Eine 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. [...]
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. [...]
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 informationLudwig von Mises (1881-1973) gehört zu den großen Denkern des Liberalismus in diesem Jahrhundert. Schon 1922 hat der aus Österreich stammende Ökonom den Zusammenbruch des planwirtschaftlichen Sozialismus prophezeit. Die Ereignisse von 1989 haben haben seinen ungeheuren Weitblick in dieser Frage [...]
more informationIn einem 1949 veröffentlichten Vortrag meinte einmal der große, liberale Ökonom und spätere Nobelpreisträger Friedrich August von Hayek, daß die liberalen Intellektuellen wieder den 'Mut zur Utopie' fassen sollten. Ein 'liberaler Radikalismus' sei nötig, um die öffentliche Meinung zu beeinflussen. [...]
more information'Die Renten sind sicher!' So tönte es noch bis vor einigen Jahren aus dem Mundes manches Sozialpolitikers. Das glaubt heute mit gutem Grund kein Mensch mehr. Man hätte es indes auch früher nie glauben dürfen, resümiert Gisela Babel in ihrem Buch 'Die Gesundbeter'. Die ehemalige sozialpolitische [...]
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.
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