Publications
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Gott, ein Gefüge. Poststrukturalistische Überlegungen zur Theologie der ReligionenThis book extends the contemporary debate on the global concept of religion, conducted in the context of religious studies, to the field of the theology of religions. In applying poststructuralist and postcolonial perspectives, it seeks…
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Aristokratie der Buchreligionen? Heilige Schriften aus religionswissenschaftlicher Perspektive
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Mimikry der Marginalität
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Natalja Gorbanewskaja. Graphic Novel“She was a poet as great as Joseph Brodsky and a human rights activist as fearless as Andrei Sakharov. Unlike Brodsky, however, she did not receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, and unlike Sakharov, she…
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Leonid Breschnew. Staatsmann und Schauspieler im Schatten Stalins. Eine BiographieLeonid Brezhnev was Chairman of the CPSU from 1964 to 1982 and shaped the development of the Soviet Union for almost two decades. Contrary to what had long been claimed in the West, Brezhnev was…
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„Sascha, ich würde Dir gern glauben, aber versteh auch Du mich …“. Breschnew, Dubček und die Frage von Kadern und Vertrauen im Konflikt um den Prager Frühling 1968This article focuses on the question, which kind of diplomacy we have to deal with within the Warsaw pact states. Taking the invasion in Czechoslovakia in 1968 as an example, three theses are discussed: (1)…
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Geschichte der Sowjetunion. Von der Oktoberrevolution bis zum UntergangAfter the revolutions of 1917 and a bloody civil war, the Soviet Union was founded on December 30, 1922. It dissolved on December 21, 1991. In between lay 69 years in which it left its…
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Les frontières du dicible. Du dialogue au silence: Les relations d’Andrej Saharov avec Hrušcev et Brežnev.This article describes the historical context that was decisive in Saharov’s commitment to warning party leaders of the dangers of the H-bomb and calling on them to respect human rights. He also attempts to explore…
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Rethinking Drug Design in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly being applied in drug discovery. While some protagonists point to vast opportunities potentially offered by such tools, others remain sceptical, waiting for a clear impact to be shown in…
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Zukunft jenseits des Marktes. Demokratie und gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse in sozialistischen UtopienThe almost constantly recurring crises of the democratic order and relations between humans and nature in our age of the Capitalocene are currently reviving debates on economic models beyond the capitalist market economy.
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Paradoxien beim HörenDealing with auditory oddities and ambiguities is not only entertaining, it is also an important driver for basic auditory research. The same acoustic stimulus can actually be perceived in different ways. We not only hear…
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Die Zeit in ihrer Vielfalt denken. Anmerkungen aus philosophischer PerspektiveThe aim of this paper is to sketch an approach for integrating the historiography of the sciences and of philosophy. More precisely, the paper suggests a method for investigating interactions within transdisciplinary constellations of researchers…
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Philosophische Zeitfragen. Weshalb wir mit Zeit taktvoll umgehen sollten
Zeit spielt eine grundlegende Rolle im menschlichen Leben. Zu bestimmen, was ihr Wesen ausmacht, ist bekanntermassen nicht einfach – und ist vielleicht auch nicht die philosophisch interessanteste Herausforderung. Wichtiger scheint es, verschiedene Lebensbereiche zunächst auf…
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Begriffsgeschichte und Einzelwissenschaften
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Philosophie der Physik. Eine EinführungThis volume offers a systematic and generally understandable introduction to philosophical questions in physics and its historical development. It begins with a presentation of important stages in the history of physics in antiquity, the early…
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Neues Wahrnehmen
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Zeit-Hören: Erfahrungen, Taktungen, MusikThis volume shows why it is misleading to view time as an object, exploring the insights that can be gained from analogies between sequences and by comparing event timings. Incorporating extensive references to music and,…
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Die Zeit in ihrer Vielfalt denken – Anmerkungen aus philosophischer PerspektiveCorona infections, childhood memories, presidential elections, avalanches: everything we experience and witness and all external events can be ordered in time – according to their succession. Time is therefore an ordering parameter, or dimension, of…
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Making a Theme Audible. Imparting Non-Discursive Knowledge in Natural Philosophy by Means of Poetry and Aphorism
This paper is about poetry as a vehicle for imparting knowledge in natural philosophy. It discusses the epistemological and cultural background against which early Greek thinkers such as Parmenides and Empedocles composed in verse, and…
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Die Region Bremen. Herausforderungen der regionalen Verflechtung der Stadt Bremen mit ihrem niedersächsischen Umland