Reinhardt

Befindet sich die Religion auf dem Ruckzug gegenuber der vordringenden Wissenschaft? Welche Theorien gibt es zur Verhaltnisbestimmung von Wissenschaft und Religion und was ist ihre wirkliche Differenz? Martin Buber geht diesen Fragen in einem bis vor kurzem noch unveroffentlichten Zurcher Referat nach. Der Essay kommentiert die Bemuhungen Bubers um eine Klarung dieser Verhaltnisbestimmung und stellt sie in den Kontext der heute international gefuhrten Diskussion uber Wissenschaft und Religion.

This article examines the transition process of the military elite from the Kaiser army to the Reichswehr of the Weimar republic, complicated by revolutionary events, conditions of military defeat and the limitations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. With all the particularities of the military elite of Germany, its attempt not to submit to the political situation of the period like never before forced the German military to seriously take into account the various political factors in achieving their goal – the creation of a stable armed force capable of coexistence with a republican government, leaving at its head representatives of the elite, thus ensuring continuity from the old army. In many ways the conditions posed by those at the source of the Reichswehr seemed almost to contradict them, nor did the elite possess the necessary unity within itself and maintained a continuing distrust towards the centre-left forces that came to power, but towards the spring of 1921 the most turbulent period of the transformation was over. The military elite demonstrated a high level of autonomy and stability during the next decades, but it was unable to influence the formation of the Nazi government in Germany.