englischIn a globally connected society, determined by processes of individualization, optimization, economization, digitalization and pedagogization, subjectivity is facing transformational shifts. Taking a closer look at these current developments, the relationship between freedom and [...]

Zwischen 1860 und 1920 tritt der Begriff „Leben“ in die philosophischen und wissenschaftlichen Debatten in Frankreich und Deutschland ein. Die Lebensphilosophie wird zu einer philosophischen Subdisziplin an den Rändern wissenschaftlicher und weltanschaulicher Diskurse. Innerhalb der [...]

englischIn the 20th and 21st century, the tradition of singer-poets gained popularity in Eastern Turkey and its neighboring countries. Many of these artists were bi- or multilingual and thus representative of the ethnically diverse region of Eastern Anatolia. The connection to oral traditions of the [...]

Die mit Absicht unpathetische Fragestellung dieses Bandes deutet auf eine doppelte Zielsetzung hin: Zum einen steht natürlich Nietzsches Buch im Mittelpunkt der Aufmerksamkeit, das als ein „Buch für Alle und Keinen“ selbst in seiner Gattungsbestimmung schwierig geblieben ist; Lesarten und [...]

englischThis study deals with the nineteenth-century Ottoman Sufi community of the Melâmiyye. It is the history of a social group for which modernization meant a crisis, which it sought to overcome with the help of trance and imaginary self-exaltation. Based on the texts of outstanding Melâmîs and [...]

englischHistory is omnipresent in the 19th century; it is both the authority on interpreting the world and a political argument at the same time. The historical novel especially, the most popular means of conveying aspects of history, had a decisive influence on the culture of remembrance at that [...]

englischFrom today’s perspective, Islam and capitalism seem to be natural partners. In a world where state socialism is on the wane, Islamic states in particular seem to be run by an exploitative class that in their hyper-capitalist way of profit-making does not care at all about social justice. [...]