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Methods, Theories, and Empirical Applications in the Social Sciences
The volume addresses major features in empirical social research from methodological and theoretical perspectives. Prominent researchers discuss central problems in empirical social research in a theory-driven way from political science, sociological or social-psychological points of view. These contributions focus on a renewed discussion of foundations together with innovative and open research questions or interdisciplinary research perspectives.
The State of the European Union
Against the backdrop of combating the financial and economic crisis in the European Union for the past decade, this volume strives to explore the manifold impacts the prevailing crisis management has on the further alignment of European Integration. The efforts targeted at overcoming the financial and economic crisis evoked far-reaching consequences on the societal, economic, and political level within European member states, which in turn challenge the institutional alignment, democratic legitimacy and economic coherence of the European Union. Taking into account current developments in the EU, the contributions presented in this volume focus on the ‘fault lines’ in the integration proc...
Antisemitism in Reader Comments
This book examines the most frequent form of Jew-hatred: Israel-related antisemitism. After defining this hate ideology in its various manifestations and the role the internet plays in it, the author explores the question of how Israel-related antisemitism is communicated and understood through the language used by readers in below-the-line comments. Drawing on a corpus of over 6,000 comments from traditionally left-wing news outlets The Guardian and Die Zeit, the author examines both implicit and explicit comparisons made between modern-day Israel and both colonial Britain and Nazi Germany. His analyses are placed within the context of resurgent neo-nationalism in both countries, and it is argued that these instances of antisemitism perform a multi-faceted role in absolving guilt, re-writing history, and reinforcing in-group status. This book will be of interest not only to linguistics scholars, but also to academics in fields such as internet studies, Jewish studies, hate speech and antisemitism.
Politics and Resentment
Democratic polities continue to be faced with politics of resentment. The first comparative study of its kind, this book rigorously examines the contemporary relevance of antisemitism and counter-cosmopolitan resentments in the European Union and beyond.
Dictatorship, Democracy, and Transitional Justice in Global Legal History
The anthology presents the lectures given on the symposium »From Dictatorship to democracy« at the House of the Wannsee Conference on 13–14 September 2021. The aim of the organizers was to show what problems existed during the transition from dictatorship to democracy in several countries around the world. They all enacted laws or other measures to ensure that fundamental rights and the rule of law would resist anti-democratic ideologies, anti-Semitism, racism, and war crimes in the future. However, the legal system and law in these countries themselves often had their origins in dictatorship. Thus, there were and are obvious and hidden anti-democratic continuities that influence law and the legal system up to the present. Scientifics and jurists from Italy, Japan, Poland, Spain, South Africa, and Germany examine these continuities in their contributions.
Antisemitism in Eastern Europe
Europe is expanding - and therewith remembers its historical basis, which was hidden beneath the shadow of the Cold War for a long time. This return of a common history which is mostly narrated as a history of success today, however contains the perception of transnational traditions at the same time which by contrast should give reason for a critical self-reflection. This volume gives an impulse through a comparative examination of the still highly actual forms of antisemitism in Europe. The focus will be on the developments in the countries from the Baltic States to South Eastern Europe, which usually are little known in Western Europe. At the same time, the specifities of antisemitism in Eastern Europe are incorporated in the theoretical insights of antisemitism research, thus filling a gap that has existed until now.
The Modern State and Its Enemies
'The Modern State and Its Enemies' considers the historical intellectual developments that provided the fundaments of the modern state and analyses the dark sides of the enemies of democracy.
The Therapized Antisemite
The Therapized Antisemite determines the failure of psychology in the understanding and punishment of antisemitism. For over a hundred years, psychology’s vision – understanding the mind and conquering feelings with thoughts – has remained a myth in much of Western societies. Despite its theories and concepts being widely criticized and often proven wrong, it remains part of our culture, academia, and legal systems. Instead of hoping for the field of psychology to one day solve the problem of antisemitism and how to punish it, we must ask ourselves how much it has not helped but rather harmed the fight against it. Through exploring social, clinical, and forensic psychology, as well as ...
Die Antinomien der Demokratie
Freiheit und Gleichheit, Volkssouveränität und Repräsentation, Individuum und Gemeinschaft - sechs Paare solcher nicht aufzulösenden Gegensätze bilden in dieser Studie den roten Faden in der Betrachtung zentraler Streitpunkte der Demokratie von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Der normative Anspruch der Demokratie erschließt sich uns erst dann, so Hidalgo, wenn wir sie an der Anerkennung der Gleichrangigkeit ihrer widersprüchlichen Ideale messen: Die antinomische Struktur wird so zum Maßstab authentischer Demokratie. Der Autor erprobt die politische Relevanz seiner Untersuchung zudem an aktuellen demokratietheoretischen Debatten, etwa am Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Demokratie und Religion oder an der angeblichen postdemokratischen Bedrohung.
1968 und die Folgen
Die Ereignisse um die Studentenproteste des Jahres 1968 werfen ihr Licht und ihre Schatten auch 50 Jahre später noch immer bis in die Gegenwart. Für die einen ist es ein mythologisch aufgeladenes Jahr, der Beginn einer demokratischen Neugründung der Bundesrepublik nach der als restaurativ empfundenen Nachkriegszeit unter Adenauer, für andere der irrsinnige Abgang vom erfolgreichen Weg eben dieser Ära und die Vorgeschichte des Terrorismus. Der alte 68er-Spruch "Unter dem Pflaster liegt der Strand" spiegelt die ambivalente Zeit der Studentenproteste wider; die Studierenden hegten einen fast religiösen Glauben, man könne in der Ära der "Fundamentalliberalisierung" (Jürgen Habermas) das...
