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Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity
(2012-06-14)
The present volume`s focus lies on the formation of a multifaceted discourse on Christian martyrdom in Late Antiquity. While martyrdom accounts remain a central means of defining Christian identity, new literary genres ...
Zukunftsgestaltung durch Öffentliches Recht
(2014)
This volume contains presentations and discussions from the meeting of the Association of German Constitutional Law Professors in Greifswald from 2 to 5 October 2013.
Models, Simulations, and the Reduction of Complexity
(2013)
Modern science is a model-building activity. But how are models contructed? How are they related to theories and data? How do they explain complex scientific phenomena, and which role do computer simulations play? To address ...
Angstkonstruktionen
(2021)
In spite of extensive research in the field of cultural studies, the topic of fear has not yet been exhausted, especially considering that not even the semantics of its linguistic devices or the diversity of its linguistic ...
»Schizophrenie« in der Alltagssprache
(2024)
Since it was coined in 1908, the term schizophrenia has undergone a remarkable transformation. As well as being a medical diagnosis, the term is now also used to describe contradictory situations and as an everyday insult. ...
Quintus Smyrnaeus: Transforming Homer in Second Sophistic Epic
(2012)
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic Posthomerica, are an attempt to bridge the gap between the Iliad and the Odyssey , and to combine the various scattered ...
Antonius Diogenes, Die unglaublichen Dinge jenseits von Thule
(2020)
The Wonders Beyond Thule by Antonius Diogenes uniquely combines a range of themes, including aspects of a love story, fantastic journeys, and Pythagorean philosophy. The author reassembles this work, which has only been ...
Re-mapping World Literature
(2018)
The concept at issue in this book is Weltliteratur, or World Literature. Theoretical
frameworks usually view the now-famous epistolary exchange between Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe and the young Johann Peter Eckermann as ...
Keeping Record
(2024)
The production and retention of written records was an important facet of pre-modern rulership and administration. While such documents’ contents have been well studied, much can still be learnt by examining these records ...
Gleichheit, Vielfalt, technischer Wandel
(2019)
This volume includes lectures and discussion from the Conference of the Association of German Professors of Constitutional Law in Bonn, 3–6 October 2018.