Konrad Weiss  •  Book Contributions

Hartmut KOSCHYK, Konrad WEISS (Editor) Von Erblasten und Seilschaften Die Folgen der SED-Diktatur und Gefahren für die Demokratie (Burden by heritage and new communist gangs • Consequences of SED dictatorship and dangers for the democracy) Olzog Verlag, Landsberg, 1996 ISBN 3-7892-9377-6 my contribution: Der Einfluß der PDS auf die Medien in Ostdeutschland (The influence of the German Communist Party PDS on the media scene in East Germany)

In this book experts and scientists examine, how effective the power structures of Communists in the former GDR remain ever today. They analyse the dangers, which arise for the democratic constitutional order in Germany from this influence.

With contributions by Hansjörg Geiger, Peter Huber, Eckhard Jesse, Manfred Kittlaus, Patrick Moreau, Erhart Neubert, Elisabeth Noelle Neumann, Norman von Scherpenberg, Konrad Weiss and Manfred Wilke.

Michael D. KENNEDY (Editor) Envisioning Eastern Europe Postcommunist Cultural Studies The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1994 ISBN 0-472-10556-6 my contribution: On the power and frailty of utopias

How does one envision the sequel to communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? In this volume, artists, activists, and experts in literary studies, history, political theory discuss the transformation of ideologies and identities in this region.

The contributors reach beyond the discourses of civil society and nationalism, which usually structure our imagination of alternatives, and challenge the simple identities of citizen, consumer, and entrepreneur embedded in the discussion of political options. They consider how the utopia, memory, and monuments of socialism might be transformed after the death of communism and how the Yugoslav War is shaped by the creation and destruction of fantasy; they examine the range of alternative nationalisms in Eastern Europe and the threats to the civil society project as well as how they might be reconstructed.

With contributions by Andrew Arato, Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Ina Merkel, Edmund Mokrzycki, Mykola Ryabchuk, Renata Salecl, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Konrad Weiss, and others.

Torsten METELKA (Editor) Alles ist im Untergrund obenauf Auswahl aus KONTEXT 1-7 (Everything is in the underground on top • Selection from samizdat-magazin KONTEXT 1-7) KONTEXTverlag, Berlin, 1990 ISBN 3-931337-02-2 my contribution: Die neue alte Gefahr. Junge Faschisten in der DDR (Young fascists in the German Democratic Republic)

The anthology documents selected contributions of the samizdat-magazine KONTEXT - contributions from policy, society, culture. This independent magazine was published first in February 1988 in Berlin. Seven issues and three special editions were printed in the underground, despite strong pressure by the communist party SED and the State Security Service. The number of copies printed was about 1000.

With contributions by Adolf Endler, Johannes Jansen, Cornelia Jentzsch, Bert Papenfuß-Gorek, Sebastian Pflugbeil, Edelbert Richter, Rainer Schedlinski, Jakob Ullmann, Wolfgang Ullmann, Konrad Weiss, and others.

Ralph GIORDANO (Editor) Deutschland und Israel: Solidarität in der Bewährung Bilanz und Perspektive der Deutsch-Israelischen Beziehung (Germany and Israel: Solidarity in the prove • Conclusion and prospects of the German-Israeli relationship) Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen, 1993 ISBN 3-888350-029-1 my contribution: »Du hast den Frieden frech ans Kreuz geschlagen...« Israel-Feindschaft und Antisemitismus in der DDR (Enmity against Israel and the anti-Semitism in the former German Democratic Republic )

The authors analyse the many and diverse spectrum of the German-Israeli relationship and plead for an unreserved support of the vital interests of Israel.

With contributions by Inge Deutschkron, Ralph Giordano, Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, Niels Hansen, Martin Stöhr, Konrad Weiss, Heinz Westphal, and others.

Bernward BAULE, Rita SUESSMUTH (Editor) Eine deutsche Zwischenbilanz Standpunkte zum Umgang mit unserer Vergangenheit (A German trial balance • Experiences with our recent past) Olzog Verlag, München und Landsberg, 1997 ISBN 3-7892-9325-3 my contribution: Demokratie leben (Living democracy)

This book treats the difficult political and social processes after German reunification. The authors examine, what stimuli the East German civil rights activists gave to the democracy in Germany.

With contributions by Dieter Althaus, Bäbel Bohley, Heinz Eggert, Rainer Eppelmann, Jürgen Fuchs, Joachim Gauck, Freya Klier, Gerd Poppe, Jens Reich, Rita Süssmuth, Wolfgang Ullmann, Konrad Weiss, and others.

Roland ERMRICH (Editor) 100 Jahre Ludwig Erhard Das Buch zur Sozialen Marktwirtschaft (100 years Ludwig Erhard • The book about the social market economy) MVV Medien Vertriebs- und Verlagsgesellschaft Düsseldorf, 1997, 1998 ISBN 3-9805581-1-8 my contribution: Soziale Marktwirtschaft kontra Kommandowirtschaft (Free social market economy contra Command economy)

Authors from different fields recognise Ludwig Erhard and his concept of the free social market economy. They confront this concept with the reality, and vote for a return to the liberal principles of the social market economy.

With contributions by Heinz Dürr, Alfred Grosser, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Arend Oetker, Jürgen Rüttgers, Lothar Spät, Jost Stollmann, Gunnar Uldall, Bernhard Vogel, Konrad Weiss, Otto Wolff von Amerongen, and others.