When the hero Vercingetorix was defeated he threw his arms at Julius Caesar's feet. Years later, Caesar plans to hold a triumph with his enemy's shield - but where is it? Romans and Gauls race to track it down, and Chief Vitalstatistix, dieting on a health farm, has a surprise to spring. Will Caesar[...]

Lev Vygotsky, the great Russian psychologist, had a profound influence on educational thought. His work on the perception of art, cultural-historical theory of the mind and the zone of proximal development all had an impact on modern education. This text provides a succinct critical account of Vygot[...]

New additions to the automotive market are judged primarily by efficiency or fuel consumption. Things are quite different for historical cars. Major car shows, from Pebble Beach to Villa d'Este, feature classic cars, which, although they may not achieve top marks in the wind tunnel, have a timeless [...]

Education is threatened on a global scale by forces of neoliberalism, through high stakes accountability, privatization and a destructive language of learning. In all respects, a GERM (Global Education Reform Movement) has erupted from international benchmark rankings such as PISA, TIMMS and PIRL, c[...]

How are we to best understand the statement of faith that Jesus Christ lived, died and rose again 'for us and for salvation' This question has animated Christian thought for two millennia: it has also bitterly divided believers, not least in Reformation and post-Reformation disputes about atonement,[...]

Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem archäologischen Diskurs der Goethezeit und den literaturkritischen und literarhistorischen Positionen des Archäologen und Publizisten Karl August Böttiger (1760-1835)? Der Beantwortung dieser Frage dient eine Rekonstruktion des europäischen archäologisch[...]

Stücke Texte Interviews Cappuccetto Rosso Das purpurne Muttermal Tod eines Praktikanten Liebe ist kälter als das Kapital Tal der fliegenden Messer [...]