After the thirteenth century a certain stream of intellectuals emphasized the main sources of the ancient world. This way back to the sources (ad fontes) was a diverse movement, which later on was subordinated under the label “Humanism.” As...

Contemporary discussions of science, technology, and ethics in Germany take place largely in the context of developments in the philosophy of technology. Although during much of the second half of the twentieth century philosophical discussion of...

This article is about the Germans as an ethnic group (unlike Ethnic German, which is the article on the German diaspora). For information on citizens of Germany, see demographics of Germany. For information on speakers of the language, see...

Terrorism: How could Eva Haule, a Marxist terrorist, so easily manipulate German justice with only a handful of years in jail for the cold-blooded murder of a U.S. soldier? Not only is it a travesty, it's ominous for Germany.Without much fanfare, the high court in...

The German Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it has dismissed an instructor who told a soldier to imagine hostile blacks in New York's Bronx while firing a machine gun.The instructor was let go under a provision that permits the immediate dismissal of personnel who violate...

A prominent German state governor said Thursday that immigrants should abide by the country's customs and speak its language.Roland Koch, the conservative governor of the western state of Hesse, is one of two senior figures in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union who face elections...

German investor confidence has sunk to its lowest level for more than 14 years as the subprime lending crisis fuels expectations of a "considerable economic downturn" in the United States, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.The ZEW institute's index, which measures investors' economic expectations for...