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The Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages
The book examines the word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of three text types: poetry, original prose and …
Hannah Arendt’s Political Humanism
This introduction to Hannah Arendt’s political thinking, based on a very close reading of the most relevant texts, suggests that her core teaching culminates in a unique kind of …
«Phaedra» – Ethics of Emotions in the Tragedies of Euripides, Seneca and Racine
Emotions as ‘the early form of knowledge about the surrounding world’ constitute a necessary component of the human psyche. Nevertheless, through the ages of the development of …
Sexual Fantasies
This book expands the notion of sexual fantasies from the field of psychology into the realms of cultural studies, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology. So far, much research on …
Thales and the Beginnings of European Reflection
This book, Thales and the Beginnings of European Reflection, is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely contain a summary and critique of …
Klaus Mann – A European-American Author
Klaus Mann (1906-1949) was a prolific author who engaged in constantly different fields, from journalism to novels, plays and autobiographies. An exile in the United States, he had …
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer was professor in G teborg from 1935 to 1941. This episode of his life is little known, even though the Swedish years were very important. During that time of …
Alevism between Standardisation and Plurality
Over the last decades of the 20th century, Alevi identity, religion and culture have gained an increasingly public character in both Turkey and Western Europe. This book analyses …
Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction
This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in the last decades. It assembles contributions by researchers from Germany, Great …
Revisiting Walt Whitman
The collection of essays explores the transnational and intermedial (music, visual arts, digital media) legacy of Walt Whitman. It provides examples of his influence as well as …
Kazakhstan’s Emerging Economy
Kazakhstan has become a successful market reformer under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. But what type of a market economy has emerged in the country since 1991? …
«Seh'n Sie, Das Beruehmtwerden Ist Doch Nicht So Leicht!»
Selbstzeugnisse von Autoren uber das eigene Schaffen sind ein wichtiges Werkzeug fur den Literaturwissenschaftler, bieten aber auch dem interessierten Leser Einblick in den …