Wege und Abwege der Ideen

»Paths and Detours of Ideas. Studies on the Historical-Political Ideas of the Germans«: The anthology contains essays on the political intellectual history of the Germans from the late Enlightenment to the middle of the 20th century. It examines the changes in German political thinking between the Enlightenment and criticism of modernity, liberalism and conservatism in the 19th century, right up to democratic and democracy-critical reflections and historical-philosophical constructions in the context of the totalitarian ideologies of the first half of the 20th century.