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1. Rowohlt Berlin Bis ins Mark
In his mid-fifties, Stefan Schwarz gets cancer. Or rather, cancer gets him. Because Schwarz is experienced in dealing with existential upheavals: "When fate strikes, I strike back!" Like a "Marie Kondo of the soul", he begins to clean up his life, making surprising discoveries along the way. He also puts aside the haste we all know in our everyday lives, the constant pressure to cope with something. And he reflects on slowness, the moment. Stefan Schwarz tells of all this with great clarity - and with his unique humour, which contains a whole philosophy of life. Calmly, deeply and with pleasant self-irony, he looks at his existence; inwardly free and yet struggling for the future, he writes about the possible end and the associated waking up: "That is, after all, the whole point of cancer. That you stop fooling yourself and others, that you stop, that you wake up and rub your eyes". And he writes about what has taken place and is taking place: life in its fullness, which Stefan Schwarz captures as if under a burning glass. An extraordinary book - stirring, moving, liberating.
2. Rowohlt Berlin Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche
Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche - these three thinkers profoundly influenced both the 19th and 20th centuries. As contemporaries who faced each other with admiration, rejection, or indifference, they shaped a time of immense scientific diversity and societal dynamism. Their antagonisms and contradictions lead to the heart of German development. Herfried Münkler follows these three fascinating figures, thereby awakening an entire era. He describes the astonishing parallels in the lives of Marx and Wagner: their involvement in the 1848 Revolution, flight, expulsion, and exile, various upheavals, and ultimately the creation of a remarkable body of work, the formation of a large following, and the difficult responsibility for what this following made of their ideas. Nietzsche, the slightly younger figure, is then a philosophical phenomenon; like Marx, he shapes generations. All three break the conventions of the bourgeois world, creating something new - which then transforms into a different, unexpected reality: the promising, rich German 19th century gives way to an age of extremes and political catastrophes. An exciting book about three great thinkers, the signature of the modern world, and, not least, the mentality of the Germans.
3. Rowohlt Berlin The reality that is not so
What is reality? Do space and time really exist when we set out to explore the most elementary foundations of our existence? How much of it can we even understand? Carlo Rovelli has been working for many years to expand the limits of our understanding. In this book, he takes us on a journey that leads from the understanding of reality in Greek classicism to loop quantum gravity. A great physicist of our time sets out to draw us a new picture of the world: with a physical universe without time, a space-time consisting of loops and grains, in which infinity does not exist. A cosmology that gets by without the big bang and parallel universes and which is explained here for the first time by one of its "inventors" in a simple and detailed way for a broad audience. A book about "the great challenges of the
4. Rowohlt Berlin Der Klang von Paris
"The Sound of Paris" by Volker Hagedorn is a comprehensive scholarly book that illuminates the musical landscape of the French capital in the 19th century. It offers a unique insight into the lives and works of significant composers such as Berlioz, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Chopin, who played a central role in European music history during this time. Hagedorn connects the musical developments with the social and political upheavals of the era, from the time of Napoleon to the Second Empire. The reader is transported into the vibrant atmosphere of the city, where art and everyday life, love and suffering are closely intertwined. This book is not only a tribute to music but also a profound analysis of the cultural currents that made Paris a center of modernity. It is an essential work for anyone interested in music history and the cultural contexts of the 19th century.
5. Rowohlt Berlin Die Krebs-Industrie
Cancer will become one of our biggest challenges in the coming years - both humanly and in terms of health policy. Almost every second German will be affected in old age, and scientists predict a 40 percent increase in cancer cases by 2030. Nevertheless, there is enormous ignorance surrounding this widespread disease, from which many benefit: the gray market for obscure remedies, hospitals with their lucrative preventive practices, and the pharmaceutical industry, for which cancer medications, priced at their discretion, represent the largest growth sector. Karl Lauterbach, a physician and politician, exposes what is going wrong in the healthcare system: the unfair two-tier medicine, especially in cancer care, the wrong financial incentives for clinics and the pharmaceutical industry, and a lack of transparency regarding treatment successes and methods. At the same time, Lauterbach points out numerous cancer myths.
6. Rowohlt Berlin «Was alles in einem Menschen sein kann»
In 2013, Steffen Schroeder and Micha face each other for the first time in Berlin-Tegel prison. A conversation about their difficult youth brings them closer together, despite all their differences: Schroeder became an actor, while Micha fell into the far-right scene and committed murder. A special relationship begins: Schroeder, known as Commissioner Kowalski in "SOKO Leipzig," becomes a prison helper for the life-sentenced Micha. He learns about prison life, discovers hierarchies, drugs, and escape attempts. Over the years, he delves deep into Micha's story and continually uncovers new and surprising details. Micha becomes increasingly important to him; he accompanies him on day releases and serves as his eyes and ears to the outside world. Soon, Schroeder begins to see himself and his life in a new light: What actually distinguishes him from Micha? And what decisions and turning points led to this difference?.
7. Rowohlt Berlin Das braune Netz
They had begun their careers in the service of the Nazi state and seamlessly continued them in the new Federal Republic. Just as willingly as they had served the brown ideology, they now committed themselves to democracy. Military judges once again passed their verdicts, regime-loyal professors taught, and journalists from the former propaganda companies wrote as if they had nothing to answer for. In doing so, the young state regained political freedom of action, but based its success on a moral contradiction that could not be resolved: democracy was being built up by its enemies. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Federal Republic, Willi Winkler presents a ruthless examination of its early history. He compellingly and factually describes how the West German state became a model of success despite all its divisions – and he shows the extent to which seemingly or actually reformed Nazis contributed to this. It is a parable about guilt and shame, about coping and reconciliation, and at the same time an essential read for anyone who wants to understand this country from the ground up.
8. Rowohlt Berlin Lügen lesen
The Backside of the Lie. All people lie, claim the people. But even those who sing the praises of lying do not want to be caught in a lie, and even less do they want to be deceived. Even if one wants to see life itself or at least a necessary cultural technique in lying – we simply do not get used to it. When people cannot get used to something they occasionally do themselves, it is called a moral problem. Those who talk about morality like to mean others. That is why it is no coincidence that we have been fascinated by the liar from the very beginning. Swindlers, con artists, and populists seem to manipulate us like magicians and deliberately lead us astray. The lie is just one of their tools. As if it were only a weapon when it falls into the wrong hands. But is that really all? And can we truly limit the philosophical question of the lie to morality and politics? Philosopher Bettina Stangneth, who has already invited her readers on surprising paths to great philosophical questions with her book "Evil Thinking," poses further, very simple questions in her new essay: What can we learn about our thinking from a lie? Is there knowledge in untruth? And how can we access this knowledge?.
9. Rowohlt Berlin Das kalte Herz
Does capitalism make a few rich and many poor – or increasingly fewer poor? Since the financial crisis, it has become common to blame capitalism for almost all the world's ills. In response, the renowned economic historian Werner Plumpe presents the history of capitalism, which demonstrates how many problems the capitalist market economy has solved – and only these. For capitalism is not a system but a way of economy where consumption is at the center – specifically, the consumption of those with little wealth, who have been left to their fate for centuries. This is the only way mass production can be economically successful. This has drawn early criticism, but Plumpe shows how the capitalist mode of economy has responded and continues to evolve. Capitalism is as consequential as few other ideas, and we cannot escape it, not even through refusal. It is neither based on an evil core nor is it merely the sum of undesirable side effects of our societal system. Plumpe portrays capitalism as a perpetual revolution – a movement of constant innovation and renewal, which is as good or bad as we make it. Capitalism is and has always been what we make of it.
10. Rowohlt Berlin Die einfachste Psychotherapie der Welt
A new, sound and easy-to-use method for understanding and resolving trauma.what causes trauma? The renowned psychotraumatologist Dr Maggie Schauer knows how many people are traumatised in supposedly peaceful environments: by domestic violence, sexual and emotional assault, rejection and exclusion, serious illness or other difficult events that accumulate in life. Parents who beat their children have usually experienced violence themselves. Women who have been abused find it difficult to develop trust in relationships, and this has an impact on friends and families. In many lives, stressful events mix with trauma and experiences of loss long before people become ill, before they need help or become the perpetrators of violence because they themselves experienced violence as a child - because trauma is passed down through generations. Maggie Schauer co-developed "Narrative Exposure Therapy", a pragmatic and evidence-based form of autobiographical storytelling that is in tune with human nature and has been proven to help resolve trauma. In this way, everyone can learn to recognise and break the cycle of suffering and violence.
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