englischWith the US’ rise to world power, Americans started to discuss their national intelligence services on a broad scale. This book analyses how the US got from A (‘spying is un-American’) to B (‘spying is essential for survival’). Focusing on the era of the World Wars and the immediate [...]

englischHow can a violent Islamic jihad be justified in the name of religion? This question is frequently discussed by jihadi authors, who aim at legitimising acts of violence in order to attract new supporters for their crusade. Based on a selection of contemporary Arabic texts, this study analyses [...]

Die Ausgabe 2020/21 des JBÖS bietet wieder eine hervorragende Grundlage für alle Adressaten, die einen aktuellen Einblick in den Bereich der Inneren und Äußeren Sicherheit erhalten wollen, und wartet mit drei Sonderthemen auf, die der Band behandelt: „Ausnahmezustand“ in Anlehnung an Carl Schmitt, [...]

englischFollowing Marx s dictum that man ‘in his individual existence is at the same time a social being’, this book explores the question of collective agency. The author’s argument is that, thanks to its social construction as a collective being, the subject is afforded the chance to engage in [...]

englischFor Dieter Grimm, the constitution that emerged from the bourgeois revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries appears as one of the greatest achievements of our time. Originally geared to the liberal state, it now faces challenges from within and without. The party state and the welfare [...]

englischBy abandoning fixed legislative periods in favour of permanent electoral options, the dissertation pursues a completely new approach of linking state decision-making to the permanently changing will of the people more intensively in terms of both time and material than is possible with a [...]