englisch„Turn of the times" is the key term for understanding the present. The Russian war of aggression on Ukraine has led to the destruction of the European peace order. The long-held hope has been shattered that interstate conflicts can be settled without the use of force through negotiation and [...]
more informationenglisch„Turn of the times" is the key term for understanding the present. The Russian war of aggression on Ukraine has led to the destruction of the European peace order. The long-held hope has been shattered that interstate conflicts can be settled without the use of force through negotiation and [...]
more informationWilhelm Röpke gehört zu den geistigen Vätern des Wirtschaftswunders in Deutschland nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Besonders seine Arbeiten über die sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Voraussetzungen einer funktionierenden Marktwirtschaft sind heute noch von Interesse. Röpke-Experte Roland Hahn [...]
more informationDaß erst das Eingreifen des Staates in den Markt den Wohlstand für alle sichern könne, ist ein weit verbreiteter Gedanke. Erst in den letzten Jahren sind vermehrt Zweifel aufgekommen, ob wachsende Staatsbürokratien und steigende Steuerlasten tatsächlich nicht den Wohlstand mindern. Es könne zwar [...]
more informationLiberale sind häufig Staatsskeptiker. In seiner provozierenden Schrift stellt der radikal-libertäre Autor Stefan Blankertz die Frage, ob man nicht sogar gänzlich auf den Staat verzichten könne. Auch wenn man dem Autor nicht zustimmt, findet man hier viele Thesen zum Nachdenken.
more informationInternationale Organisationen gehen nicht unter, sie ändern höchstens ihre Aufgaben: Dieses unter Ökonomen geläufige Bonmot trifft in besonderer Weise auf den Internationalen Währungsfonds zu, der mit dem Zusammenbruch des Bretton-Woods-Systems fester Wechselkurse Anfang der siebziger Jahre [...]
more informationDie Welthandelsordnung wird immer mehr Ziel anti-liberaler Agitation. Henning Klodt zeigt auf, worum es eigentlich geht, und was für ein institutionelle Rahmenwerk wir brauchen, damit echter Wettbewerb in der Weltwirtschaft herrscht.
more informationAdam Smith (1723-1790) gilt als einer der großen Pioniere marktwirtschaftlichen Denkens, wenn nicht sogar als der Vater der Wirtschaftswissenschaft überhaupt. Mit seinem berühmten Werk'The Wealth of Nations' (Der Wohlstand der Nationen) aus dem Jahre 1776 hat er über Jahrhunderte hinweg liberal [...]
more informationenglischThis book is a study of a people and a place and various performances in a post-conflict milieu that was once known as the state of Yugoslavia. A war between three militaries between 1991–95 was ended with the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA) and whilst the fighting stopped, the grievances [...]
more informationenglischThis book is a study of a people and a place and various performances in a post-conflict milieu that was once known as the state of Yugoslavia. A war between three militaries between 1991–95 was ended with the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA) and whilst the fighting stopped, the grievances [...]
more informationenglischThe same world - and yet everything is different. This could be a succinct formula for what the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben seeks to expose in his studies: categories of a new way of thinking, of a different use and form-of-life, in which natural life cannot be separated from social [...]
more informationenglischThe same world - and yet everything is different. This could be a succinct formula for what the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben seeks to expose in his studies: categories of a new way of thinking, of a different use and form-of-life, in which natural life cannot be separated from social [...]
more informationenglischThe context in which the author places the concept of substantial morality (Sittlichkeit) is the history of Athens from about 490 to 430 B.C. This facilitates the understanding of a (political) way of life that is quite foreign to us in modern times. This also makes the concept of modern [...]
more informationenglischThe context in which the author places the concept of substantial morality (Sittlichkeit) is the history of Athens from about 490 to 430 B.C. This facilitates the understanding of a (political) way of life that is quite foreign to us in modern times. This also makes the concept of modern [...]
more informationDie Welt des sich derzeit offensichtlich zu Tode siegenden Kapitalismus lebt in vielen Teufelskreisen. Innerhalb der Wirtschaft etwa die Schuldenfalle. Die wird für viele durch den Sozialabbau – der mit „Reformen“ getarnt wird - nur noch unentrinnbarer. Die Alternative zur so genannten „freien“ [...]
more informationIn Zeiten, in denen die Gesetzgebung immer hektischer auf Einzelfälle reagiert und die Rechtsordnung als Ganzes aus den Augen verliert, in denen die sogenannten ‚Grundlagenfächer‘ gern in Sonntagsreden beschworen, aber in der universitären Ausbildung immer mehr marginalisiert werden, ist die [...]
more informationenglischSources of power in political processes are often reduced to the dualism of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. Sport, in both its practise and delivery might also evidence such characteristics as it is used to achieve political outcomes. The soft route is usually administered more ‘artfully’ in its attempt [...]
more informationenglischSources of power in political processes are often reduced to the dualism of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. Sport, in both its practise and delivery might also evidence such characteristics as it is used to achieve political outcomes. The soft route is usually administered more ‘artfully’ in its attempt [...]
more informationenglischFreedom is obviously an important value in people's lives. After all, freedom means that people can decide for themselves what kind of life they want to lead. However, the inherent paradox of freedom is that it can only be guaranteed if it is also subject to restrictions. The function of the [...]
more informationenglischThe book enters the debate on the relationship between aesthetics and politics with an original and comprehensive theory. As Fransoni makes clear, a political theory is not a theory of politics, but a theory that deals with things, in this case art, in order to read them in the light of the [...]
more informationenglischThe book enters the debate on the relationship between aesthetics and politics with an original and comprehensive theory. As Fransoni makes clear, a political theory is not a theory of politics, but a theory that deals with things, in this case art, in order to read them in the light of the [...]
more informationenglischDigitization has extensive effects on various areas of life in society and individuals. The book examines these impacts from a socio-philosophical point of view and considers issues of identity, knowledge, communication, and power in the context of digitization. It also addresses the impact [...]
more informationenglischDigitization has extensive effects on various areas of life in society and individuals. The book examines these impacts from a socio-philosophical point of view and considers issues of identity, knowledge, communication, and power in the context of digitization. It also addresses the impact [...]
more informationenglischIn this book, Filimon Peonidis gathers one unpublished and seven published essays that he wrote between 1997 and 2021. The first three refer to the early history of freedom of expression focusing on the work of James and John Stuart Mill and its possible significance in a contemporary [...]
more informationenglischIn this book, Filimon Peonidis gathers one unpublished and seven published essays that he wrote between 1997 and 2021. The first three refer to the early history of freedom of expression focusing on the work of James and John Stuart Mill and its possible significance in a contemporary [...]
more informationJetzt ist sie in aller Munde: Die Klima- und Umweltkatastrophe! Dabei stimmt seit Jahrhunderten etwas Grundlegendes nicht am Umgang des Menschen mit seinem Planeten. Naturwissenschaftliche Einzelkenntnisse allein helfen uns nicht weiter, an dieser scheinbar ausweglosen Situation etwas zu ändern. [...]
more informationenglischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]
more informationenglischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]
more informationenglischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]
more informationenglischThe most important and extensive of Bernard Bolzano’s (1781–1848) correspondences is the one with his student and friend Michael Josef Fesl (1788–1864) which comprises altogether some 730 letters. Due to the great number of letters, starting with 1831, only Bolzano’s contributions are [...]
more informationEin liebevolles Plädoyer für den kleinen und non-zentralistischen Staat liefert Robert Nef, Leiter des Liberalen Instituts in Zürich. Liberale Werte und der Wettbewerb der Systeme fänden im Zentralismus nur schwer ihre Heimat.
more informationIn einer Zeit, in der Europa den Glauben an Freiheit und Demokratie verloren hatte, gehörte der österreichische Ökonom Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) zu den wenigen Intellektuellen, die das Ideal des Liberalismus entschieden verteidigten. Sein Buch Liberalismus aus dem Jahre 1927 ist ein umfassendes [...]
more informationenglischDuring 403–399 a fierce political contest was going on between the king of Sparta Pausanias and Lysander, in which Athens was part of the stakes. I examine the possibility that Socrates became entangled in the backlash of this contest. As Xenophon testifies in Memorabilia, during the trial [...]
more informationenglischDuring 403–399 a fierce political contest was going on between the king of Sparta Pausanias and Lysander, in which Athens was part of the stakes. I examine the possibility that Socrates became entangled in the backlash of this contest. As Xenophon testifies in Memorabilia, during the trial [...]
more informationEine kleine Sammlung klassischer liberaler Texte, die einen Eindruck über den Liberalismus vermitteln soll. Der Liberalismus kann auf eine stolze Geistestradition zurückblicken. Die hier gesammelten Textausschnitte zeigen dies. Zu den Klassikern, die präsentiert werden, gehören: John Locke, Karl [...]
more informationFöderalismus - eine liberale Tradition. Dezentralisation, Machtkontrolle und politischer Wettbewerb sind Kernanliegen des liberalen Politikverständnisses. Dem entsprechend hat es immer eine große Tradition des liberalen Föderalismus gegeben. Sie hat im Allgemeinen nicht die Beachtung gefunden, die [...]
more informationDie hier gesammelten Texte zeigen, dass es schon immer Ziel der Liberalen war, den Wohlstand zu mehren und damit soziale Probleme zu lösen. Der Bogen der in diesem Buch versammelten Denker spannt sich von Wilhelm von Humboldt bis Milton Friedman.
more informationenglischThe new volume contains an editorial part, an interpretative part and an informative part. An edition of the correspondence between the Hegel student Heinrich Gustav Hotho and Varnhagen von Ense deals with the editing of the "Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik" (H. Schneider and W. [...]
more informationenglischThe new volume contains an editorial part, an interpretative part and an informative part. An edition of the correspondence between the Hegel student Heinrich Gustav Hotho and Varnhagen von Ense deals with the editing of the "Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Kritik" (H. Schneider and W. [...]
more informationenglischBased on intensive archival research, Teichler succeeds in providing an overall account of the international sports policy of the "Third Reich" with the spectacular climax of the 1936 Olympic Games. The thematic radius is broad: from the successes of the Mercedes Benz "Silver Arrows" and the [...]
more informationenglischBased on intensive archival research, Teichler succeeds in providing an overall account of the international sports policy of the "Third Reich" with the spectacular climax of the 1936 Olympic Games. The thematic radius is broad: from the successes of the Mercedes Benz "Silver Arrows" and the [...]
more informationenglischGermany’s Basic Law has been in force for seventy years; the Weimar Constitution is 100 years old. Defending and expanding fundamental rights and freedoms have characterised 100 years of radical democratic and liberal leftist politics. In light of neo-fascism and anti-Semitism, played down [...]
more informationenglischGermany’s Basic Law has been in force for seventy years; the Weimar Constitution is 100 years old. Defending and expanding fundamental rights and freedoms have characterised 100 years of radical democratic and liberal leftist politics. In light of neo-fascism and anti-Semitism, played down [...]
more informationenglischThe relationship between religion, social structures and political institutions has always played a fundamental role in human societies. This collection of essays aims to explore possible ways in which philosophical conceptualizations of god, the gods, and the divine in the ancient world [...]
more informationenglischThe relationship between religion, social structures and political institutions has always played a fundamental role in human societies. This collection of essays aims to explore possible ways in which philosophical conceptualizations of god, the gods, and the divine in the ancient world [...]
more informationenglischEric Voegelin’s interpretation of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche constitutes an important part of Voegelins critique of modernity; the development of Voegelin’s thought is persued here in order to explain his interpretation of Nietzsche. The book is structured in three parts: 1) the early [...]
more informationenglischEric Voegelin’s interpretation of the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche constitutes an important part of Voegelins critique of modernity; the development of Voegelin’s thought is persued here in order to explain his interpretation of Nietzsche. The book is structured in three parts: 1) the early [...]
more informationenglischThe original essays in this volume continue the collective exploration of the texts attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans in the Hellenistic and Imperial times, initiated in the same series in 2021. The topics covered in these largely understudied texts written by unknown authors [...]
more informationFrédéric Bastiat war der wohl begabteste und stilsicherste Publizist des Liberalismus im 19. Jahrhundert. Der Ökonom, der die Freihandelsbewegung in Frankreich anführte, und Mitglied der Nationalversammlung von 1848 wurde, hinterließ ein ebenso scharfsinniges wie klar argumentierendes Werk zur [...]
more informationenglischThe sixteen essays in this Festschrift, presented to Eckart Schütrumpf by his friends and colleagues, pay tribute to his influential work. The variety of topics – as well as the linguistic diversity (English, German, and Italian) – reflects the wide scope of Schütrumpf’s research interests. [...]
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