„Was bei jeder andern Kunst noch Beschreibung, ist bei der Tonkunst schon Metapher.“ Bereits Eduard Hanslick wies in seiner Schrift Vom Musikalisch-Schönen (1854) auf die besondere Rolle von Metaphern für das Verstehen von Musik hin. Vom Klang zur Metapher greift die metapherntheoretischen [...]

englischMusical heroines rarely feature in the discourse on heroes. Vocal power is the hallmark of their heroic deeds. Narratives of the enchantment date back to the mythical sirens and inspire both musical and literary fantasies. While the heroic aura radiates onto the female singers, pioneers of [...]

englischThe volume discusses world and truth as basic concepts of philosophy from an intercultural perspective and in memory of Arno Baruzzi. The essays are both historical and topical, comparative and in-depth. Different perspectives on the understanding of the world, from the Indian and Japanese [...]

Der Band versammelt Beiträge der internationalen Forschung, die sich Schellings Philosophie der Weltalter aus verschiedenen Perspektiven annähern. Die 'Weltalter', allein in fragmentarischer Form überliefert und in mehrfachen Anläufen zwischen 1811 und 1827 bearbeitet, entfalten im Kern den Entwurf [...]

englischUnder Art. 2 (4) UN-Charta it is forbidden for states to use force "in their international relations". While most authors consider this to mean solely "inter-state force", there is in fact a broader meaning to this central element of the provision. After a thorough textual interpretation, [...]

englischLegislative competence for public building law has been divided between the federal government and the federal states since the Federal Constitutional Court's building law opinion. However, even 70 years after the building law opinion, the clear delimitation of the areas of competence still [...]

englischMichael Pawlik's work on criminal law and crime theory is characterized by a rare combination of complexity and systematic coherence. This volume brings together texts by leading Latin American, Spanish and German criminal law scholars who analyze the philosophical and theoretical [...]