englischInvestigating the use of language in pieces of visual art enables a sensual experience of its complexity. This study is therefore built like an exhibition: Based on over eighty paintings it scrutinises versatile constellations of language use and highlights its prototypical contingency. This [...]
more informationenglischWhile Kurt Tucholsky's political struggle and provocations against Weimar society have gone down in literary history, there has been a lack of critical examination of his relationship to the new media that began to shape modern reality at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Berlin [...]
more informationenglischThis study examines late 20th century depictions of embryonic development derived from the Quran, which are referred to as a scientific miracle of the Qur'an. This approach of harmonizing religious and scientific knowledge has so far only been evaluated as a marginal phenomenon. Using the [...]
more informationenglischThis study examines late 20th century depictions of embryonic development derived from the Quran, which are referred to as a scientific miracle of the Qur'an. This approach of harmonizing religious and scientific knowledge has so far only been evaluated as a marginal phenomenon. Using the [...]
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englischWhile Kurt Tucholsky's political struggle and provocations against Weimar society have gone down in literary history, there has been a lack of critical examination of his relationship to the new media that began to shape modern reality at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Berlin [...]
more informationenglischInvestigating the use of language in pieces of visual art enables a sensual experience of its complexity. This study is therefore built like an exhibition: Based on over eighty paintings it scrutinises versatile constellations of language use and highlights its prototypical contingency. This [...]
more informationDer Band behandelt die Schrift- und Buchgeschichte des griechischsprachigen byzantinischen Reiches aus der Perspektive einer Sozialgeschichte. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Schrift in ihrem Wechselspiel mit den Akteuren (Schreiber, Leser) und damit verbundene sozialgeschichtliche Aspekte wie die Wahl [...]
more informationDer Band behandelt die Schrift- und Buchgeschichte des griechischsprachigen byzantinischen Reiches aus der Perspektive einer Sozialgeschichte. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Schrift in ihrem Wechselspiel mit den Akteuren (Schreiber, Leser) und damit verbundene sozialgeschichtliche Aspekte wie die Wahl [...]
more informationenglischFor anyone interested in cultural and intercultural linguistics paired with research into multilingualism, this volume offers multifaceted insights into current research topics, questions and methods. The various contributions include not only traditions and theoretical considerations but [...]
more informationenglischWith "Erste Erde", Raoul Schrott has presented a text that attempts to grasp the entire body of knowledge about the world - and thus inscribed himself in the tradition of polymaths such as Alexander von Humboldt, who pursued a similar goal with his "Cosmos" in the 19th century. Schrott thus [...]
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