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Klaus von Beyme is a distinguished German political scientist and recipient of the Mattei Dogan Award of Political Science (2012). In honour of his 80th birthday this book addresses political culture, cultural policy, art and politics. The first part on transformation theory analyses: "Historical Memories in Political Theories", "Historical Memory in Nation-Building and the Building of Ethnic Subsystems", "The Concept of Totalitarianism - A Reassessment After the Breakdown of Soviet Rule", "Political Culture - A Concept from Ideological Refutation to Acceptance in the Soviet Social Sciences", "Institutions and Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia" and "Political and Economic Consolidation in Eastern Europe. Evidence from Empirical Data". The second part on cultural policies addresses "Why is There No Political Science of the Arts?", "Historical Memory and the Arts in the Era of the Avantgardes: Archaisme and Passéisme as a 'passéisme of the future'", and "Capital-building in Post-war Germany".
List of contents
Part I Transformation Theory.- Historical Memories in Political Theories.- Historical Memory in Nation-Building and the Building of ethnic Subsystems.- The Concept of Totalitarianism - A Reassessment after the Breakdown of Soviet Rule.- Political Culture - A Concept from Ideological Refutation to Acceptance in the Soviet Social Sciences.- Institutions and Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia.- Political and Economic Consolidation in Eastern Europe.- Evidences from Empirical Data.- Part II Cultural Policies.- Why is there no Political Science of the Arts?.- Historical Memory and the Arts in the Era of the Avantgardes: Archaisme and Passéisme as a 'passéisme of the future'.- Capital-building in Post-war Germany.
About the author
Prof. Dr. Klaus von Beyme, geb. 1934 in Saarau/Schlesien. Studium der Politikwissenschaft, Geschichte und Soziologie an den Universitäten Heidelberg, München, Paris und Moskau; 1967-73 Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Tübingen, seit 1973 Professor am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Heidelberg mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten Vergleichende Systemforschung und politische Theorie.
Summary
Klaus von Beyme is a distinguished German political scientist and recipient of the Mattei Dogan Award of Political Science (2012). In honour of his 80th birthday this book addresses political culture, cultural policy, art and politics. The first part on transformation theory analyses: “Historical Memories in Political Theories”, “Historical Memory in Nation-Building and the Building of Ethnic Subsystems”, “The Concept of Totalitarianism – A Reassessment After the Breakdown of Soviet Rule”, “Political Culture – A Concept from Ideological Refutation to Acceptance in the Soviet Social Sciences”, “Institutions and Political Culture in Post-Soviet Russia” and “Political and Economic Consolidation in Eastern Europe. Evidence from Empirical Data”. The second part on cultural policies addresses “Why is There No Political Science of the Arts?”, “Historical Memory and the Arts in the Era of the Avantgardes: Archaisme and Passéisme as a ‘passéisme of the future’”, and “Capital-building in Post-war Germany”.
