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: Magazine 24: Heaven on Earth?

Economy and religion – Thoughts on a touchy relationship by Birger Priddat No deal without God – Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the three Abrahamic religions, have established order in the world and its economy. But are their teachings applicable...

: Magazine 24: The Practical Scapegoat

Marcia Pally Long ago, the high priest would lay his hand on his believers and transfer their sins onto an unfortunate goat which, thus laden with the evil of all, would be driven out into the desert. Nowadays we regard our religious heritage as a...

: Magazine 24: Editorial

Hortensia Völckers, Alexander Farenholtz - Executive Board of the German Federal Cultural Foundation “Now tell me, how do you take religion?” This so-called “Gretchen Question” has been all but missing from public discourse for decades. Those, who...

: Magazine 24

Magazine #24 was released in April 2015. The issue highlights the topic "Religion" in connection with our funded projects.

In an interview by Jacqueline Boysen, the economist and philosopher Birger Priddat discusses to what extent principles of...

: Magazine 25: From the Inside to the Outside

Florian Wüst Peter Weiss, who was born outside of Berlin of a Jewish father and eventually emigrated to Sweden following the rise of National Socialism, is best known for his plays and writings. However, he started out as a painter inspired by...

: Magazine 25: Blurring the Boundaries

An interview with Björn Bicker from Tobias Asmuth The Münchner Kammerspiele has entered the debate on the situation of refugees in Germany with a project of its own making. The goal – to make the theatre itself a model project for an open society....

: Magazine 25: Why Study Ukrainian Culture?

Jurko Prochasko Many encounters harbour the danger of eventually becoming a relationship. Every interaction already reveals one. And vice versa – every relationship presumes a mutual interest, interaction, engagement. If one were to seriously explore...

: Magazine 25: Gavina

For Kostas from Niklas Maak When someone hands you a business card which only has their name on it and the word “Subversive”, you had better be ready for anything. Dino Gavina, who was born in 1922 and passed away in 2007, had such a card, though the...

: Magazine 25: About KM

John von Düffel The work that KM does is closely tied to the question – for whom? The simplest answer to that would be to say that he works for himself, for “Kostas Murkudis”, for his own label, which he created and has shaped and continuously...

: Magazine 25

In October 2015, the Federal Cultural Foundation released Magazine #25 featuring works by the artist and designer Kostas Murkudis. It was inspired by the exhibition “At Close Range. Kostas Murkudis and the MMK Collection” funded by the Federal...