Politics As a Practical Science

Informationen zum Autor Having in May 1945 survived three sinkings and a pending court-martial, WILHELM HENNIS studied law in Göttingen University, Germany and in 1951 became the Bundestag assistant to the legal adviser of the SPD, and then from 1953 assistant to Carlo Schmid, Professor of Political Science in Frankfurt. After a period in Hamburg, he was in 1967 appointed Professor of Political Theory in Freiburg, a post which he held until his retirement. In 2003 he was awarded the Reuchlin Prize. Klappentext Hennis has been a leading critic of German political life and thought for the last 50 years. In this selection from his writings on government and constitutionality he shows how the postwar reconstruction of democratic politics in Germany highlighted general problems of party politics and democratic order that have only recently been recognized. Zusammenfassung Hennis has been a leading critic of German political life and thought for the last 50 years. In this selection from his writings on government and constitutionality he shows how the postwar reconstruction of democratic politics in Germany highlighted general problems of party politics and democratic order that have only recently been recognized. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; D.Kelly The Problem of the German Conception of the State The Idea of Office and the Concept of Democracy Democratization: Concept and Problematic Legitimacy: On a Category of Civil Society Tocqueville's 'New Political Science' Goya's Reason and the Project of Modernity: Seeking Understanding of 'The Dream of Reason' (Capricho 43) 'Hellenic Intellectual Culture' and the Origins of Weber's Political Thinking Political Science as a Vocation: A Personal Account

List of contents

Introduction; D.Kelly The Problem of the German Conception of the State The Idea of Office and the Concept of Democracy Democratization: Concept and Problematic Legitimacy: On a Category of Civil Society Tocqueville's 'New Political Science' Goya's Reason and the Project of Modernity: Seeking Understanding of 'The Dream of Reason' (Capricho 43) 'Hellenic Intellectual Culture' and the Origins of Weber's Political Thinking Political Science as a Vocation: A Personal Account

Product details

• Authors: W Hennis, W. Hennis, Wilhelm Hennis, HENNIS WILHELM
• Assisted by: Keith Tribe (Translation)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2009
• EAN: 9780230007284
• ISBN: 978-0-230-00728-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies; New Perspectives in German Pol; New Perspectives in German Political Studies; New Perspectives in German Pol
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Democracy, Political Science, Political Philosophy, International Relations, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection