The study analyses the linguistic means for expressing pain in German. Based on written and oral data, mainly from conversations between doctors and patients, the study analyses the grammatical…

The volume is devoted to the question of the pictoriality of world views. Representatives from a variety of disciplines (theology, art history, astrophysics, history of science, philosophy) come…

This volume presents a study of the late stages in the genesis of the Book of the Twelve; it is based on a complete analysis of the editorial history of the Books of Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum,…

The notion that God, Yahweh, concluded a 'Covenant' or 'Contract' with his people of Israel plays a prominent part in the Old Testament. Numerous correspondences between the texts of Ancient…

The five volumes contain the main papers and lectures of invited speakers that were presented at the X. International Kant Congress in Sao Paolo in 2005. Valerio Rohden, Ricardo R. Terra und…

In his early studies and writings, Nietzsche understands rhythm as human beings’ aesthetic ability to give their finitude the structure of durability. He analyses cultural phenomena from…

This work considers the function of the speeches in Thucydides’ history, and how they are related to the presentation of the historical facts. In a detailed analysis of the war speeches…

Lothar Mundt, Wolfgang Neuber und Thomas Rahn, Freie Universität Berlin.

The applicable legislative regulations of the People's Republic of China on the subject of multi-modal carriage of goods contracts are the focus of this work. Special emphasis is placed on…

The book series Theatrum Scientiarum compiles original studies at the interface of philosophy, the history of science, cultural studies and theatre studies. Now the 4th volume is published, Traces…

The edition combines the texts by Der Marner, in his time a highly regarded representative of early Sangspruch poetry, translated and exhaustively commentated, with all documents referring to him…

The study is principally based on empirical data; it examines language development processes in the four regionally contiguous cities of Emmerich, Geldern, Nijmegen and Wesel in the early modern…

Das Wort der 'Genialität der Gerechtigkeit' stammt von Nietzsche selbst, der bekannte, dass er diese Form der Genialität mindestens ebenso hoch schätze wie alle übrigen.…

Art and philosophy are two fundamental modes of expression of human self-consciousness. What differentiates and what connects them? Only philosophy can answer this question. The question is both a…

The law of international civil procedure is not centrally regulated in Germany. The legal provisions of German international civil procedure law are dispersed throughout the Code of Civil…

This collected volume publishes the contributions of numerous scholars to the International Symposium Humor in Arabic Culture, by the editor in July 2007 at the Free University of Berlin.…

An introduction to the text volume of the first critical edition of the Greek monastic novel The Life of Barlaam and Josaphat , available since the end of 2006. It deals with the question of the…

In this work, the printed Greek confession books are subjected to extensive analysis for the very first time. These books, which appeared at the beginning of the 17th century in the orthodox East…

The Book of Esther relates the rise of a Jewish orphan to be Queen of Persia, the promotion of the loyal Jew Mordechai to the second highest rank after the king, and the salvation of God’s…

In 2009, Leipzig, as one of Germany's oldest universities, celebrates the 600thanniversary of its foundation. On this occasion, the present Rector, Franz Häuser, has put together an edition with…

The subject of this examination is the issue of whether and to what extent the Member States of the European Community may classify privately owned cultural assets as national cultural assets and…

The Hellenistic monarchies arose from the collapse of Alexander’s empire, and represented new forms of rule. This study demonstrates how the Hellenistic ruler presented himself and his…

This collected volume examines “intermediality” for the period from 1918 to 1968, a period determined by paradigm changes in the media (photography, film, radio etc) to a particular…

The impressive development of the Brazilian stock market over the past few years is reason enough to reflect on such a fundamental economic and regulatory topic by means of a country study. Which…

The publication is dedicated to the late Michael Gruson, who passed away in December 2005. He was one of the worldwide leading lawyers in the field of international banking and capital market law…

Aristotle emphasizes the central role of perception for knowledge acquisition in many of his writings. But how should these programmatic declarations be worked into an overall interpretation?…

In this collected handbook-type volume on Goethe's famous 'Wahlverwandschaften' [Elective Affinities] renowned scholars and Goethe-experts not only take stock of the present state of research, but…

German civil law political theory is not in high demand these days. However, political theory is important for establishing an overall picture of German civil law and portraying an image of German…

In the New Testament polemics plays an important role, both as objective dispute and as literary strategy. To reconstruct the character of Jesus it is necessary to thematically deal with…

A common narrative device in historical writing in antiquity was the use of speeches delivered by a historical person, which the historian composed and rendered in direct speech. This work…

This volume collects work from contemporary philosophers and theologians regarding justifications for the existence of God. Both classical and new proofs of God’s existence are presented…

Gottfried Keller is known and appreciated as lyric poet only by a few admirers; in anthologies he leads a rather shadowy existence. This book demonstrates that his poems deserve to be…

German poetry of the 1990s is characterized by an intense examination of its relationship with the sciences. This book focuses on the works of the authors Durs Grünbein and Ulrike…

Self-deception is a problematic phenomenon because it seems so deeply irrational. Previous philosophical accounts have not succeeded in making clear the way in which it is a 'failure of reason…

This study investigates the function of 'culture' in the political rivalries of the nobility around 1600 and explores the significance of 'competition' and 'competitive zeal' in the culture of…

Conjugation classes, e.g. strong verbs with change of vowel versus weak verbs with a t-suffix to express tense represent formal differentiations without functional equivalent. Thus, at first…

this historical-critical edition of the Baroque novel The Asian Banise fills a gap in research. Although the Banise was the most popular novel prior to Goethe’s Werther, until now there…

Die frühe Moderne im Übergang zum 20. Jahrhundert, so wie sie durch die Analyse von europäischen und amerikanischen Kulturzeitschriften im Rahmen des Jahrhundertwende-Projektes an…

One of the most important forms of senatorial representation was a monument embellished with an inscription. Inscription and monument were always intimately related, so that epigraphy and…

This work contains a comprehensive presentation of liquidation according to section 84 InsO in the event of an insolvency debtor's participation in a community or company. This work also focuses…

Goethe is still considered one of the great critics of rhetoric, who in his writing did not follow the tradition of the schools of rhetoric. Nevertheless he dealt with questions of…

When reflecting on whether and how religious faith can be justified or criticized, one must also consider which kind of rationality and which rules of thought constitute the presuppositions of…

A new edition of this work was made necessary by the numerous changes to the law of costs related to non-contentious jurisdiction since the Reform Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and…

In this volume the history of Islamic sects is analysed as a literary genus in its own right. It consists of three sections: the first deals with structural constants in the texts such as the…

The question of what time is and how it is relevant for humans also occupied the Roman world. Philosophical discourse only played a small part; of more interest were the functions of…

Religion as a cultural interpretative system is not conceivable without reference to the phenomenon of “life”, which is articulated and displayed in the most diverse life styles.…

Minority rights are comprised of the individual rights of the minority, which grant the right to make claims in particular situations, and also the disproportionately significant right to defend…

For decades theology tended to be oriented towards the empirical social sciences, but since the 1990s a shift of orientation towards aesthetics has been observed. Art and aesthetic experience…

This study explores the literary phenomenon that, at crucial crossroads, the line of promise of “Israel” is continued through the younger brother instead of the firstborn son, which…