englischThe controversy about political correctness is being carried on in politics and the society, in science and culture; it affects the use of language and the presentation of images in general and the public opinion in concrete terms. From a linguistic point of view, the efforts regarding [...]

englisch´The idea of a heavenly book pervades almost all religions that originated in the Middle East: the divine sphere delivers its message to the people of this world. And it has a long history: from the religions of the Sumerians and Babylonians to the three world religions Judaism, Christianity [...]

englischAround 1900 there was a generation of female authors who saw themselves as such, even without forming closer groups and combined this self-image with new beginnings and innovation. By analysing generationality as a characteristic of female narration Johanna Wybrands examines to what extent [...]

englischAn elegant, aesthetic profession or a shady business? Art dealing has been depicted extremely ambiguously in the media and popular culture. However, possibly knowing them better than anyone else, how do artists themselves regard art dealers? In this study, Alexander Wilhelmi addresses this [...]

englischThis thesis deals with the bestseller Homo Deus. A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. It presents the author's view of the future and compares it with that of other minds. The result of this investigation shows that this book cannot be a foresight into the future, but rather a [...]

englischEven 200 years after Jacques Offenbach's birthday on June 20, 1819, research on Richard Wagner's Franco-German antipode of 19th-century music theatre is still characterised by a preponderance of studies on his biography and the libretti of his operas.

Here, Anatol Stefan Riemer for the [...]