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German Political Philosophy: The Metaphysics of Law
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German Political Philosophy: The Metaphysics of Law Hardcover - 2006

by Chris Thornhill


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This book combines philosophical, intellectual-historical and political-theoretical methodologies to provide a new synoptic reading of the history of German political philosophy. Incorporating chapters on the political ideas of Luther and Zwingli, on the politics of the early Enlightenment, on Idealism, on Historicism and Lukcs, on early Twentieth-Century political theology, on the Frankfurt School, and on Habermas and Luhmann, the book sets out both a broad and a detailed discussion of German political reflection from the Reformation to the present. In doing so, it explains how the development of German political philosophy is marked by a continual concern with certain unresolved and recurrent problems. It claims that all the major positions address questions relating to the origin of law, that all seek to account for the relation between legal validity and metaphysical and theological superstructures, and that all are centred on the attempt to conceptualise and reconstruct the character of the legal subject.

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  • Title German Political Philosophy: The Metaphysics of Law
  • Author Chris Thornhill
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 404
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2006-09-19
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415312387 / 0415312388
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.54 x 1.08 in (23.47 x 16.61 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Germany
  • Library of Congress subjects Political science - Germany - History, Law - Philosophy - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006004452
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.094

About the author

Chris Thornhill is Professor in Politics at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Walter Benjamin and Karl Kraus; Political Theory in Modern Germany; Karl Jaspers: Politics and Metaphysics (also published by Routledge); and co-authored Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law.

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