englischIn this book, a line is drawn from Tibetan Buddhist accounts of supernatural forces to contemporary efforts to understand these phenomena. The Tibetan view of body and mind differs fundamentally from the scientific perspective, so that a common denominator for a profitable dialogue is to be [...]

englischJoseph Beuys expanded his concept of art to include listening and conceived of sound as sculpture. Musical material runs through his work from early drawings to late performances. This book breaks down what the acoustic elements in Beuys' works, notations, symphonies and scores are all [...]

englischThe politicization of religion in armed conflicts is a global challenge that is being intensively researched within political science debates. But why do Western societies find it so difficult to engage in critical and differentiated forms of debate about religious justifications of [...]

englischFor successful communication management, the "individualisation" and "differentiation" of specific framework conditions of individual types of institutions are more than essential.

For the (de-)centralised federal administration in Germany, starting from the core administration (e.g. [...]

englischOn one hand, this work serves a deeper understanding about suicide as a social phenomenon by highlighting its different philosophical and sociological movements, while, on the other hand, a detailed acquisition of the semantic consistency of suicide in literature is using eight prosaic works [...]

englischIn the research process, researchers are repeatedly confronted with situations in which they have to make a moral decision about how they should deal with their research counterparts, but also with the ethical requirements of science and society. This leads to conflicts. In the analysis of [...]