englischCarl Schmitt for connoisseurs: These new studies—some previously unpublished, some revised—deal with research desiderata from a new collection of sources: correspondence with companions and critics, such as Feuchtwanger, Heidegger and Voegelin, as well as the chain of ‘Schmittians’, from [...]
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englischThe dispute about political content, about the orientation and identity of a community is driven by concepts. They are the starting point of controversial interpretive difficulties and at the same time function as a heuristic framework for political science research. However, what in detail [...]
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englischThroughout the South and Southeast Asian region, the involvement of women in jihadism has been a growing but poorly understood phenomenon. Against this backdrop, this book investigates why Bangladeshi women get involved in jihadist networks; what roles they play in them; and how the [...]
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englisch‘War is hell’—and that is precisely why an ethical examination of it is so important. This textbook discusses the ethical questions that arise in connection with war: What are the conditions under which waging a war should be allowed? What is one allowed to do in war and what not? And when [...]
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englischThis book outlines the key elements of the theory of political institutions. Its aim is to surpass singular analyses of parliaments or governments and to understand how institutions work in relation to citizens. In a democracy, citizens themselves act as agents towards political institutions [...]
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englischHow can (radical) democracy be taught, learned and experienced? How can theory and practice be united? At Bielefeld University, these questions were put to the test in a threefold democratic seminar experiment. This anthology documents the experiences and reflections of the participants and [...]
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englisch‘War is hell’—and that is precisely why an ethical examination of it is so important. This textbook discusses the ethical questions that arise in connection with war: What are the conditions under which waging a war should be allowed? What is one allowed to do in war and what not? And when [...]
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englischThe secular state’s noblest virtue is restraint; its principle is freedom in and of faith. The increasing importance of Islamic law requires this freedom and its boundaries drawn for the sake of the secularity of the state to be reassessed.
The contributions collected in this volume [...]
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englischThe renewed takeover of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban on August 15, 2021, almost 20 years after they were militarily defeated by the USA and its allies and were considered conquered, clearly shows that the project of building an Afghan state based on the Western model has failed. How [...]
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englischThe interplay of work and gender has been of special interest within the science of work for many years. Current topics are constantly emerging at the interface, which have been little researched so far. In this volume, the focus is on issues from the following areas: (1) [...]
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