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Informationen zum Autor Peter M. R. Stirk Klappentext This book presents the first single-volume overview of twentieth-century German political thought, emphasizing its diversity and contested nature. Structured chronologically, the book covers a wide range of theorists. Topics include the nature of politics; collective identity; the rule of law; the role of the state; the role of political parties and the nature of parliamentary democracy; state intervention in society and the economy; and the international order. There is also a glossary of German terms and substantial biographical notes identifying major theorists. Zusammenfassung Provides an account of German political thought emphasising its diversity and contested nature! and presents an overview of the subject that allows access to relatively unknown figures as well as the 'names' of the tradition. Introduction; 1. On the threshold of modernity: from the turn of the century to 1918; 2. Political Though in Contested Democracies; 3. Political thought in the Third Reich; 4. The ideas of the exiles; 5. Refounding the democratic order; 6. Years of dissent: from the 1960s to the Tendenzwende; 7. The challenges of modernity, globalization and reunification; Conclusion; Biographical notes; Glossary.
