Book publications and essays
Book publications
- Scientific theory of business informatics. Distance learning textbook European Distance Learning University Hamburg 2022.
- The American Dream. A critical review. Darmstadt: wbg Academic 2020.
- (with J. Theinert) Shape and ambush. The Bauhaus in the mirror of Mathildenhöhe. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche 2020.
- (ed. with P. Oswalt) 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the founding of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Berlin: Jovis 2019.
- (ed. with E. Mollenhauer-Klüber) Landscape culture and cultural landscape. Contributions to aesthetic education. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2018.
- (ed. with E. Mollenhauer-Klüber, J. Theinert) The challenge of aesthetic education. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2017.
- (ed.) Good Bad Taste. An experiment on good and bad taste. Darmstadt: Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences - Department of Design 2015.
- Communication and semiotics. Distance learning textbook for the Media Informatics course. Wilhelm Büchner University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt 2009.
- (Ed.) Friedrich Waismann: What is logical analysis? Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt 2008.
- (Ed.) Sex. A philosophical reader. Munich: Goldmann 2008.
- (with J. Theinert) Designlehren. Ways of German design education. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche 2007.
- Plexiglas. Werkstoff in Architektur und Design/Material in Architecture and Design. Cologne: Wienand 2007.
- In the rhythm of life. Art Nouveau and Stage Art. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche 2007.
- (ed.) Love. A philosophical reader. Munich: Goldmann 2007.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein. Frankfurt a. M., New York: Campus 2006 (Portuguese translation: Compreender Wittgenstein. Petropolis: Vozes 2008, 2nd ed. 2009).
- (ed. with K. Wolbert) Im Designerpark. Life in artificial worlds. Cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004.
- (ed.) Adolph Freiherr von Knigge: On the treatment of people. Munich: Goldmann 2004.
- (ed. with K. Wolbert) André Masson. Bilder aus dem Labyrinth der Seele/Vues du labyrinthe de l'âme. Cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2003.
- (ed. with R. Latocha, H. Peckmann, K. Wolbert) Die Lebensreform. Designs for the reorganization of life and art around 1900. 2 vols. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001.
- (ed.) William Shakespeare: Hamlet. Munich: Goldmann 2000.
- (ed. with S. Rahman, I. Weber) Wege zur Vernunft. Philosophizing between Activity and Reflection. Frankfurt a. M., New York: Campus 1999.
- Language play and semantics. Munich: Fink 1998.
Essays
- (with J. Theinert) Design and sensory experience. In: Analog skills in the digital age. Ed. G. Böhme. Darmstadt: wbg Academic 2022. p. 111-188.
- Bauhaus pairs. In: Surfing Bauhaus. Hesse + Typography. Eds. T. Becker, S. Hoffmann Robbiani. Berlin: Jovis 2020. p. 185-187.
- The residential building. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the founding of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 1-46.
- The trading center. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the founding of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 241- 266.
- The university. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the foundation of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 297-320, 322.
- St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the founding of the Reich to the
the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 362-366. - The exhibition building. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the foundation of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 373-400.
- The natural plant. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the founding of the Reich to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 455-482.
- The sacred building. In: 100 years of modernism in Hesse. From the foundation of the empire to the oil crisis. An architectural guide. Ed. K. Buchholz, P. Oswalt. Berlin: Jovis 2019. p. 537-569.
- Plea for aesthetic ecology and aesthetic sustainability.
In: Landscape culture and cultural landscape. Contributions to aesthetic education. Eds. K. Buchholz, E. Mollenhauer-Klüber. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2018. p. 194-218. - The private apartment. In: Culture of Privacy in the Net Society. Eds. G. Böhme, U. Gahlings. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2018. p. 65-96.
- Sensory education at the Bauhaus and in Loheland. In: The challenge of aesthetic education. Eds. K. Buchholz, E. Mollenhauer-Klüber, J. Theinert. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2017. p. 92-131.
- The Landau Festival Hall and the Theater Reform around 1900. In: Art Nouveau in the Palatinate. Ed. C.
Zuschlag, G. Moeller. Petersberg: Imhof 2017. p. 315-329. - The author on his working process. In: Purple passages. An exhibition about the conspicuous and the incidental. Eds. S. Doeller, S. Hoffmann Robbiani. Cat. Designhaus Darmstadt 2016. pp. 67-89.
- Against parrot natures. Ethics and aesthetics of language in Heinrich Pudor. In: The literature of the Lebensreform. Cultural criticism and a spirit of optimism around 1900. ed. T. Carstensen, M. Schmid. Bielefeld: Transcript 2016. pp. 137-151.
- Life reform and modernity - alternatives to technical civilization. In: The Loheland Women's Settlement in the Rhön and the Legacy of the European Life Reform. Ed. State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse. Darmstadt: Theiss 2016. p. 21-31.
- Design and philosophy. In search of the good life. In: Design & Philosophy. Interfaces and elective affinities. Ed. J.-C. Dissel. Bielefeld: Transcript 2016. p. 17-30.
- The compulsory heterosexual elbow society. In: How do we live in our society? Eds. G. Böhme, U. Gahlings. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2015. pp. 171-200.
- Camp: As serious as it is sappy.
In: Good Bad Taste. An experiment on good and bad taste. Ed. K. Buchholz. Darmstadt: Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences - Department of Design 2015. p. 37-40. - Design. In: Handbook of Cultural Philosophy. Ed. R. Konersmann. Stuttgart, Weimar: Metzler
2012. S. 200-206. - Meditation on property.
In: Alternative forms of economy. Ed. G. Böhme. Bielefeld: Aisthesis 2012. p. 29-39. - (with J. Hoyer) 'Conquered to silent chords'. Music rooms in Art Nouveau. In: New
Musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch. 17 (2010). S. 201-249. - The responsible consumer. In: The mature human being. Philosophical models of thought,
history, medicine and jurisprudence. Ed. G. Böhme. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2009. pp. 131-142. - (with J. Theinert) Rediscovering intuitive potentials. In: Design Report. 2009, issue 3. p. 28-31.
- Can photographs be utopian? In: Vision - a view of life. Ed. Darmstadt Days of Photography. Darmstadt 2009. p. 6/7.
- Hermann Goerke. In: General Encyclopedia of Artists. Vol. 57. ed. G. Meißner. Munich, Leipzig: Saur 2008. p. 29.
- The Blind and the Seeing Cupid. On love, self-cultivation and knowledge. In: Practice
of Philosophy. Eds. D. Croome, U. Gahlings, R. J. Kozljanič. Munich: Albunea 2007. pp.
197-206. - Imitations in product design - some side notes on the phenomenon of similarity. In: Image. Journal for interdisciplinary image research. 3 (2006). S. 41-52.
- Between operation and experiment: Vera Röhm works with language. In: Vera Röhm. London: Reaktion Books 2005. pp. 149-153.
- '... such bliss shakes the dreaming ego'. Ludwig von Hofmann as a theater reformer. In: Ludwig von Hofmann. Arcadian Utopias in the Modern Age. Eds. A. Wagner, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2005. p. 322-337.
- (with K. Mackowiak) What does 'design' actually mean? In: In the Designer Park. ed. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 36-40.
- Imitations - More appearance than reality? In: In the Designer Park. ed. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 82-87.
- Usability, life forms and invisible design. In: In the Designer Park. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 96-105.
- Toys. In: In the Designer Park. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 564-587.
- The reality of furnishing and living. In: In the Designer Park. ed. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 690-705.
- Living guide. In: In the Designer Park. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 730-733.
- Condolence cards - design for death. In: In the Designer Park. ed. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. p. 936-939.
- The daily news. In: In the Designer Park. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2004. pp. 946-953.
- '... the artist always places the possible above the real. The art theory of André Masson. In: André Masson. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2003. pp. 187-207.
- (with C. Falter) The book-artistic activity of André Masson. In: André Masson. ed. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2003. p. 261-279.
- Artistic penetration of all areas of life - Hector Guimard and Peter Behrens. In: Centenarium. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Darmstadt: Häusser 2003. pp. 76-87.
- Life reform and philosophy of life. In: Centenarium. Eds. K. Buchholz, K. Wolbert. Darmstadt: Häusser 2003. pp. 175-183.
- Hans Christiansen: The Villa in Rosen. In: New Aesthetics. Ed. Z. Mahayni. Munich: Fink 2002. pp. 71-84.
- Conceptual leitmotifs of the Lebensreform. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 1. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 41-43.
- Life reform magazines. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 1. cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 45-51.
- Art theory and aesthetics around 1900. In: Die Lebensreform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 1. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 261-266.
- Life reform and life design. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 1. cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 363-368.
- (with A. Wagner) Sexual reform and new gender relations. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. pp. 441-443.
- Biologism, racial hygiene and ethnological exhibitions. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 461/462.
- The theater as a symbol of life. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 471/472.
- Reform pedagogy, popular education and guidebook literature. In: The Life Reform. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 491.
- (with R. Ulmer) Practical housekeeping. In: The Reform of Life. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 539/540.
- (with R. Ulmer) Reform of living. In: The Reform of Living. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. vol. 2. cat. Institute Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2001. p. 547-550.
- (with J. Schirra) The house as a total work of art - a challenge to computer visualistics. In: Bildhandeln. Ed. K. Sachs-Hombach. Magdeburg: Scriptum 2001. pp. 241-268.
- Philosophy of language. In: Language typology and linguistic universals. Eds. M. Haspelmath, E. König, W. Oesterreicher, W. Raible. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 2001. pp. 62-75.
- (with C. Wagner) Forms of Representation and Reference in the Artistic Image. In: On the Realism of Images. ed. K. Rehkämper, K. Sachs-Hombach. Magdeburg: Scriptum 2001. pp. 193-211.
- Sémantique formelle et ressemblances de famille. In: Logique et Analyse. 43 (2000). S. 345-356.
- Peter Behrens, les fondements théoriques de l'Art nouveau. In: L'Ecole de Nancy et les arts décoratifs en Europe. Ed. F. Loyer. Metz: Serpenoise 2000. pp. 250-261.
- 'L'homme est responsable de ce qu'il est'. Remarks on the anthropological foundation of politics. In: Paths to Reason. Philosophizing between Activity and Reflection. Ed. K. Buchholz et al. Frankfurt a. M., New York: Campus 1999. pp. 73-87.
- (with I. Weber) What is dense description? In: The Future of Knowledge. Ed. J. Mittelstraß. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag Konstanz 1999. pp. 541-548.
- Paul Cézanne's theory of art and its background. In: Journal of Aesthetics and General Art Studies. 44 (1999). S. 85-102.
- On the relationship between pictorial syntax and representational value using the example of artistic graphics. In: Picture grammar. Eds. K. Rehkämper, K. Sachs-Hombach. Magdeburg: Scriptum 1999. pp. 255-270.
- La conception wittgensteinienne de la philosophie. In: Philosophia Scientiae. 3 (1999). S. 171-184.
- Systematization possibilities of Wittgenstein's language-game method. In: Works on Wittgenstein. Eds. W. Krüger, A. Pichler. Bergen: Wittgensteinarkivet ved Universitetet i Bergen 1998. pp. 23-39.
- (with M. Hemmati) Vom Nutzen der Geisteswissenschaften. In: Universitas. 35 (1998). S. 1074-1086.