The book presents Medieval Christian writer Gerasimus who in a debate with Islam presents reasoned proofs that refute charges of deception and duplicity made against Christians by means of logically constructed arguments about the being of God and His relationship to creation. H…
Biographical note: Michael Schwartz, Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin und Universität Münster. Description for reader: Eine Publikation des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin. Ethnische "Säuberungen" sind die dunkle Kehrseite unserer modernen Demokratisierun…
The miniaturization of traditional sample preparation techniques (e.g., solid-phase extraction or solvent extraction) led to the development of environmentally benign analytical methods. This book aims to provide an overview of the challenges and achievements in the application …
Review text: "Das Buch von Gülich/Mondada setzt der ethnomethodologischen KA zweifellos ein grundlegendes Denkmal."Gudrun Held in: Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur 119.2/2009 " ... überaus lesens- und empfehlenswerte ... Einführung"Andre Klump in: Zeitschrift f…
Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Why W.G. Sebald; The Borders of World Literature: Sebald the Author and the Phenomenon; International and Transdisciplinary Reception; Scope and Method; Chapter 1; Literature as Historiography in Context; Literature versus Hi…
Review text: "Als Julius Wellhausens 'Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels' 1878 erschienen, waren sie in der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft sofort eine Sensation, freilich eine heftig umstrittene. Hier wurden die Schriften des Alten Testaments in eine andere geschichtliche Folge…
Main description: This volume, which has now been published in eight languages, is probably the last work by a single author that provides an overview of all Latin literature, from its beginnings to Boethius. 'Literature' is understood in the ancient sense, that is it also inclu…
This volume focuses on the interplay of syntactic and semantic factors in language change. The contributions draw on data from numerous Indo-European languages and address the question of how syntactic and semantic change are linked and whether both are governed by similar const…
