englischThe politician, intellectual and entrepreneur Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) is one of the most important German-Jewish personalities of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the ‘Age of Extremes’, he saw himself as a spokesman for modernity. He distinguished himself as a critic of the [...]

englischThe focus of this yearbook is the debate on the character and development of the German Empire. The sixteen contributions it contains, which were written on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the German Empire in 1871, assess the problems of nation-building, political [...]

englischThe year 2020 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Moscow Treaty and the thirtieth anniversary of the Two Plus Four Treaty. These anniversaries provide an occasion to dedicate the main focus of the Yearbook on Liberalism Research to the topic ‘Freedom, Security and De-escalation—Liberalism [...]

englischLast year, the first Württemberg constitution, the Weimar imperial constitution and the Basic Law each celebrated round-number ‘birthdays’. Liberal politicians had a more or less large share in the conception and development of all of them. For this reason, this yearbook’s eight articles, [...]

Die 100. Wiederkehr des Versailler Vertrages hat das „Jahrbuch“ zum Anlass genommen, grundsätzlich über das Verhältnis von Liberalismus und Frieden nachzudenken. Die Bandbreite reicht von Kant über die Rezeption der Friedensordnungen von 1648 und 1919 bis zur beginnenden „Friedensforschung“. Einen [...]

englischThe emphasis of the 30th issue of this yearbook is very much on Rhenish liberalism as it publishes the contributions to a colloquium organised jointly by the Archiv des Liberalismus (Archive on Liberalism) and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Rhenish Countryside Association). The 15 authors [...]

englischBetween 1969 and 1992/93, first Hans-Dietrich Genscher and later Otto Graf Lambsdorff did not only determine the policies of the German political party, the FDP (Free Democratic party), but through various functions and constellations also had a significant influence on German politics as a [...]

englischThe controversy surrounding Bismarck’s Bill of Indemnity 150 years ago is regarded as the catalyst for intense, protracted debates among liberals about the primacy of ‘realpolitik’ and ‘idealpolitik’. Guided by key political factors, the authors of the studies in this collection do not only [...]

Otto v. Bismarck, dessen Geburtstag sich jüngst zum 200. Mal jährte, ist sicherlich zu einer „Schicksalsgestalt“ des deutschen Liberalismus geworden: Einerseits hat er Teile von dessen Agenda wie die nationale Einheit gefördert, andere liberale Kernforderungen wie die Parlamentarisierung oder eine [...]

Die „europäische Urkatastrophe“ (G. F. Kennan) hat auch die Entwicklung des Liberalismus stark beeinflusst. Aus Anlass der 100. Wiederkehr des Kriegsausbruches von 1914 ist der umfangreiche Schwerpunkt des neuen Jahrbuchs dem Thema „Europäischer Liberalismus und Erster Weltkrieg“ gewidmet: Führende [...]