englischHow is it that literature can overwhelm a reader and leave him or her completely speechless? Presence Theory takes on this question by describing the philosophical foundations of intensive aesthetical experiences and by detecting the specific strategies that produce these special moments. [...]
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englischDeceits were evaluated ambivalently in the Middle Ages. Although Christian authors condemned the use of deceits in general, they often regarded them as praiseworthy or even holy if they served a good cause. On the basis of the lives of high medieval bishops and abbots this study examines [...]
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englischDeceits were evaluated ambivalently in the Middle Ages. Although Christian authors condemned the use of deceits in general, they often regarded them as praiseworthy or even holy if they served a good cause. On the basis of the lives of high medieval bishops and abbots this study examines [...]
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Dies ist die erste Gesamtdarstellung der späten Wissenschaftslehre J. G. Fichtes, wie er sie zwischen 1807 und seinem Todesjahr 1814 in insgesamt sieben Versionen vorgetragen hat. Sie rekonstruiert und erklärt Fichtes letzte Transzendentalphilosophie, die über 200 Jahre nach dem Tod des Philosophen [...]
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In today's seemingly globalized world, but full of rivalry between nations, races, and religions; confronted with different worldviews, ideologies, values and interests; the chances of peaceful co-existence seem to be rare. This work however envisages possible coexistence through a pedagogical [...]
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englischAfter the First World War the Thirty Years’ War was increasingly reflected by contemporary German literature and criticism. Much influenced by two World Wars the historical analogies become evident, and the literature of the Baroque age is rediscovered for self-interpretation. Next to [...]
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This volume assembles contributions from different academic perspectives (religious and Islamic studies, literary and theatre studies, theology, sociology and history) on modern manifestations of martyrdom in the diverse Middle Eastern religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism and [...]
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englischThe book aims to disclose the relevance of art for life. Through a critical examination of the art theories of Heidegger, Adorno and Benjamin, who embed their consideration of art in their own systems of thought, the book opens up the systematical connection between art and life from an [...]
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„Berliner Romane haben meist keinen ordentlichen Anfang und kein rechtes Ende“, heißt es bei Joachim Ringelnatz. Die vorliegende Studie ergründet die Anfänge und frühen Ausprägungen des bis in die Gegenwart populären Berlin-Romans unter anderem an Texten von Wolfgang Kirchbach, Max Kretzer, Wilhelm [...]
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englischWhile the term “experience” [Erlebnis] is omnipresent in everyday language contexts, it went through a changing conjuncture in the history of the humanities. The contributions collected in this volume trace the history of the concept “experience” in relation to production aesthetics, [...]
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