Kategoria BISAC: Literary Criticism >> European - German

Die Studie rekonstruiert die Geschichte, wie sich gelehrte Autoren des Spathumanismus mit ihren in Texten artikulierten Ideen an einem Problem abarbeiten: dem Problem, wie man die beschleunigt anwachsende Menge der Bucher und des Wissens ordnen und kanalisieren kann. In vierfacher Hinsicht schliet die Arbeit eine Forschungslucke: Erstens rekonstruiert sie den Zeitraum von 1580 bis 1630 als zentrale Periode der Geschichte imaginierter Bibliotheken. Zweitens zeigt sie so, inwiefern die Konzeption imaginierter Bibliotheken eine zentrale Rolle fur die Konstruktion von Ordnungen des Wissens in...

The Altdeutsche Textbibliothek Old German Text Library] is the series of editions of German medieval texts with the richest history. Founded in 1881 by Hermann Paul, it has been edited by leading Germanists - Georg Beasecke, Hugo Kuhn, Burghart Wachinger. Since 2001, responsibility for the series has rested with Christian Kiening.
In the meantime, the series comprises some 120 volumes, with an exemplary combination of closeness to the original manuscript(s) with ease of reading, philological accuracy with concern for university teaching. It includes recognised editions of...

This book traces the concept of melancholy in Walter Benjamin's early writings. Rather than focusing on the overtly melancholic subject matter of Benjamin's work or the unhappy circumstances of his own fate, Ferber considers the concept's implications for his philosophy. Informed by Heidegger's discussion of moods and their importance for philosophical thought, she contends that a melancholic mood is the organizing principle or structure of Benjamin's early metaphysics and ontology. Her novel analysis of Benjamin's arguments about theater and language features a discussion of the...

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834) was, in Berlin, an eminent preacher, professor, and member of the academy. He displayed an influential theological and philosophical position between enlightenment, German idealism, and romanticism.

The historical-critical edition of Schleiermacher's complete works, his unpublished writings and correspondence, published since 1980, has been divided into the following five sections:
I.Writings and Drafts
II.Lectures
III.Sermons
IV.Translations
V.Correspondence and Biographical Documents

The first editorial...