The past Verlag Berlin presents this winter, six new non-fiction:
the taste of a city describes John Arens' look-Berlin "- a city of history, is studied in, why eat the donuts, what they eat and what that has to do with" history ":
Johannes J. Arens, reference Berlin. The culture of eating and drinking in the capital, Berlin 2010
to RAF have already expressed many. Martin Kowalski is one of a generation that is no longer involved in the debates of the past - he is expecting from a movement that can be understood as a post-fascist phenomenon must:
Martin Kowalski, "but I would have done something about it!" The RAF as a post-fascist phenomenon, Berlin 2010
presented in November, the Federal Government to the new ID card with comprehensive biometric data. Reason for our author Thomas Claes, historian and scholar of Islam, the history of the ID card and be recognized to tell in a wide arc from the Middle Ages to today. On this little piece of paper can represent the history of increasing control and governmentality. Fundamental questions are discussed: Why we need a government-documented identity? Why do we need to be recognized?
Thomas Claes, passport control! A critical history of the purposes of identification and be recognized, Berlin 2010
We also ask for the cultural significance of old age and death. The authors show in the series 'cultural background' as people in the past with the challenge of aging, but also the end of life are handled:
Juliane Stolle-Haubold et al. 'Who is old? A cultural history of aging, Berlin 2010
Conny Smolny, Come, gentle death, the brother of sleep. A cultural history of death, Berlin 2010
from a very different world appear to be dragons - a cultural phenomenon that people and their artistic and literary creation has been supporting thousands of years. One of the most prominent German Draco boxes, Wolfgang Schwerdt discusses the origin, development and cultural significance of the dragon of the ancient times to today.
Wolfgang Schwerdt, Andre times, other dragons. A cultural history of the Dragons, Berlin 2010
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