englischThe author takes the reader on a swift and sweeping ride through different aspects of defence. What is the core of defence in general? And what is defence today for the most prominent of all defensive alliances, for NATO, which is in the midst of a reflection process on what its role in the [...]

englischThis study explores how Chinese foundations interact with grassroots social organisations (SO) and why Chinese foundations act the way they do. In addition to involving well-documented empirical investigations in China, the study was conducted using anecdotal evidence accumulated over a [...]

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 [...]

englischThis study, through an interpretation of primary texts as well as a comparative analysis of ancient virtue ethics, brings into sharp focus Kant’s own conception of virtue. Distinctive to that conception is not only strength of will, a theme typically emphasized by scholars, but also what the [...]

englischAccording to the New York Times, Noam Chomsky is the most important intellectual of our time. He has not only revolutionised the theories of language and the human mind, but his concept of human nature has prompted him to fight for freedom and democracy and led to political analyses which [...]