
Germany - A nation in a dilemma
Hermann Selchow
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma - Almost a Declaration of Love
Germans seem to love their defeats like other nations love their victories. Why? This nation, which licks its history like a wound and takes pleasure in doing so, is the subject of a book that dissects the dilemma of an entire culture: "Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma - Almost a Declaration of Love."
Germany - a country that has turned failure into an art form. The author of this provocative work, Hermann Selchow, dissects the German soul with the precision of a pathologist and the tenderness of a lover. The result: a literary X-ray of a nation, sometimes exaggerated, but always close to the truth.
But this book is no cheap voyeurism of German defects. It is a diagnosis with heart, a criticism without contempt. The author, himself a member of this people, not only exposes the mechanisms of German self-sabotage but also demonstrates its productive power. For those who destroy themselves so virtuosically also master the art of renewal.
German readers will feel caught out – and perhaps for the first time, be able to smile at their own abysses. Foreigners will gain insight into the psychic landscape of a people who guard their traumas like relics. Sociologists and psychologists may find material for years of analysis.
The book is written in the style of a loving postmortem: perceptive without coldness, ironic without cynicism. A rare balance between science and humanity.
The question for the future remains: Can the Germans overcome their self-destruction? Or is it perhaps their most precious asset? The author offers no easy answers, but the right questions.
"Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma" is therapy as literature, social criticism as an act of love. A book for all who want to understand Germany – and for Germans who finally want to tolerate themselves.
Duration - 7h 7m.
Author - Hermann Selchow.
Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G.
Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Hermann Selchow ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma - Almost a Declaration of Love Germans seem to love their defeats like other nations love their victories. Why? This nation, which licks its history like a wound and takes pleasure in doing so, is the subject of a book that dissects the dilemma of an entire culture: "Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma - Almost a Declaration of Love." Germany - a country that has turned failure into an art form. The author of this provocative work, Hermann Selchow, dissects the German soul with the precision of a pathologist and the tenderness of a lover. The result: a literary X-ray of a nation, sometimes exaggerated, but always close to the truth. But this book is no cheap voyeurism of German defects. It is a diagnosis with heart, a criticism without contempt. The author, himself a member of this people, not only exposes the mechanisms of German self-sabotage but also demonstrates its productive power. For those who destroy themselves so virtuosically also master the art of renewal. German readers will feel caught out – and perhaps for the first time, be able to smile at their own abysses. Foreigners will gain insight into the psychic landscape of a people who guard their traumas like relics. Sociologists and psychologists may find material for years of analysis. The book is written in the style of a loving postmortem: perceptive without coldness, ironic without cynicism. A rare balance between science and humanity. The question for the future remains: Can the Germans overcome their self-destruction? Or is it perhaps their most precious asset? The author offers no easy answers, but the right questions. "Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma" is therapy as literature, social criticism as an act of love. A book for all who want to understand Germany – and for Germans who finally want to tolerate themselves. Duration - 7h 7m. Author - Hermann Selchow. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Saturday, 11 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Hermann Selchow ©.
Language:
English
Germany - A Nation in a Dilemma - Essays
Duration:00:00:07
The Dilemma of the Germans under a Microscope
Duration:00:27:40
Roots in History: Self-destruction as a German Theme
Duration:00:32:04
The German aversion to success: rejection and self-castigation
Duration:00:24:01
Great thinkers and the petty bourgeoisie – a German contradiction?
Duration:00:26:10
German education - from teaching institutes and educational barracks
Duration:00:33:16
Business & Research - An obituary for "Made in Germany"
Duration:00:33:20
The working world of Germans – Between burnout and social welfare
Duration:00:24:53
Denunciation - Not a German invention, but...
Duration:00:36:39
The German relationship to power: citizen or subject?
Duration:00:30:24
The fragmentation of traditional social structures
Duration:00:51:00
The new German philistinism in the guise of wokism
Duration:00:33:59
Self-reflection: From fishheads and mountaineers, Ossie and Wessie
Duration:00:26:24
An outside view of the Germans
Duration:00:36:20
A German vision: A summer tale?
Duration:00:10:59