Contents

pp v-vi

1 - Introduction

pp 1-10

State Theory and Democracy

pp 11-12

2 - Immortalizing the Mortal God: Hobbes, Schmitt and the Ambivalent Foundations of the Modern State

pp 13-34

3 - Guardian of Democracy? Theoretical Aspects of Police Roles and Functions in Democracy

pp 35-46

4 - The Will of the People? Carl Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Rousseau on a Key Question in Democratic Theory

pp 47-66

5 - No Sovereignty without Freedom: Machiavelli, Hobbes and the Global Order in the Twenty-First Century

pp 67-84

Nationalism and Minorities

pp 85-86

6 - The Concept of Ethnic Minorities: International Law and the German-Austrian Response

pp 87-104

7 - Carl Schmitt’s Legacy in International Law: Volksgruppenrecht Theory and European Grossraum Ideas from the End of World War II into the Present Day

pp 105-124

8 - The German Myth of a Victim Nation: (Re)presenting Germans as Victims in the Debate on Their Flight and Expulsion from Eastern Europe

pp 125-138

Antisemitism and Right-Wing Extremism

pp 139-140

9 - Antisemitism in Eastern Europe: Theoretical Reflections in Comparative Perspective

pp 141-152

10 - Right-Wing Extremism and Right-Wing Populism: Conceptual Foundations

pp 153-158

11 - Renaissance of the New Right in Germany? A Discussion of New Right Elements in German Right-Wing Extremism Today

pp 159-180

Bibliography

pp 181-206

List of First Publications

pp 207-208

Index

pp 209-221