Publications
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Princeps et episcopus
(2013)
Die nordwestdeutschen Fürstbischöfe (Köln, Münster, Osnabrück, Paderborn und Hildesheim) bewegten sich in einem komplexen Bedingungsgefüge zwischen landesherrlicher Stellung, reichsfürstlicher Position, geistlichem Amt und ...
Our Mythical Childhood...
(2016)
This volume offers a survey of the reception of Classical Antiquity in the literature for youngsters by applying regional perspectives from East-Central and Western Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and ...
Putting knowledge(s) into perspective?
(2024)
The fact that textbooks and other educational media should reflect different perspectives and enable learners to form their own opinions is widely accepted by academics, schools and publishers. But how exactly can ...
Das antike Griechenland ist die schönste Erfindung der Neuzeit (Volume 3, Edition 1)
(2021)
Mit einem Satz des Dichters Paul Valéry betitelt François Hartog seine Suche nach den Schlüsselmomenten in der Begegnung der europäischen Neuzeit mit dem antiken Griechenland und schöpft dabei aus seiner langjährigen ...
The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, c. 1800–1950
(2020)
In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the ‘stigmatic’: young women ...
Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Sciences in the History of the Max Planck Society
(2022)
This book provides the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of scientific traditions in astronomy, astrophysics, and the space sciences within the Max Planck Society. Structured with in-depth archival ...
Ruling the Stage: Social and Cultural History of Opera in Sichuan from the Qing to the People's Republic of China
(2022)
Through an innovative interdisciplinary reading and field research, Igor Chabrowski analyses the history of the development of opera in Sichuan, arguing that opera serves as a microcosm of the profound transformation of ...
Faith, Truth, Fidelity
(2023)
Though frequently acknowledged as a remarkable phase within Czech literary history, the poetic outpouring in the build-up to and aftermath of the Munich Agreement has received comparatively little rigorous scholarly attention ...
Critical Storytelling
(2022)
What does power abuse look and feel like in the academic world? How does it affect university faculty, students, education and research? What can we do to counteract and prevent power abuse? These questions are addressed ...
Raum Gottes
(2015)
»Wir müssen neu lernen, den Raum zu denken« – Die Forderung des Sozialanthropologen Marc Augé formuliert programmatisch das Anliegen des später sogenannten spatial turn, der in den Kulturwissenschaften auf vielfältige ...
The Paradox of Openness
(2015)
Openness implies bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. The Paradox of Openness analyses the tensions encountered when openness is applied to the quest for democracy and markets, freedom and truth, compliance and ...
Why We Sing: Music, Word, and Liturgy in Early Christianity
(2022)
In a seminal study, Cur cantatur?, Anders Ekenberg examined Carolingian sources for explanations of why the liturgy was sung, rather than spoken. This multidisciplinary volume takes up Ekenberg’s question anew, investigating ...
Syria's Monuments
(2016)
Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in ...
The Language of Paul Muldoon
(2020)
This book interprets the multifarious writing of the Irish-American word wizard, Paul Muldoon, who has been described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘the most significant English-language poet born since the second ...
Islamic Reformism and Christianity
(2009-01-01)
Drawing on newly-discovered archival materials, the study offers a comprehensive and critical reading of the polemics of Sheikh Rashīd Riḍā and his associates on Christianity in al-Manār, and their fascinating encounters ...
Taking a Common Concern Approach to Economic Inequality
(2022)
Through the lens of cooperative sovereignty and the common concern of humankind concept, this book contemplates what kind of transnational corporate taxation system would be necessary for appropriately dealing with rising ...
Säkularisierung und Religion
(2019)
In den vergangenen Jahren ist das Thema „Säkularisierung“ zu einem beliebten Forschungsparadigma geworden. Geschichtliche Prozesse und gegenwärtige Phänomene werden unter der Perspektive von „Säkularisierung“ beschrieben ...
Healthcare Chaplaincy as Specialised Spiritual Care
(2024)
Is healthcare chaplaincy a health profession? This book argues that it is. It is a plea for Christian healthcare chaplaincy to be practiced as a form of specialized spiritual care, and to be understood anew within the ...
Texts, Contexts and Intertextuality
(2014)
While Dickens used to be seen as a writer of shallow and sentimental children’s literature, as the prolific caterer to the new market of mass literature, this collection of essays shows that Dickens was not only a reader ...
New Approaches to the Analysis of Jihadism
(2011)
Jihadism has been an important issue of public discussions since 9/11. Internet media have been used by Jihadis as means of communication, propaganda, recruitment, and even training purposes. In this volume, the processes ...