Behemoth - A Journal on Civilization
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| description | German trade journal |
| Area of Expertise | Social sciences and humanities |
| language | German English |
| publishing company | Library of the University of Freiburg (Germany) |
| First edition | April 2008 |
| Frequency of publication | half-yearly |
| editor | Natascha Adamowsky , Ulrich Bröckling , Wolfgang Fach, Rebecca Pates, Ralf Poscher |
| Web link | ub.uni-freiburg.de |
| ISSN (online) | 1866-2447 |
Behemoth - A Journal on Civilization is a scientific e-journal founded in 2008 . From 2011 to the end of 2013 the magazine was published by Walter de Gruyter . Since 2014, it has been published via the Open Journal System (OJS) of the Freiburg University Library in cooperation with the Center for Security and Society of the University of Freiburg. The title is based on the state theory font Behemoth of Thomas Hobbes on.
The magazine's own description is:
“The e-journal 'Behemoth' focuses on the general problem of the fading and / or failing state. It aims to discuss notions of risk and order within societies where state institutions gradually lose or have already lost their integrative power. The journal is a forum for discussion of the approaches appropriate to analyze these new, contingent and sometimes even precarious regimes of (dis) order. "
Behemoth is available free of charge as an open access journal and can be downloaded from the journal's website.
Web links
- Website of the magazine.
- The journal ( memento of December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of Walter de Gruyter Verlag.