Berlin-an interdisciplinary casestudy of German culture after the reunification

德国统一不仅是德国历史和文化的重要转折点，也是德国研究的重要理论反映。我们的项目“柏林--统一后德国文化的跨学科研究”是作为一个关于统一后德国文化的案例研究而构思的。1我们调查的第一个主题是柏林的哲学文化。柏林在启蒙以来德国现代哲学的整个发展过程中起着重要的作用。关于城市文化的发展与现代哲学思想的关系，已有一些思考。在德国研究者恩格尔哈特·魏格尔的理论的基础上，我们试图把握柏林哲学舞台上的一些重要的新趋势。北川早纪子的报告《柏林与当代德国哲学》是一个成果，也将是对哲学史新样式的贡献。2我们项目的第二个主要问题是统一后德国的政治文化。这是德国研究中最真实、最生动的问题之一。大石喜一郎的文章《德国政治文化》试图建立一个框架来思考德国政治文化的哲学背景及其历史发展。3柏林作为德国的首都，既具有政治城市的特征，又具有历史城市的特征。田中俊的文章《柏林与记忆的政治学》讨论了“纳粹德国犹太受害者纪念碑”的政治方面与历史方面之间的关系

The German reunification is the most important turning point not only for German history and culture but also for German studies as its theoretical reflection. Our project "Berlin- an interdisciplinary study of German culture after the reunification" was conceived as a case study about German culture after the reunification.1The first subject of our investigation ist the philosophical culture in Berlin. Berlin has playd an important role in the whole development of modern German philosophy since enlightment. There are already some considerations which try to make clear the relation between the development of urban culture and the modern philosophical thinking. On the basis of the theory of a German researcher, Engelhardt Weigl, we tried to grasp some significant new tendencies in the philosophical scene in Berlin. The report by Kitagawa Sakiko "Berlin and the contemporary German philosophy" is a result and will be a contribution to the new style of history of philosophy.2The second main issue of our project is the political culture in Germany after the reunification. It is one of the most actual and vivide issues in German studies. The article by Oishi Kiichiro "German political culture" tries to establish the framework to consider the philosophical background of German political culture and its historical development.3Berlin as the capital of Germany can be characterized both as a political city and as historical city. The article by Tanaka Jun "Berlin and the pollitics of memories" discusses the relation between the political aspect and the historical aspect of the "memorial of Jewisch victims of Nazi Germany"