englischSources of power in political processes are often reduced to the dualism of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. Sport, in both its practise and delivery might also evidence such characteristics as it is used to achieve political outcomes. The soft route is usually administered more ‘artfully’ in its attempt [...]

englischThe same world - and yet everything is different. This could be a succinct formula for what the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben seeks to expose in his studies: categories of a new way of thinking, of a different use and form-of-life, in which natural life cannot be separated from social [...]

englischThis book provides an insightful view in the philosophical foundation of one the most crucial global practices, namely humanitarian action, in view of current developments in international ethics. Indeed, in a globalized world, the suffering of many people has become more tangible than ever, [...]

englischBetween 1805 and 1819, the period in which he worked as a professor and a student priest in Prague, Bernard Bolzano gave almost 680 speeches on Sundays and religious holidays. In this book, Künne describes the form these orations took and their biblical points of departure. He compares the [...]

englischSeubert’s book analyses the digital revolution by transcending euphoria and fears of the apocalypse. He conceives digitalisation as an all-encompassing media change on a similar level to the invention of printing books and thus incisively and profoundly interprets the transformations in [...]

englischThe sixteen essays in this Festschrift, presented to Eckart Schütrumpf by his friends and colleagues, pay tribute to his influential work. The variety of topics – as well as the linguistic diversity (English, German, and Italian) – reflects the wide scope of Schütrumpf’s research interests. [...]