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Research report: Reto Rössler: Formative Forces of European Culture(s) (Ernst Cassirer)

20 April 2021

Dr. Reto Rössler from the Institute for Language, Literature and Media at the European University Flensburg was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from October 2020 to March 2021. A short report on his research on the topic »Formative Forces of European Culture(s) (Ernst Cassirer)« is now available online.

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