Rainer Friedrich provides a coherent historically and systematically arranged reconstruction of Kant's rationality of law. He demonstrates how Kant utilizes the idea of a general legislative…

Boethius’ Consolatio Philosophiae represents a climax in the philosophy of Late Antiquity, and in its combination of prose and multiple lyric forms it gives us a remarkable document of Latin…

The monograph examines Early and High Gothic church architecture in Western Switzerland. The emphasis is placed on examining the history of the creation of some 50 or more buildings which are…

The interpretation of the Patriarchal Narratives in the voluminous Corpus Philonicum is an exemplary demonstration of how formally and intentionally scriptural exegesis could stand in a complex…

The volume contains studies on the genesis of the Hebrew Bible and its function in the framework of the Jewish religion. In addition, it presents papers on individual Bible passages, which deal…

Medieval Arab historiography is essentially a matter of compilation, i.e. collection and redaction of materials already available in earlier works. Using the representative corpus of reports on…

The financing and maintenance of cults, the administration of sacred places, and ways of expressing religiosity are important aspects for understanding the organisation of human communities in…

The Festschrift offers contributions on religious communication in the Ancient Near East and in Classical Antiquity. One of the main foci of the volumes, which are a result of a collaboration…

Working from a systematic fundamental-ethical perspective, this study inquires into convergent lines in the foundations of Friedrich Schleiermacher's and Thomas of Aquinas' ethics. Despite…

'Ein staatsmännisches Genie ersten Ranges', so nannte Theodor Mommsen 1886 Diokletian, jenen Dalmatiner, der es vom Freigelassenen bis zum Kaiser gebracht hatte. Diokletian hat das in der…

The innovative study examines the art theory of Weimarian Classicism, which was also of meaningful importance for the literary aesthetics of, for example, Goethe and his Weimarian friends. The…

With the help of this reader, students of German language and literature as well as interested non-specialists can gain insight into the German literature of the High Middle Ages (ca. 1150-…

For this volume, thirteen papyri and a majuscule have been edited and undergone a critical textual examination. Through these methods, the accuracy of the copyists' writing (manner of tradition…

The book is a novelty. For the first time the fundamentals of the performance activities of the German Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) will be…

During the time between the two World Wars, German linguistics was not nearly as isolated from international developments in the field as is often assumed. German language linguists not only…

The study investigates the phonetic perception of language sounds. An account of the history of perceptual phonetics and the theoretical position of the subject as a specialist discipline is…

The index volume provides an alphabetical and a chronological index of the Schleiermacher texts contained in the first section of the complete critical edition; further, it contains an index of…

Since its first publication (1963), Roxin's book has become a classic in the scientific literature of criminal law. The work is the most comprehensive monograph on the definition of participation…

The concept of corrected myths is not (yet) established in literary studies. This volume introduces this concept and demonstrates its power using exemplary interpretations. It is the case that…

[Scientists in George’s Circle] Stefan George (1868 - 1933) and his ‛circle’ had a great influence on intellectual life in Germany in the first decades of the twentieth…

The present volume I provides an overview of criminal proceedings with its detailed introduction and the general provisions of the German Rules of Criminal Procedure ('StPO') on jurisdiction,…

The de Gruyter lexicon Metaphor Theories provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of metaphor, a compendium-like overview of all metaphor theories, and an extensive bibliography on…

['Standard formulations for German contract texts with translations into English, French and Spanish'] The manual contains standard terminology and phraseology used when drafting German treaty…

An interdisciplinary collection of papers (from German Studies, History, Education, Philosophy, Romance Studies, Theology) concentrating on Herder’s theological works. The topics covered…

In her systematic interpretation of Schleiermacher's philosophical work Schmidt focuses on his concept of 'mutual determination'. This is where his answer is to be found to the question of a…

Enrico Müller presents here the first overall philosophical account of the significance of the Greeks for Nietzsche’s thought. He demonstrates how Nietzsche’s own philosophy…

According to Kant's famous dictum, human reason entangles itself in questions which are unavoidable and yet unanswerable. Controversy is aroused by his thesis that reason, driven by the need…

Progress and the awareness of progress have become problematical as values in our society. At the same time, they were and are essential characteristics of our culture. A historical examination…

Hamann's writing is strongly concerned with entering into a dialogue with the reader, and this is demonstrated by examining his use of intertextuality, his epistolary conversations, and his use…

The study broadens the perspective of narratology to include the objects and methods of historiography, in particular those of the famous French Annales School (rejection of history as events…

The contributions in this volume examine a representative spectrum of phenomena in the grammaticalization of the German language. At the center of the study is the question concerning the…

This volume of essays identifies Christology, cosmography and diatribe as three important topics in the 'Early Church', i.e. the Roman Church as it developed after the Council of Nicea (325 AD…

[The Traditionally Perceived Concept of Political Science]Four prominent texts from the 18th and 19th centuries are discussed and compared in order to develop a political science research…

[Publications from the Association of German Constitutional Law Teachers, Vol. 63]The volume reproduces the reports and discussions at the conference of the Association of German Constitutional…

[Walter Gollwitzer, Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings. ECHR and IPCPR] This special edition contains a commentary on the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (ECHR) and on…

Andersen's revised textbook provides students and interested readers with a basic and compact introduction to theological and philosophical ethics. Svend Andersen  ist Professor f…

This volume is a written version of a lecture given to the Berlin Legal Society. The text deals with the relationship between Company law and Consumer Protection law in the field of capital…

This basic course offers a systematic introduction to criminal law. This concerns the problems of singular offences pertaining to the special section of the German criminal code. The protective…

Dieses Standardwerk behandelt die Grundlagen sowie Mess- und Berechnungsverfahren der Vermessungskunde. Vorgestellt werden die unterschiedlichsten Messsysteme, mit denen sich - von Satelliten,…

The sublime – along with beauty the most important aesthetic category of the 18th century – experienced an amazing renaissance in art, philosophy and scholarship at the end of the 20th…

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians develops a scenario for the end of time in which the 'Katechon', a power that is not clearly defined, prevents the appearance of the Antichrist and Christ's…

Kant writes at one point in the Critique of Pure Reason that practical freedom can be recognized 'through experience, as one of the natural causes' (B 831).  This claim appears to conflict…

Old Testament texts on the Sabbath, on the domestic utilisation of animals and on legal life are examined for evidence of profanity and sacralisation. The sources do not reveal whether the…

Does matter consist of simple substances, or is it infinitely divisible? This is the problem in the second antinomy in the Critique of Pure Reason . This study presents the first systematic,…

A volume bringing together papers from a variety of disciplines (Theology/Old Testament Studies, Egyptology, Ancient Eastern Studies, Classical Studies and Religious Studies) examining the…