Best Westend products in the Non-fiction category
On this page you'll find a ranking of the best Westend products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've already ranked the most important information about the products for you.
1. Westend Shitbürgertum
In this sharp and provocative essay, Ulf Poschardt exposes a new social character that shapes and paralyzes our society: the "Shit Citizen." With a sinister mix of arrogance and subservience, the Shit Citizen presents themselves as a morally superior savior of the world, while primarily defending their own privileges and interests. Poschardt, one of Germany's most renowned journalists, illustrates how the Shit Citizen has established an unprecedented hegemony in the liberal, affluent societies of the West. This hegemony has not only permeated institutions such as culture, media, and science but has also led Germany into a deep crisis—a crisis that can only be overcome through radical self-criticism and a return to republican virtues. An essential book for anyone looking to understand the societal changes of our time and to see through the mechanisms of Shit Citizenship. Provocative, analytical, and a wake-up call for self-reflection.
2. Westend Die Revolution ist fällig
Bestselling author Albrecht Müller demonstrates that and how the conditions have fundamentally deteriorated. The revolution is overdue, but unfortunately not provided for in the constitution. In theory, we have a beautiful democracy, but in reality, the conditions are hardened: incomes are unfairly distributed. Large fortunes are concentrated in a few hands, and financial corporations dominate the economy. The parties have been stripped of their programs, the media is concentrated and mostly compliant. Peace? Collective security? Instead, there is a focus on confrontation and war preparation, dictated by the USA. Europe is crumbling. The revolution is overdue, concludes Albrecht Müller, but it will not happen. His advice to like-minded individuals: come together, prevent the worst, and hope for better times!.
3. Westend Von der Schwierigkeit, den Kopf zum Himmel zu heben
Brave, determined, and with unparalleled commitment, Simon Weil fought throughout her life for a better world. She placed the painful experiences of factory workers at the center of her engagement. Surprisingly, Weil's vision for solving the social question is closely related to God. However, she does not advocate for a renunciation of the worldly in faith. The religious sister Britta Müller-Schauenburg describes Weil's attitude in her preface as a "spiritual approach" to "soulless routines": external control and feelings of meaninglessness that continue to spread today, much like social injustice. Weil's texts, which are now finally available in German, provide a powerful testament to this.
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Von der Schwierigkeit, den Kopf zum Himmel zu heben
German, Simone Weil, Britta Müller-Schauenburg, 2023
4. Westend Nutztiere
Editor: Bernward Geier
Bernward Geier worked as a scientist in organic farming after studying agricultural sciences with a focus on animal production and served as the director of the World Federation IFOAM Organics International for 18 years. The activist, journalist, author, and filmmaker has been living with his family on an organic farm for over 20 years.
Editor: Stefanie Pöpken
Stefanie Pöpken is an agricultural scientist and expert on animal welfare, working freelance with international food companies, authorities, and agricultural enterprises. Additionally, she writes articles for various agricultural magazines.
Editor: Renate Künast
Renate Künast (Alliance 90/The Greens) has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. She served as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection from 2001 to 2005 and was the chair of her party's parliamentary group from 2005 to 2013. Künast is currently the spokesperson for the working group on food and agriculture.
5. Westend Tibets Zukunft
For many, the Dalai Lama is synonymous with Tibet. Throughout his nearly 90 years of life, he has significantly shaped the country in the tension between change and tradition. What does the future hold for Tibetan culture? Will the chances for more freedom continue to shrink, after being curtailed since the country's incorporation into the People's Republic of China in the 1950s? And why has the Dalai Lama's strategy towards Beijing failed? Tibetologist Oliver Schulz provides a deep insight into the political history, traditions, current challenges, and future perspectives of Tibet in his new book. He also reveals why our Western image of Tibet is largely based on clichés.
6. Westend Warten
We constantly have to wait, for the next bus and the great love, for a message or a new beginning. Each time the standstill is a test, because as modern people we never have one thing, of course: time. Those who get everything without delay are considered privileged. But at what price? Isn't it precisely in waiting that happiness lies? "If you don't master the art of waiting, you also lose composure - and anticipation," says Timo Reuter. He sees waiting as a grain of sand in the gears of the non-stop exploitation machine. And as an opportunity to open up new spaces for ourselves. In his book, full of entertaining stories and astonishing insights, he examines the political content of waiting, its subversive potential, and the delightful power of doing nothing, of leisure, and of lingering. Just in time, everything immediately and always on the move - it is high time for a new culture of waiting that resists the frenzy of acceleration!
7. Westend Der ewige Antisemit
A specter is haunting Germany - in the confrontation with anti-Semitism, terms are carelessly and indiscriminately thrown around, people are perfidiously slandered and persecuted, and Jews are accused of anti-Semitism by non-Jews. The culture of debate in Germany is poisoned, and reality has completely fallen out of the discourse. Germans express solidarity with an Israel that has oppressed Palestinians for at least fifty years, and anyone who criticizes this is quickly labeled an anti-Semite. In his book, Moshe Zuckermann takes a ruthless look at the current discourse and advocates for an honest engagement with German-Israeli history.
8. Westend Rechtspopulisten im Parlament
Christoph Butterwegge, born in 1951, taught political science at the Institute for Comparative Educational Research and Social Sciences at the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne until 2016. Butterwegge is a poverty researcher and a member of the Research Center for Intercultural Studies (FiSt). He has published numerous books on the topics of poverty, right-wing populism, and criticism of capitalism, most recently "Poverty in a Rich Country" (2009). Gudrun Hentges has been teaching political science, education policy, and political education at the University of Cologne since 2016. Gerd Wiegel, a political scientist, was a research associate at the University of Marburg from 1998 to 2003, worked for the Mobile Counseling Against Right-Wing Extremism in Thuringia from 2004 to 2005, and has been an advisor for the Left Party in the Bundestag on issues of right-wing extremism and antifascism since 2006.
9. Westend Populismus für Anfänger
Populists seem to be unstoppable in their rise across Europe. Meanwhile, everyone else acts as if there are no strategies against the right-wing demagogues. Communication expert Walter Ötsch and journalist Nina Horaczek reveal the tricks and deceptions of these demagogues in this guide to populism.
10. Westend Diplomatie oder Desaster
Author: Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey Sachs, born in 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, is a renowned development economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He gained public recognition as the director of the UN Millennium Project for global poverty alleviation. He has advised governments worldwide, including in Latin America and post-communist Poland and Russia, where he helped implement market-oriented reforms. Sachs is the president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, co-chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. Contributions by: Oskar Lafontaine Oskar Lafontaine was born on September 16, 1943, in Saarlouis. Two years later, he lost his father, who died as a soldier at the age of 29. Throughout his political career, he served as the mayor of Saarbrücken, the minister-president of Saarland, chairman of the SPD, chancellor candidate, and federal minister of finance. In March 1999, he resigned from all his political offices in the SPD in protest against the government policy of Gerhard Schröder. He was the founding chairman of the party DIE LINKE, which was established on his initiative from the PDS and the Electoral Alternative for Labor and Social Justice (WASG), chairman of the Left faction in the German Bundestag, and the lead candidate in the Saarland state elections in 2009, 2012, and 2017. Until his departure from the party in March 2022, he led the Left faction in the Saarland state parliament since 2009.
