englischThe development of state formation in Europe has proceeded under special conditions as jurisprudence was influenced sustainably by the heritage of the ancient world with Roman and ecclesiastical law. It is impossible to adequately describe state and politics since the late Middle Ages [...]

englischThe Arab Spring revolution also transformed conditions at universities. This book analyses the changes that occurred in student culture after the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and identifies the political, religious, societal and educational dynamics behind these transformations. The study [...]

englischThis book analyses how Christians and Muslims are coexisting peacefully in Lebanon and evaluates this phenomenon in terms of its significance for Europe. Moreover, the book develops a constructive depiction of monotheism with regard to a solidary, egalitarian and inclusive society.

englischThis study contributes to the understanding of Ottoman-Greek identity by exploring the discourse that the Greek Philological Society in Constantinople has published on this topic in its journal. As capital of the Ottoman Empire, the city of Constantinople epitomized the transformations both [...]

englischIn the center of the first detailed, text-immanent depiction of Schleiermacher’s psychology is the mental principle – more precisely, the distinctive manifestation of the human soul, accompanied by the physical organization; hence, no less than the living human being itself. Since their [...]

englischTranscendence and science – in everyday speech the two terms signify a clear contradiction. In this book, however, they are set in a new relation. From a historical perspective, transcendence has not only been applied to theological, but also to epistemological questions. Transcendence [...]

Dieses Buch ist eine Annäherung an Führung, in einen historisch-kulturellen Kontext eingefügt. Es ist ein Versuch, Führung sorgsamer und komplexer zu denken. Dafür wurden sechs Aufsätze zusammengestellt, von den sich die beiden ersten mit historischen Personen beschäftigen. Zunächst geht es um den [...]

englischBy employing intrinsic analyses of literary texts by early modern authors such as Stefan George, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke, and other authors, the present study shows that privacy as an aesthetic phenomenon is one of the central paradigms in the definition and interpretation [...]