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September 2022Lust
Fuckability, orgasm gap and #metoo
by Henriette Hell
Lust, a mortal sin? These times are over. In today's public perception, it is more likely for a boring sex life to be categorised as that. In statistical terms, people have never had as little sex with each other as they do today. And yet tips for a good sex life are to be found on every (digital) corner. Sex has mutated into a lifestyle product, and terms like 'fuckability' and 'MILF' trip lightly off our tongues. Henriette Hell takes a closer look at the thing about sex. She traces the history and genesis of 'sexual liberation', and sheds light on the 'cheating gene' and the #metoo debate. The author asks (and answers) the question of whether sex is becoming more and more antisocial and what actually still turns us on today. In doing so, she focuses on the former mortal sin of lust, which is inseparably linked to the systematic suppression of female lust (and its liberation).
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April 2016Assessment of Vocational Interests
Themenheft der Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie (Heft 2/2016)
by Höft, Stefan / Herausgegeben von Hell, Benedikt; Herausgegeben von Wille, Bart
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2026Translating hell
Vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval North Sea
by Stephen C. E. Hopkins
In the Middle Ages, hell was useful because it was vaguely defined. Canonical scriptures scarcely mention hell, leaving much to the imaginations of early Christians, who used it to sort out who belonged within the faith. This book explores how hell became a place for literary experiments with local challenges in theology and identity. Following the reception and transformations of two popular hell apocrypha, it argues that they served as this role because of their liminal textual authority. As noncanonical scriptures, apocrypha afforded medieval writers space to revise their hells (since they were not actually scripture), while also encouraging readers to revere those experiments as valid (since they seemed like scripture). The book brings together adaptations from early medieval England, Iceland, Ireland, and Wales, placing the early vernacular theologies of the North Sea in comparative conversation.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Voices from the underworld
by Fabian Graham, Yangwen Zheng, Richard Madsen
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August 2019Am Tag zu heiß und nachts zu hell
Was unser Körper kann - und warum er heute überfordert ist
by Hanns-Christian Gunga
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September 2002Dein Herz ist wie die Nacht so hell
Liebesgedichte
by Else Lasker-Schüler, Eva Demski, Eva Demski
Eine der letzten Äußerungen Else Lasker-Schülers vor ihrem Tod soll gewesen sein: »Mit mir geht es zu Ende, ich kann nicht mehr lieben.« Ihr großes lyrisches Werk zeugt davon, wie mutig, wie rücksichtslos, wie unbedingt die Liebe sein kann – und wie die Liebe auch die Kunst. Liebe ist für diese allem Gemäßigten abholde Dichterin das Recht und der Wunsch, jemanden so sehr zu fordern, bis er den Ansprüchen des anderen zu gleichen beginnt. Die Liebende erschafft sich den Geliebten, und keine hat das so groß- und fremdartig gekonnt wie Else Lasker-Schüler. Daraus resultieren zuweilen auch Irritationen, wenn wir das Objekt ihrer Leidenschaft zu kennen glauben – oder gelingt es uns, den Giselheer ihrer wunderbaren und ungestümen, fast gewalttätigen Gedichte mit dem Dr. Gottfried Benn, der uns vor Augen steht, in Übereinstimmung zu bringen? »Ihr kennt ja All’ die Liebe nicht« – die Liebesgedichte Else Lasker-Schülers zeigen uns, wie sie sein kann, die Liebe, von der Einsamkeit unerwiderten Begehrens bis zu ihrem verschwenderischen Überschwang.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
The cult of the Two Grand Elders
by Fabian Graham
In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
