englischAt the beginning of the 1970s, Wolfgang Harich increasingly turned towards ecological considerations. In 1975, his book, “Kommunismus ohne Wachstum” (‘Communism without Growth’), was published - the first work by a Marxist that faced the ecological challenges of modernity. It is printed in [...]

englischThe formation of religious diaspora communities with a small number of members is a very topical phenomenon in the globalized world. To exemplify, Mirjam Iseli examines how a Jain community has formed in Switzerland over the past twenty years, and which negotiation processes this involved. [...]

englischThis book is in fact an attempt to make the geographical borders between today's Iran, its neighbors and the Persian as one of the historical cultural achievements more precise. Since the aim is interdisciplinary the participation of international scholars - but also international artists - [...]

englischThe “individuelle Risikoanalyse” is a heuristic for a prognostic risk assessment of individuals. It provides a proceeding for the generation of scientifically founded propositions about the possibility that an individual going to conduct in a specific way. The present treatise includes two [...]

englischFocusing on the large global religions, this introduction to religious studies reveals how various religions can be reflected upon academically and critically understood, analysed and compared in terms of their connections and differences to each other, and their specific individual [...]

englischThe European museums and archives landscape provides rich collections of children's and youth drawings from different sections of the 19th and 20th centuries: A heritage of the children from war and peace periods. Who took the initiative to collect drawings from adolescents and then hand [...]