The disturbing relevance of Arendt's work is well-known. Nowhere is this more evident than in her three-volume work, “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, published in 1951.
The German Pavilion at Expo Osaka was themed around the circular economy: a pavilion built with the highest possible recycling rate and a low ecological footprint. But its implementation was met with criticism in the German media. Our author Julia Shimura spoke with professor and curator Axel Sowa about the importance of the circular economy and the challenges of sustainable construction.
Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter explains what made him who he was as a person and why his work is still worth studying today.
