englischThe welfare state is the result of a constantly evolving compromise between different social interests. It has functionally taken up social challenges and developed from its residual beginnings into a comprehensive system of social welfare. This book discusses different theoretical [...]

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 [...]

englischThis collection of essays deals with the aspects of Georg Lukács’ work that relate to state theory and with his political practice, which, following Lenin’s example, was related to the production of theory in a way that has so far mostly been overlooked. Fourteen authors discuss the concept [...]

englischIn 1972, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari criticised psychoanalysis as patriarchal in their first joint work Anti-Oedipus. They see man as a schizo with a volatile psyche that refuses to conform to society. Capitalism weakens the state, which nevertheless remains overpowering. The nomads [...]

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 [...]

englischKarl-Heinz Ladeur’s work describes the transformation of modern society from a ‘society of individuals’ into a ‘society of organisations’ and finally into a ‘society of networks’. Basing his analysis on this finding, Ladeur also rethinks the modern state. From an external perspective, the [...]

englischIn contrast to his fellow philosophers Hegel and Fichte, Schelling tended to only marginally address issues relating to state and legal philosophy. His overriding interest in the fundamental ontological prioritisation of human freedom is probably the reason why he conducts a fascinating [...]

englischMartin Heidegger's name is primarily associated with the hermeneutic analysis of finitude and the thesis of the historicity of being. Heidegger neither developed a form of normative ethics, nor did he emerge with an independent theory of the state. It is therefore not surprising that the [...]

englischThis volume critically examines conventional understandings of the modern state. After a prologue by Achille Mbembe on contemporary Eurocentrism, the first part gathers reflections on state and postcolonialism in a narrower sense. Here, the focus is on criticism of and resistance to [...]