englischIt has been proven that images of humans influence our perceptions, our thoughts and our actions and are therefore of almost incalculable importance for our social coexistence. This book therefore asks what images we—as with prejudices, unintentionally as it were—create of other people and [...]

englischCarl Schmitt for connoisseurs: These new studies—some previously unpublished, some revised—deal with research desiderata from a new collection of sources: correspondence with companions and critics, such as Feuchtwanger, Heidegger and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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dieses Buch von Stephan Kirste führt in das rechtsphilosophische Denken ein. Rechtsphilosophie setzt sich kritisch mit dem juristischen Denken auseinander. Sie vermittelt damit die ethischen Grundlagen des Rechts und fördert die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit ihm. Dazu untersucht sie zunächst [...]