englischIn its first part, this publication records the key results of the research project Sociocultural Sustainability and its Legal Framework: Focus Periphery. On the one hand, the authors discuss the cooperation between and the identity of regional actors in the peripheral region of the [...]
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englischResearch on flight and refugees has been experiencing a boom in the German-speaking regions since about 2015. This handbook opens up the field in all its breadth and at the same time critically reflects the state of research. Part I of the volume discusses on a theoretical level the [...]
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englischThis volume is dedicated to the reconstruction of antisemitic consciousness and the depiction of the modifications of antisemitic resentment in order to sound out conditions and opportunities for a contemporary critique of antisemitism. Based on Adorno's categorical imperative, the volume [...]
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englischThe philosophical foundations of human rights are as complex as they are controversial. For some years, the debate has been dominated by the rather gridlocked opposition between moral and political conceptions of human rights. Moreover, a profound examination of the social and relational [...]
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englischThe state can be understood through the artistic expressions with which it is critically legitimised or delegitimised. Therefore, it is fruitful in political science to analyse dystopias in all their manifestations: in literature, film, comics, computer games, cartoons and music. Dystopias [...]
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englischIs Hungary an autocracy? This is the central question of this textbook, which takes an internal look at the Hungarian political system and analyses factors that are relevant to the system. Historical legacies such as the Habsburg monarchy, so-called goulash communism, system change and [...]
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englischThe philosophical foundations of human rights are as complex as they are controversial. For some years, the debate has been dominated by the rather gridlocked opposition between moral and political conceptions of human rights. Moreover, a profound examination of the social and relational [...]
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englischPublic order is a perennial issue – currently e.g. against extremist gatherings.
The handbook provides clarity and answers the most pressing questions:
Can a defensible democracy ban provocations by neo-Nazi, autonomist or Salafist demonstrations?
What intimidating symbols and military [...]
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englischSarajevo Singular Plural offers a collection of contributions—essays as well as art and photography portfolios—focusing on Sarajevo as a ‘multiplex city’.
The book screens how ‘being with’—at one and the same time co-existence, exposure to each other and hybridisation—is translated into the [...]
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englischWhich criteria must arguments against local wind farms fulfil to be recognised as plausible in the context of climate change? This study focuses on two objectives: First, the peculiarities of these arguments are elaborated in contrast to the general justification of the energy transition, [...]
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