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 [...]

englischThis anthology aims to address a void in the debates on assisted dying and assisted suicide, which are dominated by legal, medical, theological and practical–ethical perspectives. Liberal institutionalisation of assisted suicide has been within reach since the Federal Constitutional Court's [...]

englischIs democratic society at an end? The belief in the possibility of collective self-governance is in decline today in the face of populist and regressive policies. In response to this crisis, it is necessary to rethink democracy. To this end, this study develops a system of democratic [...]

englischThe book ‘Kampf und Kompromiss’ (Struggle and Compromise) deals with the reception of the work of the constitutional lawyer and political scientist Otto Kirchheimer in the USA and the Federal Republic of Germany since the 1960s. Kirchheimer's work is characterised by a wide range of [...]

englischThe almost constantly recurring crises of the democratic order and relations between humans and nature in our age of the Capitalocene are currently reviving debates on economic models beyond the capitalist market economy. Focusing on democratically planned economies, this volume discusses [...]

englischAt the base of modern law lies a contradiction: It is supposed to realise the equality of all and yet, at the same time, permanently produces exclusions and violence. The lives of refugees, for example, seem to be less worthy of protection in the eyes of nation-state legal systems than the [...]

englischFollowing Marx s dictum that man ‘in his individual existence is at the same time a social being’, this book explores the question of collective agency. The author’s argument is that, thanks to its social construction as a collective being, the subject is afforded the chance to engage in [...]

englischIn times of crises, critical thinking needs to be maintained and fostered. This volume on critical political theory in the coronavirus pandemic brings together 13 contributions that offer a variety of perspectives on the interrelationship between critique and crisis. What are the [...]

englischAccording to widespread criticism, radical democratic theories exhibit shortcomings when it comes to institutions, which prevents these conceptions from contributing to a concrete transformation of the political landscape. This volume's aim is to respond to this criticism and to highlight [...]

englischTo what extent can political theories adequately address the dangers that may accompany the political? This monograph is less concerned with the emancipative potential of the political, but rather with its downsides.

Drawing on the concept of precarity, as defined in sociology and the May [...]