englischWith the help of the postdevelopment approach and decolonial theories, the book critically examines the Western understanding of sustainability and the dominant notion of the nature-human relationship that underlies this understanding. Building on the insights gained in this way, it [...]

englischHelga Kämpf-Jansen shows how prescientific experience, artistic strategies and scientific knowledge can be united. The book is addressed to all those who are interested in current questions regarding aesthetics but do not have extensive knowledge of current art, aesthetic discourses or [...]

englischPeace has to be thought of in a more complex way, which is mainly stimulated by women from civil society. Many questions can no longer be addressed in a thematically and politically isolated or delimited way; chains of action and challenges are too interwoven. So far, too little attention [...]

englischThis new monograph on the rich history of the motif of angels not only deepens the sacral meaning of angels in art with highlights such as the systematization of the angelic motif in ikon painting in the analysis of their typology but also researches the role of the depiction of angels [...]

englischThe book deals primarily with the prose rhythm in Cicero’s orations by performing a colometric analysis and draws on prose rhythm for continuous text interpretation. The core thesis is that Latin word accent already has a constitutive function in respect to prose rhythm of classical Latin. [...]