englischIgnaty J. Krachkovsky (1883–1951) is one of the most important Oriental scholars of the 20th century and is considered the founder of modern Arabic studies in Russia. The German edition of his biography by Anna A. Dolinina (1923–2017) presents his eventful life and exciting academic career [...]
more informationenglischIgnaty J. Krachkovsky (1883–1951) is one of the most important Oriental scholars of the 20th century and is considered the founder of modern Arabic studies in Russia. The German edition of his biography by Anna A. Dolinina (1923–2017) presents his eventful life and exciting academic career [...]
more informationenglisch This book critically analyzes the notion that there are passages in the 7th-century text of the Qur’an that reflect medical ideas of the time about the origin of human beings through pregnancy. It turns out that the Qur’an draws on a rich heritage of motifs, on the one hand baptismal [...]
more informationenglischProvincial theatres have so far been largely ignored by researchers, although they were cultural centres of entire regions in the 19th century: In these theatres, the population could meet, engage in social activities such as gambling and exchange views on socio-political events. This [...]
more informationenglisch This book critically analyzes the notion that there are passages in the 7th-century text of the Qur’an that reflect medical ideas of the time about the origin of human beings through pregnancy. It turns out that the Qur’an draws on a rich heritage of motifs, on the one hand baptismal [...]
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englischIn early modern Europe, music-theatrical patterns of representing the foreign ‘Other’ helped shape relations with the Ottoman Empire. Accordingly, hybridity must be understood as a dynamic practice playing with cultural blends and borrowings, albeit possibly (re-)producing inequalities, [...]
more informationenglischThis book offers an introduction into the methods and results of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, the academic discipline of the scripts, languages, and cultures of the Middle East from the beginnings of writing in the 4th millennium B.C. to the emergence of Islam in the 7th century A.D. It [...]
more informationenglischThis book offers an introduction into the methods and results of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, the academic discipline of the scripts, languages, and cultures of the Middle East from the beginnings of writing in the 4th millennium B.C. to the emergence of Islam in the 7th century A.D. It [...]
more informationenglischThe study bridges the gap bewtween Paul Ricœur’s and Jacques Lacan’s interpretations of Freudian psychoanalysis by relating both to dialectical models of reflexive self-consciousness. Both authors conceive of subjectivity as mediated through the Other. While Ricœur, inspired by Fichte’s [...]
more informationenglischIn early modern Europe, music-theatrical patterns of representing the foreign ‘Other’ helped shape relations with the Ottoman Empire. Accordingly, hybridity must be understood as a dynamic practice playing with cultural blends and borrowings, albeit possibly (re-)producing inequalities, [...]
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