Uwe Backes – författare

The Western tradition of the constitutional state, with its ancient roots, defines political extremes as the epitome of that what must be absolutely rejected. It highlights tyranny, despotism, despotic rule, non-autonomy, ruthless enforcing of interests as ‘extreme’, contrasting this to a virtuous mean which guarantees moderation. In this volume, the culmination of twenty years of extensive research, Uwe Backes provides a conceptual history of the notions "extreme" and "extremism" from antiquity to the present day.

The terminological history of political extremes had been related for more then two millennia with the term mesotês used in the Aristotelian ethics and the theory of mixed constitution. Both doctrines influenced the republicanism of the North Italian city states and later the United States of America as well as British parliamentarism. The positions of moderation and extremes were not joined until the course of the French Revolution with the distinction of right- and left-wing, and this is how it still exists today in the intellectual-political geography. This unique source based study reconstructs these developments from ancient times to the present.

Tracing the history of the concept of political extremism from Ancient Greece to the present day, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of democracy, extremism and political sociology.

The Western tradition of the constitutional state, with its ancient roots, defines political extremes as the epitome of that what must be absolutely rejected. It highlights tyranny, despotism, despotic rule, non-autonomy, ruthless enforcing of interests as ‘extreme’, contrasting this to a virtuous mean which guarantees moderation. In this volume, the culmination of twenty years of extensive research, Uwe Backes provides a conceptual history of the notions "extreme" and "extremism" from antiquity to the present day.

The terminological history of political extremes had been related for more then two millennia with the term mesotês used in the Aristotelian ethics and the theory of mixed constitution. Both doctrines influenced the republicanism of the North Italian city states and later the United States of America as well as British parliamentarism. The positions of moderation and extremes were not joined until the course of the French Revolution with the distinction of right- and left-wing, and this is how it still exists today in the intellectual-political geography. This unique source based study reconstructs these developments from ancient times to the present.

Tracing the history of the concept of political extremism from Ancient Greece to the present day, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of democracy, extremism and political sociology.

Ideocracies, or ideological dictatorships, such as the "Third Reich", the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China have, much more than any other kinds of autocracy, characterized the history of the 20th century. Despite their undeniable loss of significance, ideocracies have not disappeared from the world in the 21st century. This book explores the functioning of ideocracies and analyses the typical interplay of legitimation, co-optation and repression which autocratic elites use in an attempt to stabilize their rule.

In the first part of the book, the contributors discuss the conceptual history of the ideocracy notion. The second part offers case studies pertaining to the Soviet State, Italy, the National Socialist Regime, the German Democratic Republic, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea and Cuba. Finally, the third part compares various ideocracies and draws together key themes.

Uniting the perspectives of history, philosophy and political science through the use of case studies and systematic comparisons, this book offers a unique examination of ideocracies both past and present which will be of interest to students and scholars researching political regimes, political history and comparative politics, as well as other disciplines.

Ideocracies, or ideological dictatorships, such as the "Third Reich", the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China have, much more than any other kinds of autocracy, characterized the history of the 20th century. Despite their undeniable loss of significance, ideocracies have not disappeared from the world in the 21st century. This book explores the functioning of ideocracies and analyses the typical interplay of legitimation, co-optation and repression which autocratic elites use in an attempt to stabilize their rule.

In the first part of the book, the contributors discuss the conceptual history of the ideocracy notion. The second part offers case studies pertaining to the Soviet State, Italy, the National Socialist Regime, the German Democratic Republic, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea and Cuba. Finally, the third part compares various ideocracies and draws together key themes.

Uniting the perspectives of history, philosophy and political science through the use of case studies and systematic comparisons, this book offers a unique examination of ideocracies both past and present which will be of interest to students and scholars researching political regimes, political history and comparative politics, as well as other disciplines.

Das Jahrbuch „Extremismus & Demokratie“ fördert die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit dem Problemkreis des politischen Extremismus in seinen verschiedenen Ausprägungen. Es versteht sich als Diskussionsforum, Nachschlagewerk und Orientierungshilfe zugleich. Der 32. Band dokumentiert, kommentiert und analysiert umfassend die Entwicklung im Berichtsjahr 2019. Aktuelle Schwerpunkte bilden u. a. die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Hufeisenmodell und dem Gebot der Äquidistanz, die linkspopulistische Bewegung #aufstehen, die Autonomiebestrebungen in Schottland, der Islamische Staat, die linksextremistische Interventionistische Linke, eine aktuelle Untersuchung der rechtsextremistischen und rechtsterroristischen Akteure in Deutschland sowie eine Ursachsenanalyse der Radikalisierung von Islamisten. Neben Analysen, Daten und Dokumenten findet sich ein umfassender Literaturteil mit Rezensionen der wichtigsten Publikationen zu Fragen von Extremismus und Demokratie in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Mit Beiträgen vonAlexander Akel, Uwe Backes, Dirk Baehr, Manuel Becker, Harald Bergsdorf , Klaus von Beyme, Evelyn Bokler-Völkel, Marcel Boldorf, Wilfried von Bredow, Stefan Breuer, Hubertus Buchstein, Juliane Clegg, Philipp Currle, Frank Decker, Norman Domeier, Jost Dülffer, Kristin Eichhorn, Alexander Gallus, Phillipp Gassert, Michael Gehler, Birgit Glorius, Stefan Goertz, Sebastian Gräfe, Bernd Greiner, Katrin Groh, Florian Grotz, Thomas Grumke, Anna-Maria Haase, Jens Hacke, Stephan Hilsberg, Kai Hirschmann, Lukas Hämisch, Thomas Jäger, Helge F. Jani, Hans-Gerd Jaschke, Eckhard Jesse, Ralph Jessen, Thomas Kern, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Wolfgang Kraushaar, Jakob Kullik, Jürgen P. Lang, Oliver W. Lembcke, Sebastian Liebold, Josefa Loebell, Tom Mannewitz, Miroslav Mareš, Julian Meinelt, Tilman Mayer, Reinhard Mehring, Lazaros Miliopoulos, Werner Müller, Helmut Müller-Enbergs, Herfried Münkler, Beate Neuss, Paul Nolte, Robert Chr. van Ooyen, Torsten Oppelland, Isabelle-Christine Panreck, Anton Pelinka, Armin Pfahl-Traughber, Gert Pickel, Jürgen Plöhn, Kim C. Priemel, Robert Radu, Claudia Ritzi, Gabriel Rolfes, Philp Rosin, Martin Sabrow, Kurt Schilde, Christine Schirrmacher, Mike Schmeitzner, Brigitte Seebacher, Daniel Siemens, Grit Straßenberger, Martina Steber, Roland Sturm, Tom Thieme, Hendrik Thoß, Margarete Tiessen, Heike Tuchscheerer, Daniela Weber, Manès Weisskircher, Bernd Jürgen Wendt, Nikolaus Werz, Gerhard Wettig, Benedikt Wintgens, Sandra Wirth und Samuel Zeitlin.

Das Lehrbuch führt systematisch, umfassend und historisch eingebettet in die Entstehungs-, Funktions- und Entwicklungsbedingungen nicht-demokratischer Regime der Gegenwart ein. Es breitet die Ergebnisse der internationalen Autokratieforschung aus, macht mit deren Konzepten und Methoden vertraut, informiert über die wichtigsten Typen der Autokratie und beleuchtet deren Stabilitätsbedingungen. Auch Systemtransformationen werden aus der Perspektive autokratischer Regime beleuchtet. Es integriert Ansätze, Befunde und Perspektiven verschiedener Forschungstraditionen und will zu einer interdisziplinären Betrachtung anregen.