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Reviews the paper "Jung und die Deutschen" by Arvid Erlenmeyer published in the 1992 issue of the "Analytische Psychologie" on the role of psychoanalyst Carl Jung in the emergence of psychotherapy in Germany.

D E Moggridge's perhaps too exhaustive biography is examined and some questions are raised relative to Keynes' views on theory and their source, and his views on German reparations and whether Britain should have accepted the original provisions of the agreement providing for establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a review essay on the book "Talcott Parsons on National Socialism," edited by Uta Gerhardt. Parsons' essays in the book are full of insights into the sociological aspects of fascist movements, the social structure of both pre-Nazi and Nazi Germany, propaganda and social control and memoranda for political and military intervention. Beyond sociologist Max Weber, a deep impact that psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud made on him can be seen in his essays. His use of psychoanalytical concepts predates the psychohistorical approach 20-30 years later and is reminiscent of sociologists Erich Fromm and Wilhelm Reich. His April 25, 1942 presidential address before the Eastern Sociological Society thoughtfully but turgidly makes theoretical connections between structural and psychological levels of society and variables of class, tradition and social access as important consequences of both. Parsons even touched on the issue of 'evil.' He was ahead of his time with regard to feminism. It was true that Parsons wrote in somewhat of a vacuum. He and the world were unaware of the full implications of evil during the Holocaust, that is, of the Final Solution. But he tried. He merits our intellectual and moral respect for that.

A review of the book "The Stepchildren of Science: Psychical Research & Parapsychology in Germany c. 1870-1939," by Heather Wolffram is presented.

A review of the book "Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe Band I/24: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Entstehungsgeschichte und Dokumente," by Max Weber is presented.

A review is presented of the book "Germans on Drugs: The Complications of Modernization in Hamburg," by Robert P. Stephens.

Reviews the book "Freud in Germany: Revolution and Reaction in Science, 1893-1907," by Hannah Decker.

The article reviews the book "Cosmopolitan Anxieties: Turkish Challenges to Citizenship and Belonging in Germany," by Ruth Mandel.

The article reviews the book "Erotic Tales of Medieval Germany. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies," edited by Albrecht Classen.

Reviews the book "The German Tradition of Self-Cultivation: 'Bildung' From Humbolt to Thomas Mann," by W. H. Bruford.

The article reviews the book "The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany," by Susannah Heschel.