Publications
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Defending Christian Faith. The Fifth Part of the Christian Apology of Gerasimus
(2014)
The book by Abjar Bakhou presents Medieval Christian author Gerasimus and his discussion with Islam. His aim was to show that Christian teachings are not irrational, but rather subtle and complex. As a Christian philosopher ...
Deep Stories. Practicing, Teaching, and Learning Anthropology with Digital Storytelling
(2017)
Have you ever wondered what makes storytelling and digital media a powerful combination? This edited volume examines the opportunities to think, do, and/or create jointly afforded by digital storytelling. The editors of ...
Body Law and the Body of Law. A Comparative Study of Social Norm Inclusion in Norwegian and American Laws
(2015)
For some legal philosophers, if a law is procedurally correct, enacted in ways constitutionally recognised and agreed upon, then the content is of no significance. It is a “good” law, no matter what it does or justifies. ...
Culture-bearing Women. The Black Women Renaissance and Cultural Nationalism
(2019)
This study examines the Black Women’s Renaissance (BWR) – the flowering of literary talent among African American women at the end of the 20th century. It focuses on the historical and heritage novels of the 1980s and the ...
Death in Jewish Life. Burial and Mourning Customs Among Jews of Europe and Nearby Communities
(2014)
This volume examines in inter-disciplinary perspective the degree to which the medieval Ashkenazi were innovative in the area of communal activity surrounding burial and mourning customs. The topics cover liturgical poetry ...
Communism's Jewish Question. Jewish Issues in Communist Archives
(2017)
In the last two decades a large amount of previously secret documents on Jewish issues emerged from the newly opened Communist archives. The selection of these papers published in the volume and stemming mostly from Hungarian ...
Confucius and Cicero. Old Ideas for a New World, New Ideas for an Old World
(2020)
This book explores the relationships between ancient Roman and Confucian thought, paying particular attention to their relevance for the contemporary world. More than 10 scholars from all around the world offer thereby a ...
Coordination Abilities in Volleyball
(2014)
The author presents a general view on sports training, its eriodization and the role of coordination in the initial stages of preparation in volleyball. He also deals with inter-gender differences in levels of such abilities, ...
Cultures. Conflict - Analysis - Dialogue. Proceedings of the 29th International Ludwig Wittgenstein-Symposium in Kirchberg, Austria
(2013)
What can systematic philosophy contribute to come from conflict between cultures to a substantial dialogue? - This question was the general theme of the 29th international symposium of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein ...
Cultures and Traditions of Wordplay and Wordplay Research
(2018)
This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together various research traditions of approaching wordplay. Together with the volume DWP7, it assembles ...
The Contents of Perceptual Experience. A Kantian Perspective
(2014)
The book addresses the debate on whether the representational content of perceptual experience is conceptual or non-conceptual, by bringing out the points of comparison between Kant’s conception of intuition and the ...
Diaspora, Law and Literature
(2017)
The well-known challenges of international migration have triggered new departures in academic approaches, with 'diaspora studies' evolving as an interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary field of study. Its emerging ...
Dimension des Völkermords. Die Zahl der jüdischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
(1991)
Über die Zahl der ermordeten Juden wird seit dem Ende des NS-Staates diskutiert, und die Dimension des Völkermordes wird unter apologetischer Tendenz interessierter Kreise immer noch in Frage gestellt. Einer mathematisch-exakten ...
Discursive “Renovatio” in Lope de Vega and Calderón. Studies on Spanish Baroque Drama
(2017)
This volume offers a fresh look at Spanish Baroque drama (centered on readings of plays by Lope de Vega and Calderón) inspired by Foucault’s discourse archeology. This perspective implies a discussion of the plays’ ...
Dividing Texts. Conventions of Visual Text-Organisation in Nepalese and North Indian Manuscripts
(2020)
The number of manuscripts produced in the Indian sub-continent is astounding and is the result of a massive enterprise. The visual organization of texts in North Indian and Nepalese manuscripts from 800 to 1300 CE is at ...
Dynamiken politischer Imagination. Die deutschsprachige Utopie von Stifter bis Döblin in ihren internationalen Kontexten, 1848-1930
(2016)
The study traces the history of utopias from 1848 to 1930 as settings for competing political visions and the impact of utopias on changing social realities. This re-evaluation of utopias also offers promising insights ...
Demokratie, Recht und soziale Kontrolle im klassischen Athen
(2002)
Die im vorliegenden Band dokumentierte Tagung hatte es sich zum Zielgesetzt, eine genauso internationale wie interdisziplinäreForschergruppe zum Thema Soziale Kontrolle zu befragen.Wenngleich mit Athen und Rom die antike ...
Digitale Infrastrukturen für die germanistische Forschung
(2018)
Die moderne sprachwissenschaftliche Forschung nutzt in zunehmender Weise digitale Forschungsinfrastrukturen und Informationssysteme. Diese Entwicklung begann um die Jahrtausendwende und beschleunigt sich seither. Der Band ...
Deutsch im Sprachvergleich. Grammatische Kontraste und Konvergenzen
(2012)
Cross-language comparison can show where German structures diverge from and converge with those of other languages. The essays in the 2011 Yearbook of the Institute for German Language compare German with other languages ...