German Society for Research into Political Thought

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German Society for Research into Political Thought
(DGEPD)
purpose Scientific Society
Chair: Peter Nitschke
Establishment date: 1989
Number of members: 170+
Seat : Vechta
Website: www.dgepd.de

The German Society for the Study of Political thinking e.V. (DGEPD) is an interdisciplinary oriented scientific society dedicated to the study of the foundations of political action and answering on current political issues.

purpose

Self-image

A guiding principle of society, in which representatives of political science , philosophy , law and history , economics and sociology have come together, is the view that the theory of politics cannot do without any of these disciplines and their respective methods. Interdisciplinarity is thus understood as a prerequisite for scientific support and advice for practical policy , which are also two of the tasks that the DGEPD has set itself. For this reason, the cooperation of representatives from all disciplines who can and want to make a contribution to the understanding of politics is expressly desired.

aims

In addition to the fundamental endeavor to research political thought in all its social manifestations, with the purpose of a better understanding of politics and in particular to answer the questions that arise in public debates, the DGEPD is committed to promoting mutual understanding of different political cultures set a goal. This also means trying to make the German political discourse in neighboring European countries and on the other side of the Atlantic easier to understand.

In accordance with its objective, an important focus of the work of the DGEPD is dealing with the experiences of political injustice that German and other European societies have suffered in the recent past and continue to deal with, which is why the analysis and assessment of the National Socialist tyranny and the political crimes in the name of Marxism-Leninism represent recurring issues in society.

Functions

At the end of 2019, Peter Nitschke was elected as the current DGEPD chairman. The chair was previously held by Clemens Kauffmann , who took over this position from Barbara Zehnpfennig in 2015 . His deputy in the office of chairman is Frank-Lothar Kroll . The company's business has been managed by Martin Schwarz as its secretary, who took over the office from Peter Nitschke, since the end of 2019. The company also has an advisory board to which Otto Dann , Volker Gerhardt , Peter Koller , Henning Ottmann , Joachim Rückert , Martyn P. Thompson and (since 2015) Barbara Zehnpfennig belong.

activities

General

The goals are essentially achieved through the organization of public scientific conferences , personal networking within and between the disciplines, cooperation with other scientific organizations and finally the publication of a separate periodical, the Political Thinking Yearbook . The society has held annual meetings since 1989.

Recent events (selection)

In recent years, the company has met on the following topics, among others:

  • »Narrative Forms of Political Thinking« (Munich, 2012), in cooperation with the Department of Political Science at the Technical University of Munich .
  • “The process of civilizations: 20 years after Huntington's disease” (Vechta, 2013).
  • »Political Resistance« (Passau, 2014), in cooperation with the Andrássy University Budapest .
  • »Thinking Europe« (Tutzing, 2015), in cooperation with the Academy for Political Education Tutzing .
  • »World Turning 1917 - Russia, Europe and the Bolshevik Revolution« ( Herrnhut , 2017), in cooperation with the Technical University of Chemnitz , the Herrnhut Academy for Political and Cultural Education and other partners
  • "Democracy and its enemies" ( Stapelfeld , 2019), in cooperation with the Catholic Academy in Stapelfeld

Cooperations

In 2014, on the initiative of Julian Nida-Rümelin and Barbara Zehnpfennig , the DGEPD and the German Society for Philosophy set up the “Research Working Group on Political Philosophy and Political Theory” to examine the sub-discipline of political philosophy and political theory in terms of its importance and role within the Political science, e.g. B. through the organization of workshops or conferences.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Self-image and goals of the DGEPD
  2. ↑ a b c Prof. Dr. Peter Nitschke and Dr. Martin Schwarz on the board of the German Society for Research into Political Thought. In: www.uni-vechta.de. December 12, 2019, accessed January 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Antonia Sophia Podhraski: Weltenwende 1917 - Russia, Europe and the Bolshevik Revolution. In: www.hsozkult.de. February 1, 2018, accessed January 18, 2020 .
  4. ^ Research group for political philosophy. In: dgphil.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .