(Article No. 3.) “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens” (The Beutelsbach Consensus) by Edward Eggleston Introduction. Translation of “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens”. An educational design from “Konsens” premises. German text: “Der Beutelsbacher Konsens”. Introduction. “The political-cultural founding of the Federal Republic of Germany succeeded; yet only…
Harold Bloom: The Yale scholar on Falstaff and ‘the death of humanistic studies’. From Weekend Confidential, by Alexandra Wolfe. Print: WSJ April 8-9, 2017, p.C17, vol. CCLXIX, no. 81. Online: www.wsj.com/articles/harold-blooms-critical-thinking-1491582477 Comments on the interview: Clearly, this WSJ interview is another warning of the decline of the humanities. For 50 years, Professor Bloom has…
April is the time to celebrate poetry and what it has brought to the world. It can act as a vehicle to a different way of looking at the world around you. This month, enjoy an audiobook or eBook to commemorate the art of writing in verse. Think you might not enjoy poetry? We encourage…
“Do not go gentle into that good night” – Dylan Thomas The following translated paragraph is drawn from “The Necessary Place of the Humanities in Modern Culture – An Introduction to the Current Debate” by Jörg-Dieter Gauger and Günther Rüther. It is followed by brief comments and the original German text. Cultural Education…
I’ve read a few Norse tales, but most of my Asgard knowledge comes from Marvel movies and Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid series of novels. Obviously, these are both pretty far removed from original source material. For Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman researched academic and historical sources and tried to tell the myths as close to the…
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