englischHow do members of different religions understand their own art? What are the statements of their religions that are expressed in the works of art - and what is the respective formal language of art that they use? This work takes us into the depths of the religions to answer these questions [...]

englischThis book offers a comprehensive study of the works of the Greek-Armenian spiritual teacher George Gurdjieff, with a particular focus on Sufism and its place in his teaching.

Gurdjieff remains an important figure in the history of Western esoteric thought, while also enjoying both academic [...]

englischIn how far can reading a certain novel help us to solve problems that are not dealt with in the plot of its story but in our own lives? This study not only offers current findings and discourses from the variety of research culture concerning the relevance of reading, but they are also [...]

englischÜber Nietzsche shows Nietzsche's work in studies, rhymes and aphorisms as the "unnoticed self-confession" of its author. The works of his youth are just as much the subject as his later writings, aspects of the reception of religious studies as well as systematic questions or free [...]

englischThe focus of this study is to present Korean music, which was composed in the European tradition but at the same time shaped by Korean culture, through the discourse of its transcultural aspects. To this end, a new research method for the analysis of Korean music is outlined at the beginning [...]

englischAs a continuation of the first part on the concert history of the Königliche musikalische Kapelle Dresden published in 2018, the second part documents the orchestra's concert activities between 1858 and 1918, which were shaped - together with outstanding artists at the individual stands - by [...]