Publications
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On the Nature of Philosophy and Other Philosophical Essays
(2012)
This book continues Rescher’s longstanding practice of publishing groups of philosophical essays. Notwithstanding their thematic diversity, these discussions exhibit a uniformity of method in addressing philosophical issues ...
On Relativization and Clefting. An Analysis of Italian Sign Language
(2015)
This work is a contribution to our understanding of relativization strategies and clefting in Italian Sign Language, and more broadly, to our understanding of these constructions in world languages by setting the discussion ...
Maria in Hymnus und Sequenz. Interdisziplinäre mediävistische Perspektiven
(2017)
Marian hymns and sequences occupy a central place in the history of sacred song. Alongside Latin poetry, starting from the early Middle Ages, there were also vernacular translations, which adapted, modified, and transformed ...
Mythen und Grundbegriffe des europäischen Selbstverständnisses
(2012)
Driften die europäischen Staaten nach 60 Jahren der immer intensiveren und weiträumigeren Integration wieder auseinander? Geht uns der Sinn für die europäischen Gemeinsamkeiten verloren? Die Europäischen Erinnerungsorte ...
Monarchische Herrschaft im Altertum
(2017)
Monarchical rule was omnipresent in the ancient world, but until now, there has been no comparative study of the phenomenon across epochs and cultures. The volume fills this gap, examining autarchy in the ancient Near East, ...
Marine Propulsion Simulation. Methods and Results
(2015)
The propulsion system behaviour is a key aspect for the overall dynamics of a ship. However, despite its great importance, numerical methodologies for detailed investigations on marine propulsion dynamics are not yet widely ...
Mastering Russian Spaces. Raum und Raumbewältigung als Probleme der russischen Geschichte
(2011)
Die Rede vom „russischen Raum bezieht sich nicht nur auf ein Stereotyp, sondern auf eine empirische Erfahrung, der die Weite und Größe Russlands – ob nun als Russisches Reich, Sowjetunion oder Russländische Förderation ...
Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures. Materiality, Presence and Performance
(2020)
This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures.While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, ...
Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300
(2018)
Letter writing was widespread in the Graeco-Roman world, as indicated by the large number of surviving letters and their extensive coverage of all social categories. Despite a large amount of work that has been done on the ...
The Necessary Structure of the All-pervading Aether
(2012)
In this book I investigate the necessary structure of the aether – the stuff that fills the whole universe. Some of my conclusions are. 1. There is an enormous variety of structures that the aether might, for all we know, ...
Öl und Souveränität. Petroknowledge und Energiepolitik in den USA und Westeuropa in den 1970er Jahren
(2014)
The importance of oil for modern economic and political regimes increased during the economic boom of the post-war decades. Yet in 1973-1974, rising oil prices and reduced production raised the specter of an uncertain ...
Mouth Actions in Sign Languages. An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language
(2014)
Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language ...
Multidimensional Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems for Differential Equations
(1995)
This monograph is devoted to statements of multidimensional inverse problems, in particular to methods of their investigation. Questions of the uniqueness of solution, solvability and stability are studied. Methods to ...
Mobilität und Wissenstransfer in diachroner und interdisziplinärer Perspektive
(2013)
What effect do spatial mobility and migrations have on the diffusion of knowledge? In this volume, papers dealing with the topic have been collected from various culture-historical and theoretical disciplines. Chronologically ...
Nationalsozialistische Judenverfolgung in Ostgalizien 1941-1944. Organisation und Durchführung eines staatlichen Massenverbrechens
(1997)
Trotz eines halben Jahrhunderts Holocaust-Forschung ist das Geschehen an den konkreten Tatorten des Massenmordes in Polen und in der Sowjetunion immer noch wenig erforscht. Die Juden in Ostgalizien sind vor allem durch ...
Material Culture in Modern Diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th Century
(2016)
The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The material culture of diplomacy ...
Okkultismus im Gehäuse. Institutionalisierungen der Parapsychologie im 20. Jahrhundert im internationalen Vergleich
(2016)
Where was the locus of parapsychology – the academic involvement with the occult – during the 20th century? In this first attempt at an international comparison, the authors examine various institutional venues, ...
Mesopotamian Eye Disease Texts. The Nineveh Treatise
(2020)
There is to date no comprehensive treatment of eye disease texts from ancient Mesopotamia, and no English translation of this material is available. This volume is the first complete edition and commentary on Mesopotamian ...
Metatexte. Erzählungen von schrifttragenden Artefakten in der alttestamentlichen und mittelalterlichen Literatur
(2016)
Texts of the Old Testament and the literature of the European Middle Ages feature a number of narratives about objects on which something is written. In this volume, scholars from the fields of Old Testament studies, Jewish ...
Metaphysik des Mittelalters
(1934)
Moving to Sustainable Buildings: Paths to adopt green innovations in developed countries
(2013)
In his Moving to Sustainable Buildings. Paths to Adopt Green Innovations in Developed Countries, Umberto Berardi explores the transition of the construction sector to sustainable building through the adoption of green ...
Muslims and Christians in the Bulgarian Rhodopes – Studies on Religious (Anti) Syncretism
(2015)
The book by Magdalena Lubanska examines the role of religious syncretism in the social and religious life of Muslim-Christian communities in the Western Rhodopes. The author is interested mainly in the origins and motivations ...
Musket, Map and Money: How Military Technology Shaped Geopolitics and Economics
(2013)
Waves of military technological changes have swept through the Eurasian land mass since the dawn of civilization. Military technological changes decisively shaped geopolitics and the fortunes of states, empires and ...
Mythische Sphärenwechsel. Methodisch neue Zugänge zu antiken Mythen in Orient und Okzident
(2020)
Journeys to the realm of the dead, voyages to the island of souls, ascents to heaven – this book analyzes and reconstructs sphere change myth material using an innovative theoretical and methodological approach. The research ...
The Masorah of Elijah ha-Naqdan
(2015)
Following Levita’s statement, the Masorah transmitted by medieval illuminated manuscripts was generally considered as less significant for the study of the biblical and masoretical knowledge in the Jewish world. The biblical ...
Öffnung der öffentlich-rechtlichen Methode durch Internationalität und Interdisziplinarität. Dritte Gewalt im Wandel. Gestaltung des demographischen Wandels als Verwaltungsaufgabe. Sicherung grund- und menschenrechtlicher Standards. Referate und Diskussionen auf der Tagung der Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer in Düsseldorf vom 1. bis 4. Oktober 2014
(2015)
This volume contains presentations and discussions from the Conference of the Association of German Constitutional Lawyers, which was held in Düsseldorf from 1 to 4 October 2014.
One Hundred Years at the Intersection of Chemistry and Physics. The Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 1911-2011
(2011)
This volume, occasioned by the centenary of the Fritz Haber Institute, formerly the Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, covers the institute's scientific and institutional history from its founding until ...
Monumental Polovtsian Statues in Eastern Europe. The Archaeology, Conservation and Protection
(2013)
Stone statues, indigenous to the early Turks, appeared in the vast territory of the Asian steppes, from Southern Siberia to Central Asia and across the foothills of the Ural Mountains. The custom originated among Cumans ...
Nach Achtundsechzig. Krisen und Krisenbewusstsein in Deutschland und Frankreich in den 1970er Jahren
(2013)
On both sides of the Rhine, the 1970s were characterized by intense social upheaval, economic shocks, and domestic and foreign policy uncertainties. This volume examines perceptions and consequences of the 1968 protest ...
Mitstreiter im Volkstumskampf. Deutsche Justiz in den eingegliederten Ostgebieten 1939-1945
(2014)
In Poland during the Second World War, the German judicial system was part of the National Socialist occupation machine from the outset and became a key element in the policy of Germanization, Germany`s principal objective ...
Naturrecht und Staat. Politische Funktionen des europäischen Naturrechts (17.-19. Jahrhundert)
(2006)
Der Sammelband stellt die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Naturrecht und Staat in Europa. Die Beiträge werfen in mehrfacher Hinsicht neues Licht auf die Geschichte der naturrechtlichen Staatslehre: In zeitlicher Hinsicht ...
Öffentliche Geheimnisse. Skandale, Politik und Medien in Deutschland und Großbritannien 1880-1914
(2009)
Im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert traten in ganz Westeuropa zahllose spektakuläre Skandale auf. Es kam zu Enthüllungen über Korruption, Ehebrüche und koloniale Gewalt, die zu politischen Krisen und grenzübergreifender Empörung ...
Of Gods and Books. Ritual and Knowledge Transmission in the Manuscript Cultures of Premodern India
(2016)
India has been the homeland of diverse manuscript traditions that do not cease to impress scholars for their imposing size and complexity. Nevertheless, many topics concerning the study of Indian manuscript cultures still ...
NICHTS NEUES SCHAFFEN. Perspektiven auf die treue Kopie 1300–1900
(2018)
Faithfulness as a genuine quality of copies
Nonlinear Evolution Equations
(2020)
Nonlinear Evolution Equation presents state-of-the-art theories and results on nonlinear evolution equation, showing related mathematical methods and applications. The basic concepts and research methods of infinite ...
Materiale Textkulturen. Konzepte-Materialien-Praktiken
(2015)
How does one define and explore the “material presence of the written in non-typographical cultures?” The interdisciplinary and collaborative essays in this handbook present theoretical principles, describe text-bearing ...
A Matter of Complexity. Subordination in Sign Languages
(2016)
Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the auditory-oral modality of spoken languages – it is obvious that all fields of research in modern ...
Ontological Investigations. An Inquiry into the Categories of Nature, Man and Society
(2004)
This volume is devoted to problems within analytic metaphysics. It defends an ontology and theory of categories inspired by Aristotle, but revised in such a way as to be compatible with modern science. The ontology of both ...
Organized Secularism in the United States. New Directions in Research
(2017)
There has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of the US population that is not religious. However, there is, to date, very little research on the social movement that is organizing to serve the needs of and advocate ...