 2021 FALL

The Corona crisis has led many people into loneliness. Some were caught completely unprepared. C.H.BECK People who were already lonely before, the old and the sick, students, singles, workaholics, fell into deep distress. In forays through religion, literature and art, science and everyday life, the authors explore the light and dark sides of being alone. They explain which personal imprints and social conditions lead some to seek solitude, others to flee it, and show ways out of involuntary seclusion.

Everyone seems to know loneliness, and yet it is like an un- explored continent. In their entertaining atlas, Johann Hin- rich Claussen and Ulrich Lilie survey places of refuge where Johann Hinrich Claussen one is finally „by oneself,“ the expanses of „loneliness“ Ulrich Lilie where one wanders through melancholically, the realm of Being for Yourself solitude to which monks, scientists, and artists retreat, and the icy regions of isolation where one threatens to freeze to An Atlas on Loneliness death. They explain what research says about solitude and With illustrations by Dirk Uhlenbrock point to paths of liberation. A helpful guide for anyone who 240 pages wants to explore the continent of solitude more closely and € 16,95 leave safely. German title: Johann Hinrich Claussen Johann Hinrich Claussen is the Cultural Commissioner of the Ulrich Lilie Council of the Protestant Church in Germany. Für sich sein Ulrich Lilie is President of the “Diakonie” (Welfare organisa- Ein Atlas der Einsamkeiten tion) in Germany and Vice Chairman of the Board of “Evan- gelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung”.

Further titles published by C.H. Beck: The Strangest Places of Religions (2021) Italian: Odoya srl. The 101 most important Questions: Christianity (2016) Corean: Sanhae Publishing Co. Chinese: South & North Publishing Japanese: Sogensha Inc. God’s Sounds (2015) Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: Bookzone Publication Service Co., Ltd. Korean: GoodSeed Publishing Co. Albrecht Beutelspacher

38 The Secret of the Twelfth Coin New Mathematical Puzzles FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

Welcome to Albrecht Beutelspacher‘s little puzzle cure. Each of the 11 times 11 puzzles in this book contains a brilliant idea. If you find it out or even just follow the solution, you will feel the power of your own thinking. And you learn something about mathematics without having to deal with mathematical language.

The stories alone have entertainment value: „Five petty criminals don‘t trust each other.“ - „In a large terrarium, some chameleons live quite happily.“ - „In front of you are twelve coins that all look the same and also all weigh the same - except for one, which has Albrecht Beutelspacher a different weight.“ What is fascinating about the puzzles in this The Secret of the Twelfth Coin book, however, is above all the flash of inspiration that leads to their solution. It‘s great to share in such flashes of inspira- New Mathematical Puzzles tion. And this is true even if you can‘t solve a problem at all or 160 pages including numerous illustrations only partially. Each chapter begins with a classic and ends with € 12.- a particularly challenging brainteaser. Often, successive tasks have something to do with each other. Great fun and a turbu- German title: Albrecht Beutelspacher lent mind-fest for all puzzle beginners, puzzle professionals and Das Geheimnis der zwölften Münze puzzle addicts.

Albrecht Beutelspacher teaches discrete mathematics and geo- metry at the University of Gießen and is the founding director of the Mathematikum. He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Communicator Prize of the Donors‘ Associ- ation for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany (2000), the German IQ Prize (2004), the Hessian Culture Prize (2008) and the Medal for Scientific Journalism of the German Physical Society (2014).

Further works published by C.H. Beck: Christian + the Math Magicians (2006) Numbers (3rd ed. 2021) Italian: Adriano Salani Zero, Infinite and the Wild 13: English: Dover Simplifi ed Chinese: China Children’s Korean: Haeri Books Italian: Carocci Press & Publication Group Simplifi ed Chinese: Beĳ ing Adagio Turkish: Cinius Yayınları Complex Chinese: Planter Press Culture Co., Ltd Mathematics: The 101 Most Important Korean: DaekyoBertelsmann How to slip into a Soap Bubble. Questions + Answers (3rd edition 2010) Pasta all’infinito (4th edition 2001) The World of Mathematics in Spanish: Alianza Korean: Clio Publishing 100 Experiments“ (2015). Italian: Adriano Salani Italian: Ponte alle Grazie S.r.l. Complex Chinese: Morning Star Korean: Planet B Publishing Inc. Simplifi ed Chinese: Jilin Classified Languages (2013) Russian: Publishing House Complex Chinese: CommonWealth Simplifi ed Chinese: Beĳing Publishing Korean: Shinhan Publishing Media Co. Ltd. Magazine Group Co. Ltd. Hubertus Kudla

Dictionary of Latin Quotations 39 3500 Originals with Translations into German FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

„Veni, vidi vici“ - you can translate that? And you also know who said it and when? Great! „Pacta sunt servanda!“ still works? Great! „Audiatur et altera pars!“ - that‘s where it comes to an end?

That can happen to anyone - and for such cases you have Hubertus Kudal‘s „Lexicon of Latin Quotations“, a proven classic, at your fingertips. Every quotation is translated and Hubertus Kudla presented with the exact passage, the author and the comparative passages from antiquity to modern times. German- Dictionary of Latin Quotations language thematic headings and a differentiated index make 3500 Originals with Translations into the enormous treasure trove of quotations accessible in a German reader-friendly way and guarantee that the sought-after 4th updated edition sentence can be found effortlessly. In the expanded new edi- 624 pages tion, the work now also offers the original Greek passages € 20.- from which many Latin aphorisms derive. Enough material German title: to impress teachers, pastors, professors or anyone else - or Hubertus Kudla even better, to give yourself a great reading pleasure! Lexikon der lateinischen Zitate 3500 Originale mit deutschen Hubertus Kudla (1932 - 2018) taught Latin and German as a Übersetzungen director of studies at a Munich grammar school, was respon- sible for teacher training and was also a gifted hunter and collector of Latin proverbs, quotations and aphorisms. Dominik Geppert

40 History of the Federal Republic of Germany FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

Beyond traditional patterns of interpretation, Dominik Geppert describes in this vividly written volume the history of the Federal Republic of Ger- many from its beginnings to the present.

He traces the path from the frontline state in the Cold War to today‘s power in the centre of Europe, paying special attention to the question of Germany‘s social and national Dominik Geppert identity, which has been increasingly raised since reunifi- History of the Federal Republic of cation. The years after 1989/1991 in particular, with their Germany new challenges, are presented here in a well-founded way 128 pages questioning many familiar narratives. € 9,95

Dominik Geppert teaches 19th and 20th century history at German title: Dominik Geppert the University of Potsdam. Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Andreas Wirsching

German History in the 20th Century 41 FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

The Path of the Germans in the 20th Century - from Monarchy to the Federal Republic.

This short history of the 20th century describes the path of the Germans from authoritarian monarchy to democratic Andreas Wirsching and social republic firmly anchored in the West including German History in the 20th Century World War II and loss of democracy, dictatorship and crime, 5th updated edition division and reunification. This presentation pays special 128 pages attention to the question of a „German Sonderweg“ (special € 9,95 path) as well as to the long-term and often contradictory social developments. German title: Andreas Wirsching Andras Wirsching is Director of the Institute of Contempora- Deutsche Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert ry History and Professor of Modern History at the University Simplﬁ ed Chinese translation rights of Munich. are sold to Beĳ ing Phoenix-Power Cultural Development Ulrich Herbert

42 The Third Reich History of a Dictatorship FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

No other period has been more thoroughly re- searched in recent decades than the years from 1933 to 1945. In this volume, Ulrich Herbert offers a concise, up-to-date overall account of the Third Reich.

After an analysis of the factors that made the rise of Nati- onal Socialism and the establishment of the dictatorship happen. The larger part of the book is devoted to the years Ulrich Herbert from 1939 to 1945, in which German history expands into a The Third Reich European and world historical dimension. Clear and con- History of a Dictatorship cise in its judgement, the volume provides information on 4th edition Hitler‘s war against the Soviet Union, the German occupati- 128 pages on of Europe and the murder of the European Jews. € 9,95

Ulrich Herbert taught Modern and Contemporary History at German title: the University of Freiburg until 2019 and is one of Germany‘s Ulrich Herbert Das Dritte Reich most renowned contemporary historians. Geschichte einer Diktatur

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Further works published by C.H. Beck: Geschichte Deutschlands im 20. Jahr- hundert (2nd ed. 2018) English: Oxford University Press Russian: DHI Moskau Simpliﬁ ed Chinese: Social Sciences Academic Press Berthold Rittberger

The European Union 43 Politics, Institution, Crises FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Today, the EU is regularly the subject of political controversy.

Brexit, the euro and migration crises, but also the gradual erosion of democracy in Poland and Hungary have become Berthold Rittberger ciphers of a central dilemma of European politics in the 21st The European Union century: Can European cooperation be reconciled with the Politics, Institution, Crises demands for democratic self-determination and national autonomy? Berthold Rittberger describes the functioning of 128 pages € 9,95 the EU - and shows the developments of the European integration process paving the way for this dilemma. German title: Berthold Rittberger Berthold Rittberger teaches International Relations at the Die Europäische Union University of Munich, he is co-editor of the „Journal of Politik, Institutionen, Krisen European Public Policy“ and author of numerous essays on European constitutional policy, regulatory policy in the EU and the democratic legitimacy of the EU. Angelika Nußberger

44 Human Rights History, Philosophy, Conﬂ icts FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

„All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”: This sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 sounds so self-evident but this is still not a reality for count- less people today.

Angelika Nußberger describes the history of human rights, their philosophical foundations and the current debates: Is there a human right to peace and environmental protection? Angelika Nußberger How universally do rights apply? And to what extent may Human Rights human rights courts determine the legislation of individual History, Philosophy, Conﬂ icts states? One thing is certain: in an interconnected world, the 128 pages importance of human rights will continue to grow. € 9,95

Angelika Nußberger teaches constitutional law, internatio- German title: nal law and comparative law at the University of Cologne. Angelika Nußberger She was a judge (2011 - 2019) and vice-president (2017 - Die Menschenrechte Geschichte, Philosophie, Konﬂ ikte 2019) at the European Court of Human Rights. Jürgen Osterhammel

Jan C. Jansen 45 Colonialism History, Forms, Consequences FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Colonial rule was a prominent feature of world history between about 1500 and 1960.

Using examples from all the empires of the modern era, the authors describe methods of conquest, economic exploita- Jürgen Osterhammel tion, forms of resistance, the emergence of special colonial Jan C. Jansen societies, varieties of cultural colonisation as well as the Colonialism basic features of colonialist thought and colonial culture. History, Forms, Consequences 9th edition Jürgen Osterhammel was Professor of Modern History at the 128 pages University of Konstanz until 2018. € 9,95 Jan C. Jansen teaches Global History at the Institute of Histo- ry at the University of Duisburg-Essen German title: Jürgen Osterhammel Jan C. Jansen Kolonialismus Geschichte, Formen, Folgen

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46 Charlemagne FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

In this biography of Charlemagne, Matthias Becher offers an overview of the rise of the Carolingians as a ruling dynasty, describes the internal family disputes over the crown, shows Matthias Becher the role of the nobility and the Church in the Frankish Charlemagne Empire, the organisation of society, the state order, cultural 7th revised and updated edition development, Charlemagne‘s foreign policy and finally the 128 pages including 1 illustration, reception of his imperial myth. 2 genealogical trees and 1 map € 9,95 Matthias Becher teaches Medieval History at the Friedrich- German title: Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. His research focuses on the Matthias Becher history of the early Middle Ages and the Carolingians. Karl der Grosse

Simpliﬁ ed Chinese translation rights are sold to Guangxi Normal University Press English translation rights are sold to Yale University Press Turkish are sold to Repar Tasarim Matbaa ve Reklamcılık Tic Ltd Sti Hagen Keller

The Ottonians 47 FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

History of a dynasty of rulers Hagen Keller tells the story of the Ottonians in a stimulating and generally understandable way.

He describes the rise of the Saxon ducal family to one of the most important German ruling families of the Middle Ages. Hagen Keller At the same time, he illuminates the self-image of the Otto- The Ottonians nian emperors and their relationship to the empire and the 6th revised and updated edition church. The blossoming of Ottonian art, the decoration of 128 pages including 2 genealogical trees the episcopal cities and the living conditions in the Ottonian and 1 map Empire as well as the reception of their legacy are further € 9,95 topics of this book.

German title: Hagen Keller taught Medieval History at the University of Hagen Keller Die Ottonen Münster until 2002. He has produced numerous relevant publications on the history of the Ottonians. Italian translation rights are sold to Carocci Editore, S.p.A. Alexander Demandt

48 The Celts FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

History, Culture and Mythology of the Celts

This introduction contains (almost) everything you need to know about the world of the Celts. Alexander Demandt con- veys in a clear and generally understandable way the basic Alexander Demandt knowledge about the origin, society, form of government, The Celts culture, religion and mythology of one of the most impor- 9th updated edition tant peoples in European history. 128 pages including 21 illustrations € 9,95 Alexander Demandt taught at the University of Berlin until his retirement. His most recent book published by C.H. Beck German title: Alexander Demandt is „Marc Aurel. The Emperor and his World“ (32020) Die Kelten

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The Bible 49 Origin, History, Interpretation FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

No other book has shaped the world religiously, culturally and politically as much as the Bible.

Konrad Schmid explains, based on the latest research and in the context of ancient oriental history, how songs and narra- Konrad Schmid tives, collections of laws and teachings of wisdom, prophe- The Bible tic proclamations, gospels and letters of the apostles came Origin, History, Interpretation together and were finally gathered in solid units by Jews and Christians. The „Book of Books“ fascinates us to this day 128 pages including 3 illustrations and 2 maps with its stories. Anyone who wants to know the story behind € 9,95 it should read this concise, clear, masterful introduction.

German title: Konrad Schmid is Professor of Old Testament Studies and Konrad Schmid Early Jewish Religious History at the University of Zurich. Die Bibel He has taught in Jerusalem and Princeton, among other Entstehung, Geschichte, Auslegung places. Markus Friedrich

50 The Jesuits From Ignatius of Loyola to the

FAL 2021 Present Day C.H.BECK

Pope Francis is the first Jesuit to sit on Peter‘s chair, but for a long time the Jesuit generals were regarded as the „black popes“ who hold the real power in Rome.

The order, which combines humanist cosmopolitanism with the strictest obedience, continues to puzzle us to this day. Markus Friedrich tells its story from its foundation in the Markus Friedrich 16th century to the present day. Special attention is paid to The Jesuits the great cultural achievements of the Jesuits in science, From Ignatius of Loyola to the culture, mission and politics. Present Day 128 pages including 8 illustrations and Markus Friedrich teaches Early Modern History at the Uni- 2 maps versity of Hamburg. In 2011 he was awarded the Heinz Maier- € 9,95 Leibnitz Prize of the DFG. German title: Markus Friedrich Die Jesuiten Von Ingatius von Loyola bis zur Gegenwart Markus Janka

Virgil‘s Aeneid 51 Poet, Work and Impact FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Virgil‘s Aeneid became the most famous work in the history of ancient literature as the „Roman national epic“.

It tells of the odysseys and battles of the Trojan hero Aeneas, who eventually becomes the mythical ancestor of the Ro- Markus Janka mans. In his modern introduction, Markus Janka introduces Virgil‘s Aeneid the protagonists of the Aeneid, elucidates the main features Poet, Work and Impact of the plot, places the work in Virgil‘s oeuvre, explains the components of the poetic composition. He illustrates the 128 pages including 12 illustrations € 9,95 significance of this epic for the Augustan period and its ideo- logy, and explores its historical and aesthetic reception. German title: Markus Janka Markus Janka teaches classical philology and the didactics of Virgils Aeneneis ancient languages at the University of Munich. Dichter, Werk und Wirkung Werner Busch

52 Caspar David Friedrich FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

The most important Artist of German Romanticism

Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840) irritated and fascina- ted his contemporaries with paintings such as the „Tetschen Altar“ and the „Monk by the Sea“. Today they are icons of Werner Busch German Romanticism. Werner Busch, one of the greatest Caspar David Friedrich experts on Friedrich‘s work, outlines his biography and 128 pages including 45 illustrations introduces us to the contemporaries who had the greatest (20 coloured illustrations) influence on him. He describes Friedrich‘s religiousness, his € 9,95 political attitudes and explains his creative principles. Above all, however, he guides us expertly through his multifaceted, German title: Werner Busch revolutionary work. Caspar David Friedrich

Werner Busch taught as Professor of Art History at the Uni- versity of Berlin from 1988 to 2010. Hans Förstl

Dementia and Alzheimer‘s disease 53 Basics, Diagnosis, Therapy FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Is Alzheimer‘s a disease at all? Or is it rather a symptom of old age that would affect anyone at some point, if only they were old enough?

Dementia, the loss of previously existing mental abilities with the consequence that coping with everyday life is no Hans Förstl longer possible as usual, is in any case by no means synony- Dementia and Alzheimer‘s disease mous with an irreversible Alzheimer‘s disease. Hans Förstl, Basics, Diagnosis, Therapy who has been dealing with the subject as a doctor and re- searcher for decades, presents the medical basics as well as 128 pages including 6 illustrations € 9,95 the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in this volume.

German title: Hans Förstl, doctor for neurology and psychiatry and geria- Hans Förstl trics at the University of Munich, is the author and editor of Demenz und Alzheimer several relevant books on dementia, frontal lobe, neurobio- Grundlagen, Diagnose, Therapie logy and Theory of Mind. Stefan Kaufmann

54 Vaccination Basics, Eﬀ ects, Risks FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

Pathogens are unpredictable enemies. The greatest hope of containing them consists in vaccination. It took barely a year from the publication of the genetic material of the new corona virus to the availability of vaccines - already one of the greatest success stories in medicine.

The internationally renowned immunologist Stefan Kauf- mann developed a vaccine against tuberculosis. Here he traces the history of vaccination from its birth more than 200 Stefan Kaufmann years ago to the eradication of smallpox taking into account Vaccination the latest approaches to vaccines against cancer. He also Basics, Eﬀ ects, Risks deals with vaccination risks and opponents of vaccination. 144 pages including 14 illustrations € 9,95 Stefan H. E. Kaufmann is founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, and was German title: president of the German Society for Immunology. He is the Stefan Kaufmann author and editor of numerous books on immunology, mi- Impfen Grundlagen, Wirkung, Risiken crobiology, vaccine development and pandemics. FICTION

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56 Interior Weather Novel

FAL 2021 Sample translation by Katy Derbyshire available C.H.BECK

Her new book, Interior weather, tells the story of the three siblings Sebastian, Bettina and Huberta and explores their relationships, feelings, entan- glements and also their family background, embedded in Germany’s catastrophic history and its ongoing aftereffects.

Their father, Georg Kupfer (born 1937), forged a career as a Elke Schmitter high-ranking lawyer and is now widowed. His wife died ten Interior Weather years ago and he has coped astonishingly well with old age. 208 pages His reflections on success and failure in their many forms, € 22.- his retrospective of his own life betray humour, sensitivity and a rather late sense of composure. Georg’s birthday party German title: serves as the novel’s narrative fulcrum: the classic family Elke Schmitter get-together with all its pros and cons. Inneres Wetter Schmitter’s writing is for readers of Siri Hustvedt or Rachel Cusk. Her aesthetic passion is the meta-level, subtle obser- vations and psychological interpretations, with an eye – not rarely ironic or sarcastic – for tell-tale gestures. She gives us razor-sharp readings of erotic, family, societal and historical events and how they are interwoven – all of it in sparkling language of unconventional beauty. These impeccable cha- racterisations and topical themes should appeal to a broad international readership. The dilemmas and responsibilities faced by these modern, middle-aged family members will be familiar to many other societies, and in this respect the author has created a novel with global resonance and appeal. Previous book (selection): Elke Schmitter has been a SPIEGEL-editor since 2001. Her Mrs Sartoris debut novel „Mrs Sartoris“ was translated into more than twenty languages. In 2015, the German literary translators’ Her work was translated into the association VdÜ awarded her its prize for outstanding ser- following languages: vices to literary translation. She was Visiting Author/Max Russia: Exem Licence Kade Professor at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Turkey: Kültür Yayinlari and Palto Tennessee in 2018. Yayinevi US: Alfred A Knopf Sweden: Albert Bonniers Finland: Otava France: Actes Sud Netherlands: De Bezige Bĳ China: Beĳ ing Dipper Janina Hecht

During these Summers 57

For readers of Hans-Ulrich Treichel, “The Lost

One” and Monika Helfers “Vati”. 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Teresa‘s recollection of her childhood and youth is a subtle approach, her view into the past has become cautious: First uncertain attempts on the bicycle at her father‘s side, long vacations at the pool with her brother, planting flower boxes with her mother under the hot summer sun.

Janina Hecht These unreliable moments of lightheartedness are often During these Summers clouded by moments of disruption, by feelings of helpless- ness and fear. There is something unspoken smoldering in Novel 176 pages this family. Everyone seems powerless to the whims of the € 20,- father; situations begin to derail dangerously. Unobtrusi- ve and at the same time captivating, Janina Hecht tells of German title: beautiful and terrible days, of escape and liberation, and of Janina Hecht the attempt to confront one‘s own life in remembering. „In In diesen Sommern These Summers“ is the moving story of a family on the cons- tantly endangered search for at least quiet happiness. „Janina Hecht [...] tells a clear yet incredibly dense story of two siblings and their mother who live their lives around an unknown - their unpredictable, violent father.“ (Börsen- blatt)

Janina Hecht, born near Stuttgart in 1983, studied modern German literature and linguistics. In 2016 and 2018/19 she was a fellow of the Bavarian Academy of Writing at the Li- teraturhaus in Munich, and in 2019 a fellow of the “German writers in Baden-Wuerttemberg”. „In these Summers“ is her debut. Ulrich Woelk

58 For a Life

The great new novel by Ulrich Woelk FAL 2021

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Embedded in the story of Niki and Lu, Ulrich Woelk tells German history of the last fifty years – containing very different life plans in a captivating, episodic and wide-ranging novel and gives a breathtaking picture of the mysterious intrica- cies of life. What is the hidden rule of our lives and who are we when we love? Woelk‘s novel „For a Life“ is a terrific reading adventure.

Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, young doctor Niki Ulrich Woelk Lamont almost causes serious harm to a young man due to a For a Life misdiagnosis. Of course, she has no idea that she will marry 632 pages him one day. The circumstances of their reunion years later € 26,- are also more than unusual, as is the course of their wedding night. Niki, born in Afghanistan, raised in India and Mexico German title: as a child of German hippies, also meets Lu in the hospital. Ulrich Woelk Lu’s father regularly drinks himself into a coma after the Für ein Leben death of his daugher’s mother. The encounter of the two women, both parentless to a certain extent, has consequences they would never have expected ... “He is very close to his characters, who can be quite individual and particular and yet are representatives of their time, its promises and its doom”. Süddeutsche Zeitung on “The Summer of my Mother” “Clever and funny at the same time, contemporary German prose writers rarely entertain their readers” Der Spiegel on “The Summer of my Mother”

Ulrich Woelk lives as a freelance writer in Berlin. He studied physics and philosophy. His first novel, „Freigang,“ was published in 1990. Most recently, he published the novel „The Summer of my Mother,“ which was longlisted for the German Book Prize, to great acclaim. For the completion of „For a life”, Ulrich Woelk received the Alfred Döblin Prize.

Further works published by C.H. Beck (selection): The Summer of my Mother sold to Maeva, Spain Adolf Muschg

Second Life 59 FALL 2021 FALL C.H.BECK

Does art gift us with a second life? To write a new book in Berlin, seventy-year-old writer A., leaves Switzerland - and his marriage. He decides to stop his cancer treatment, and to give a second life to a character he has let die in his last novel.

Adolf Muschg One can find in A.‘s resolution the wager between art and Second Life life that is a tradition in Western literature. In doing so, it collides with a joyful message that considers the question 368 pages € 26.- decided by a savior in whom one only needs to be believed in. German title: By accepting the invitation to preach a Christmas sermon Adolf Muschg in East Germany, A. exposes himself to this temptation - but AberLeben also experiences others with whom he has not bet with. He learns that he can dispose of the figures of his own invention Rights sold to: KALIMA Abu Dhabi as little as of other people he meets. For having almost only winners at the end of the original bet, however, a trick is necessary: the performance of the tragicomedy „Amphitryon“ in a place between ocean and desert, which has something fairy-tale-like. Behind the scene, a spoiler is already prepa- ring: a viral parasite that threatens to expose the achievements of Homo sapiens as self-deception. “Muschg has something to say and how he says it is deli- cious”. Berner Zeitung

Adolf Muschg was, among other positions, Professor of German Language and Literature at the ETH in Zurich from 1970 - 1999 and President of the Academy of Arts Berlin from 2003 to 2006. His extensive oeuvre, including the Further works published by C.H. Beck novels „Sutters Glück“ (2004), „Eikan, du bist spät“ (2005) (selection): and „Kinderhochzeit“ (2008) has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Hermann Hesse Prize, the Georg Büch- Heimkehr nach Fukushima. ner Prize, the Grimmelshausen Prize and, most recently, the Sold to Skariﬁ ma, Greece and „Grand Prix de Littérature“ of Switzerland. e-booksland, Japan Im Erlebensfall, sold to Karpos, Serbia Löwenstern, sold to Shoraisha, Japan Amir Hassan Cheheltan

60 A Love in Cairo FAL 2021

The new great novel by Amir Hassan Cheheltan- C.H.BECK the story of a love and an unsolvable task

When the Iranian ambassador in Egypt enters into service in 1947, he has to solve two tasks: To per- suade Fausia, the sister of the Egyptian king, to return to Iran, where she has been married to Shah Reza Pahlevi since 1939. She has fled the unhappy marriage back to her homeland. And he has to transfer the body of Shah Reza‘s father, who died in South Africa, to Iran.

While trying to fulfil these orders, he falls in love with Amir Hassan Cheheltan Sakineh, the wife of an Indian philosophy professor in the A Love in Cairo Egyptian metropolis. Cairo‘s atmosphere and mood, bet- 320 pages ween backwardness and modernity, threat and awakening € 22.- in those years, is beautifully captured in Cheheltan‘s new novel. While we read about a love affair whose fate is closely German title: linked to the ambassador‘s success or failure, we are provi- Amir Hassan Cheheltan ded, subtly, with a careful historical grounding, in a langua- Eine Liebe in Kairo ge rich in detail, with the image of an era and region that still today suffers from the same tensions. The author draws portraits of strong, unexpectedly powerful women. Sensual and clever, funny and sophisticated. “World Literature before it was something else”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „The Balzac from Iran… One of the essential novels of the 21st Century, so exciting and so informative”. Berliner Zeitung on “The Circle of Literature Lovers”

Amir Hassan Cheheltan, born in Tehran in 1956, studied electrical engineering in England, took part in the Iraq War and published novels and short story collections in Tehran. His novel „Tehran, Revolutionary Road“ appeared in Ger- man in 2009 as a world first publication, followed by „Tehr- an, Apocalypse“ and „Tehran, City without Heaven.“ Most recently, C.H.Beck published his novels „The Calligrapher of Isfahan“ (2015) and „The Circle of Literature Lovers“ (2020), for which the author and translator received the Internatio- Further works published by C.H. Beck nal Literature Prize of the House of World Cultures in 2020. (selection): The translator Jutta Himmelreich studied Romanic Studies, Der Kalligraph von Isfahan, American Studies and Ethnology in Frankfurt, Tucson, sold to Alma, Lithunia and Arizona and Paris. She has been working as a translator and Dar Soual, Libanon interpreter in German, English, French, Spanish and Farsi Der Zirkel der Literaturliebhaber, since 1985. Dar Soual, Libanon Dirk von Petersdorf

Our Games do not End 61 Poems FALL 2021 FALL

„Nothing retains its shape / and nothing is lost,“ reads the opening poem, „To a Thirteen-Year-Old,“ C.H.BECK in Dirk von Petersdorff‘s new poetry collection. Affectionately observant, rich in detail, as finely ironic as unflinching, the poem about the daugh- ter, with its melancholy undertone, sets the mood for the entire collection: „From your room I carry / a yogurt cup with mold culture / and a cereal, hardened / like mortar: you could build a house with it./ But you don‘t want a house, you want to emigrate.“

Dirk von Petersdorf Thresholds to life, to death, farewells and arrivals, old and Our Games do not End new love, the objects of everyday life and those of pop as well as high culture, August Macke and the skateboard: Poems Dirk von Petersdorff is the lyricist of an unfinished present, 80 pages which feels a kinship to the oldest, but still cannot find any € 20.- unreserved security in him. Thoughtful and in the sovereign German title: handling of the richness of forms of the lyrical tradition a Dirk von Petersdorf pleasure, fine fishing nets that can grasp the transforma- Unsere Spiele enden nicht tions of the present: the poems of this volume are small poetic studies of transformation. “Dirk von Petersdorff is a messenger between past and present. He is a light-footed poet. He’s wearing winged shoes”. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Dirk von Petersdorff lives in Jena, where he teaches at Friedrich Schiller University. He has published essays, the short story „Lebensanfang“ (2007), the novel „Wie bin ich denn hierhergekommen“ (2018), and several volumes of poetry, most recently „Sirenenpop“ (2014). He has received the Kleist Prize and the LiteraTour Nord Prize, among others. He is also the new editor of the „C.H.Beck Poetry Calendar“.

Further works published by C.H. Beck: History of German Poetry (2008) Arabic: EID Media E.T.A. Hoﬀ mann

62 The golden Pot FAL 2021 C.H.BECK

With an epilogue by Michael Köhlmeier Until today, „The Golden Pot“ by E.T.A. Hoffmann is considered the pinnacle of Romantic storytel- ling. First published in 1814, it tells the story of the student Anselmus, who is facing a new phase in his life - and with it the important questions about his professional future and his great love.

In his search for answers, Anselmus feels pursued by bad E.T.A. Hoﬀ mann luck. When he accidentally knocks over an old market The golden Pot woman‘s apple basket and she insults him at the top of her With an epilogue by Michael Köhlmeier voice, a wild journey between the real and the magical 144 pages world begins. Until the end, Anselmus wavers between the € 16.- two spheres: will he stay with Veronika and her bourgeois way of life, or will he disappear with his great love Serpenti- German title: na to Atlantis, the wonderful magic land of poetry? In „The E.T.A. Hoﬀ mann Der goldene Topf Golden Pot,“ E.T.A. Hoffmann engages in a masterful play Mit einem Nachwort von between fantasy and reality. And who better to provide what Michael Köhlmeier the author himself calls a „fairy tale from the new age“ with an epilogue than Michael Köhlmeier, the storyteller and fairy tale master of our time? Thus, it is not only Köhlmeier‘s affinity for Romanticism and his enthusiasm for the fairy tale tradition in German literature, but also his outstanding talent for drawing diabolical figures that make him the expert for this text.

E.T.A. Hoffmann, born in Königsberg/East Prussia in 1776 and died in Berlin in 1822, is considered one of the most important writers of the Romantic period. In addition to „Der goldene Topf,“ his best-known works include „Der Sand- mann,“ „Das Fräulein von Scuderi“ and „Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr. Michael Köhlmeier lives in Hohenems/Vorarlberg and Vien- na. He has received numerous awards for his literary work.