Kanon und Kanonisierung'

Under the title 'Canon and Canonization', an interdisciplinary conference took place at the University of Lucerne in the autumn of 2010, the contributions of which are gathered in this volume. The concept of the canon has become a key term in cultural studies in recent years. It refers to highly binding forms of cultural self-affirmation that gain particular clarity in the medium of writing. A canon cannot be continued or altered in its form, nor can a canonical collection be supplemented with new elements. As a text in its final form, the canon possesses normative power and authority. It represents an exemplary condensation of the relationship between text and normativity. The volume includes contributions from the fields of theology, philosophy, legal studies, religious studies, and East Asian cultural studies.

Contributions:

• Paolo Becchi (Genoa/Lucerne): Hegel and the Problem of the Canon
• Reinhold Bernhardt (Basel): The Crisis of the Protestant Principle of Scripture
• Karl Heinz Bohrer (Princeton): Canon and Invention. The Greek Paradigm
• Max Deeg (Cardiff): Of Collectors and Writers – Canonization and Codification in the Religious Traditions of Asia
• Daniela Demko (Lucerne): The Normative Constitution and Canonization of International Criminal Law
• Christoph Dohmen (Regensburg): More than a Canon. The Bible as the Foundation of Different Faith Communities
• Peter Hofmann (Augsburg): Canon actionis. Action and Text According to the Liturgical Form of the First Eucharistic Prayer (Canon Romanus)
• Jani Kirov (Frankfurt a.M.): Ius quasi muro vallatum. The Codification of Law in Late Antiquity
• Massimo Mori (Turin): Kant: Text and Canon of Reason
• Arbogast Schmitt (Marburg): Two Different Ways of Justifying Norms in Poetry. Aristotle and Horace and Their Significance for the Understanding of Literature in Modern Times
• Thomas Steinfeld (Lucerne): Stairway to Heaven. On the Origin and.