"A Berlin Republic" brings together writings on the new, united
Germany by one of their most original and trenchant commentators,
Jürgen Habermas. Among other topics, he addresses the
consequences of German history, the challenges and perils of the
post-Wall era, and Germany's place in contemporary Europe.
Here, as in his earlier "The Past as Future," Habermas emerges
as an inspired analyst of contemporary German political and
intellectual life. He repeatedly criticizes recent efforts by
historical and political commentators to 'normalize' and, in part,
to understate the horrors of modern German history. He insists that
1945 - not 1989 - was the crucial turning point in German history,
since it was then that West Germany decisively repudiated certain
aspects of its cultural and political past (nationalism and
antisemitism in particular) and turned towards Western Traditions
of democracy: free and open discussion, and respect for the civil
rights of all individuals. Similarly, Habermas deplores the renewal
of nationalist sentiment in Germany and throughout Europe. Drawing
upon his vast historical knowledge and contemporary insight,
Habermas argues for heightened emphasis on trans-European and
global democratic institutions - institutions far better suited to
meet the challenges (and dangers) of the next century.
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