englischThe 10th-century "Book of the Garden" (Kitāb ar-Rauḍa) by the Andalusian Maslama b. Qāsim al-Qurṭubī's stands out from the Arabic alchemical literature with its clear theoretical explanations enriched with allegorical depictions. The tradition-historical study, critical edition, and German [...]
more informationenglischThe 10th-century "Book of the Garden" (Kitāb ar-Rauḍa) by the Andalusian Maslama b. Qāsim al-Qurṭubī's stands out from the Arabic alchemical literature with its clear theoretical explanations enriched with allegorical depictions. The tradition-historical study, critical edition, and German [...]
more informationenglischThrough this work, one can find a new way of interpreting Yoko Tawada's work and a new perspective on power analysis and self-play for intercultural literary studies. On the one hand, the book deals with the violent subject constitution under three kinds of power mechanisms in texts of [...]
more informationenglischThrough this work, one can find a new way of interpreting Yoko Tawada's work and a new perspective on power analysis and self-play for intercultural literary studies. On the one hand, the book deals with the violent subject constitution under three kinds of power mechanisms in texts of [...]
more informationDie Thematisierung des Frau-Seins bzw. der ‚Neuen Frau‘ auf eine spezifische Art und Weise in der modernen Literatur geschieht – wenn auch auf verschiedene Art und Weise – fast zeitgleich sowohl in der europäischen als auch in der chinesischen Kultur. Gilgi – eine von uns von Irmgard Keun und Regen [...]
more informationDie Thematisierung des Frau-Seins bzw. der ‚Neuen Frau‘ auf eine spezifische Art und Weise in der modernen Literatur geschieht – wenn auch auf verschiedene Art und Weise – fast zeitgleich sowohl in der europäischen als auch in der chinesischen Kultur. Gilgi – eine von uns von Irmgard Keun und Regen [...]
more informationenglischThe Annual 2015 continues the series of books under this title which is being published since 2012. A specific feature of the current issue is that a number of articles appears to be the materials presented by the participants of the International scientific conference 'Minorities and [...]
more informationenglischThis study deals with the nineteenth-century Ottoman Sufi community of the Melâmiyye. It is the history of a social group for which modernization meant a crisis, which it sought to overcome with the help of trance and imaginary self-exaltation. Based on the texts of outstanding Melâmîs and [...]
more informationenglischThis study deals with the nineteenth-century Ottoman Sufi community of the Melâmiyye. It is the history of a social group for which modernization meant a crisis, which it sought to overcome with the help of trance and imaginary self-exaltation. Based on the texts of outstanding Melâmîs and [...]
more informationAls offizielles Handbuch des japanischen Kultusministeriums stellte das "Kokutai no hongi" von 1937 die orthodoxe ultranationalistische Auslegung eines Themenkomplexes dar, der sich seit der Meiji-Zeit um die Frage des Wesens der japanischen Nation im politischen wie gesellschaftlichen Sinne [...]
more informationAls offizielles Handbuch des japanischen Kultusministeriums stellte das "Kokutai no hongi" von 1937 die orthodoxe ultranationalistische Auslegung eines Themenkomplexes dar, der sich seit der Meiji-Zeit um die Frage des Wesens der japanischen Nation im politischen wie gesellschaftlichen Sinne [...]
more informationenglischThis volume provides a contribution to Arabic literary history from an exceptional perspective. It examines the literary expression of veneration of the prophet Muhammad, primarily the hitherto little researched field of praise poetry to the prophet (al-madīḥ an-nabawī) and its diverse [...]
more informationenglischThis volume provides a contribution to Arabic literary history from an exceptional perspective. It examines the literary expression of veneration of the prophet Muhammad, primarily the hitherto little researched field of praise poetry to the prophet (al-madīḥ an-nabawī) and its diverse [...]
more informationenglisch"Performing Religion" investigates the relationship between texts, actors, and contexts in the study of Islam. Research in Islamic Studies to date has taken texts primarily as a medium of information. This volume emphasizes the material quality of texts, both written and oral. It focuses on [...]
more informationenglisch"Performing Religion" investigates the relationship between texts, actors, and contexts in the study of Islam. Research in Islamic Studies to date has taken texts primarily as a medium of information. This volume emphasizes the material quality of texts, both written and oral. It focuses on [...]
more informationenglischThe history of the Kızılbaş-Alevis in the Ottoman Empire is often remembered and written as a history of persecution and oppression. This study opens up a perspective on the Ottoman state and the Kızılbaş-Alevis beyond such dominant narratives. It approaches the period between the 16th and [...]
more informationenglischThe history of the Kızılbaş-Alevis in the Ottoman Empire is often remembered and written as a history of persecution and oppression. This study opens up a perspective on the Ottoman state and the Kızılbaş-Alevis beyond such dominant narratives. It approaches the period between the 16th and [...]
more informationenglischHow did intellectual elites, who had acquired their position and formed their self-conception within the Ottoman Empire, deal with its loss and change? This question is discussed by looking at their representations of Southeast Europe in Ottoman and Turkish travel literature. The study [...]
more informationenglischHow did intellectual elites, who had acquired their position and formed their self-conception within the Ottoman Empire, deal with its loss and change? This question is discussed by looking at their representations of Southeast Europe in Ottoman and Turkish travel literature. The study [...]
more informationenglischAs numerous studies have shown, the European colonial paradigm of writing Arab history, according to which a golden age of greatness was followed by an epoch of stagnation or even decline in the post-Abbasid era, was internalized by the emerging intelligentsia of the na¿¿a to become an [...]
more informationIn dieser Publikation werden aussagekräftige Basiselemente und Schlüsselbegriffe der Gülen- oder auch hizmet-Bewegung anhand einer textuellen und multiperspektivischen Performanzanalyse (nach John L. Austin und Erving Goffman) untersucht. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, welche Gülen-Bewegung gegenüber [...]
more informationIn dieser Publikation werden aussagekräftige Basiselemente und Schlüsselbegriffe der Gülen- oder auch hizmet-Bewegung anhand einer textuellen und multiperspektivischen Performanzanalyse (nach John L. Austin und Erving Goffman) untersucht. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, welche Gülen-Bewegung gegenüber [...]
more informationenglischIn a time of rapid societal changes around the globe, there is a pressing need for genuine elucidation of Muslim moral values and norms, especially in migration contexts. These rapid changes raise questions about the conservation of the ‘self’ and the adaptation of norms and values to [...]
more informationenglischIn a time of rapid societal changes around the globe, there is a pressing need for genuine elucidation of Muslim moral values and norms, especially in migration contexts. These rapid changes raise questions about the conservation of the ‘self’ and the adaptation of norms and values to [...]
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englischEgypt is one of the regions with the highest prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC): 87% of women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to FGC. So-called female circumcision has continuously been legitimised with both religious and health reasons. At the same time, medical practitioners, [...]
more informationenglischEgypt is one of the regions with the highest prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC): 87% of women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to FGC. So-called female circumcision has continuously been legitimised with both religious and health reasons. At the same time, medical practitioners, [...]
more informationWie lässt sich die Entstehung des Kollektivsingulars "Islam" im Kontext der religionswissenschaftlichen Diskussion über eine Europäische Religionsgeschichte beschreiben? Und welche Religionsverständnisse, Wissenschaftlichkeitsdiskurse und Zeitdiagnosen prägten die Islamdebatten der zweiten Hälfte [...]
more informationenglischIn this publication, a literal and a free translation of Arabic proverbs and idioms into German are examined comparatively in order to show various influencing factors in the transmission process and their effects on the meaning. The different social, cultural and historical background of an [...]
more informationenglischIn this publication, a literal and a free translation of Arabic proverbs and idioms into German are examined comparatively in order to show various influencing factors in the transmission process and their effects on the meaning. The different social, cultural and historical background of an [...]
more informationDer vorliegende Band vereinigt die kritische Edition der Kriegserinnerungen von Ernst Adolf Mueller (1898-1990) mit einer wissenschaftlichen Studie über deutsche Soldaten im Vorderen Orient während des Ersten Weltkrieges. Neben deren Alltagserfahrungen untersucht der Band erstmals den dortigen [...]
more informationDer vorliegende Band vereinigt die kritische Edition der Kriegserinnerungen von Ernst Adolf Mueller (1898-1990) mit einer wissenschaftlichen Studie über deutsche Soldaten im Vorderen Orient während des Ersten Weltkrieges. Neben deren Alltagserfahrungen untersucht der Band erstmals den dortigen [...]
more informationenglischThis volume uses historiographical and literary texts from the Pahlawī era (1921-1979) to examine discourses on heroised actors. Based on the observation that Iranian mythology prefigures historians' assumptions about history, the study traces the changing approaches of state-affiliated [...]
more informationenglischThis study examines the production of knowledge on Tripolitania, Benghazi and Fezzan by the late Ottoman state, the ways in which local subjects and imperial officials communicated and what kind of agency they had. They operated in a continuum between a discourse of civilisation and complete [...]
more informationenglischThis study examines the production of knowledge on Tripolitania, Benghazi and Fezzan by the late Ottoman state, the ways in which local subjects and imperial officials communicated and what kind of agency they had. They operated in a continuum between a discourse of civilisation and complete [...]
more informationenglischThe book presents six very different source texts on time and progress (four in Ottoman Turkish and two in Arabic). The accompanying commentaries examine in different ways the transformation of concepts and semantics, ideology and rhetoric, which changed significantly in these regions during [...]
more informationenglischThe book presents six very different source texts on time and progress (four in Ottoman Turkish and two in Arabic). The accompanying commentaries examine in different ways the transformation of concepts and semantics, ideology and rhetoric, which changed significantly in these regions during [...]
more informationWie stellt sich die Lage in islamisch geprägten Ländern beim Thema Religionsfreiheit, Religionskritik und dem Abfall vom Islam, der Apostasie, dar? Per Gesetz bekennen sich die meisten dieser Länder ausdrücklich zur Religionsfreiheit - praktisch aber erleiden kritische Intellektuelle, progressive [...]
more informationenglisch„What we know about the world, we know it through media coverage. What Niklas Luhman wrote in 1996 ist still valid in times of scoial media. If a subject is mentioned, how it is framed, influences our perception. We shouldn’t underestimate media’s responsibility in shaping our idea of the [...]
more informationenglisch„What we know about the world, we know it through media coverage. What Niklas Luhman wrote in 1996 ist still valid in times of scoial media. If a subject is mentioned, how it is framed, influences our perception. We shouldn’t underestimate media’s responsibility in shaping our idea of the [...]
more informationenglischCan elites use cosmological imagery to sanction marital and slavery practices for their political aspirations? Can interactions between Late Antique legal systems be thought beyond “borrowings?” This work studies legal writings from the Zoroastrian, East Syrian, and Islamic traditions [...]
more informationenglischCan elites use cosmological imagery to sanction marital and slavery practices for their political aspirations? Can interactions between Late Antique legal systems be thought beyond “borrowings?” This work studies legal writings from the Zoroastrian, East Syrian, and Islamic traditions [...]
more informationenglischThis study analyses one of the major works of Kemalist language reform (Türk Dili için). It offers a key to understanding the purism that characterised Turkish language policy in the 1930s and 1940s and had a lasting impact on the modern Turkish language. It is written by the Tatar-Turkish [...]
more informationenglischThis study analyses one of the major works of Kemalist language reform (Türk Dili için). It offers a key to understanding the purism that characterised Turkish language policy in the 1930s and 1940s and had a lasting impact on the modern Turkish language. It is written by the Tatar-Turkish [...]
more informationZiel der Arbeit ist es, anhand der Auseinandersetzung mit dem Demokratie- und Menschenrechtsdiskurs der religiösen Reformer in Iran bestimmte Aspekte der Universalismus-Debatte bei Menschenrechten zu beleuchten. Dabei werden die Werke von A. Soroush, M. Shabestari, M. Kadivar und H. Y. Eshkevari [...]
more informationenglischThe work offers a re-evaluation of Avicenna's commentary on Aristotle's Poetics and opens up interpretive scope for Classicists, Arabists, and philosophers alike by focusing on the question of how Avicenna situated the commentary within his own philosophical system. The work takes its [...]
more informationenglischThe work offers a re-evaluation of Avicenna's commentary on Aristotle's Poetics and opens up interpretive scope for Classicists, Arabists, and philosophers alike by focusing on the question of how Avicenna situated the commentary within his own philosophical system. The work takes its [...]
more informationDer Jihadismus ist eine globale Bewegung mit tiefen Wurzeln in der arabischen Welt. Auch wenn er die meiste Aufmerksamkeit des öffentlichen Diskurses durch militante Aktionsformen auf sich zieht, so erklären diese allein bei weitem nicht die Anziehungskraft und historische Konstanz des Phänomens. [...]
more informationDie Ehe bildet für Muslime den Kern ihrer Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Deswegen ist sie auch Kristallisationspunkt für die Verständigung über grundlegende Werte und Normen des Muslim- Seins. Die vorliegende Arbeit erforscht sunnitisch- islamische Diskurse zu Ehe und Sexualität in Ratgebern und [...]
more informationenglischOne of the hallmarks of the Arabic literature of the Mamluk era is the very frequent use of semantic ambiguity, a rhetorical tool that saw its final theorisation in this period and the emergence of the canonical form that still appears in rhetorical treatises today: tawriya. After the 1966 [...]
more informationenglischOne of the hallmarks of the Arabic literature of the Mamluk era is the very frequent use of semantic ambiguity, a rhetorical tool that saw its final theorisation in this period and the emergence of the canonical form that still appears in rhetorical treatises today: tawriya. After the 1966 [...]
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