Heinrich Busshoff

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Heinrich Bußhoff (born March 4, 1936 in Rhede ) is a political scientist and works at the chair for political science at the University of Würzburg .

Life

Bußhoff received his doctorate in 1964 and qualified as a professor in 1970. Since 1972 he was a professor in Würzburg.

Research priorities

Heinrich Bußhoff's main research areas are

In his work on a sufficiently theoretical foundation of political science, especially with regard to the question of methodology and the theory of science, Heinrich Bußhoff focuses on the relationship between theory formation and political practice. He explains this relationship in his 1978 book " Methodology of Political Science ". Heinrich Bußhoff tries to clarify the theoretical foundations of the discipline in order to present the possibilities of this science in relation to its importance for politics and society, and thus to establish it more clearly in the circle of other scientific disciplines.

In order to explain how and as what political science can see itself, Heinrich Bußhoff presents the reciprocal relationship between political science and politics, taking into account the influences of and on society. Political science is dependent on politics because it does not is able to conduct his own experiments . For this it needs politics and a society that is open to political changes and also allows them. Heinrich Bußhoff justifies the dependence of politics on political science with the necessity of politics to reflect on its political decisions in order to be able to control future developments.

Since political progress is initially always theoretical, it is necessary for politics to leave this to its own performance system. In this way, politics can have its “theoretical” self-image checked on the basis of the state of knowledge of political science and its knowledge processes. Through this mutual dependency, political science as an " orientation science" can strengthen the "theoretical" self-confidence of politics, while political science can assert itself "theoretically" through this interrelationship and thus clearly delimit it from the " standardized sciences" through its own knowledge problems and methodology as a scientific discipline is. Political science, according to Heinrich Bußhoff, has to be understood as “constructive orientational science”.

Heinrich Bußhoff deepens this relationship between scientific theory and political practice in his book “ Complementarity and Politics to an Interdisciplinary Oriented Grounding of Political and Political Science ” as a prerequisite for the formation and applicability of political science theories. By defining the basic theory of political science as a combination of “ interdisciplinarity ” and “disciplinarity”, it should be viewed as a “social-scientific theory of the political”, the central question of which is directed towards “ politicity ”, i. H. on what is processed through politics. The formation of political science theories is only possible when politics becomes self-themed. According to Bußhoff, the decisive difference between the formation of political and political science theories lies in the fact that political theory consists of the actors' interests in action, while the subject of this interest in action according to scientific criteria forms the content of political science theory. This difference gives rise to the various factors on which the existence of a theories depends. A political theory needs the acceptance of the actors - a political science theory that of the “scientific community”.

The mutual acceptance of both theories, both political and political science, is essential for the mutual exploitation of theories. In his opinion, the consequences for the formation and applicability of political science theories must be drawn from this relationship.

Works

  • The Dollfuss regime in Austria as a problem of intellectual history with special consideration of the “more beautiful future” and the “Reichspost”. From the middle of 1929 until the "Fatherland Front" was founded . Diss. Würzburg 1964.
  • Political Science and Education. Studies on the relationship between politics and education. (Contributions to Political Science; Vol. 4) . Duncker & Humblot. Berlin 1968.
  • The Dollfuss regime in Austria from an intellectual historical perspective with special consideration of the “more beautiful future” and “Reichspost”. (Contributions to Political Science; Vol. 6) . Duncker & Humblot. Berlin 1968.
  • A theory of political identity . West German publishing house. Opladen 1970.
  • To a theory of political style . Hain Publishing House. Meisenheim am Glan 1972.
  • Systems theory as the theory of politics. A Study of Political Theory as a Fundamental Discipline in Political Science . (UTB 467). Publisher documentation. Pullach near Munich 1975.
  • Critical Rationality and Politics. An introduction to the philosophy of politics and the science of political science . (UTB 623). Publisher documentation. Pullach near Munich 1976.
  • Political Science Methodology . Klett publishing house. Stuttgart 1978.
  • Racionalidad critica y política . Alfa Argentina.SA Buenos Aires 1980.
  • The political code. Social evolution and political control . Velcro cotta. Stuttgart 1980.
  • Political Science and the Problem of Freedom . Alber publishing house. Freiburg im Breisgau 1983.
  • Political science theory formation. Fundamentals and Procedures . (Böhlau Politica; 7). Böhlau. Cologne 1984.
  • Applicability of political science theories . (Böhlau Politica; 8). Böhlau. Cologne 1987.
  • Complementarity and politics. On an interdisciplinary oriented justification of the political and political science . Königshausen & Neumann. Wuerzburg 1990.
  • As editor: Political Control. Controllability and controllability - contributions to the basic discussion . Nomos publishing company. Baden-Baden 1992. Electronic new edition 2001.
  • The political process. An attempt at control theory . (acta politica; 2). Königshausen & Neumann. Wuerzburg 1993.
  • Political legitimacy. Reflections on a problematic term . Ars Una. Neuried 1996.
  • Political reasoning. Reflections on a theory of argumentation in politics . Nomos publishing company. Baden-Baden 1997.
  • Political representation. Representativity as a condition and norm of politics . (Contours - studies on the reorientation of key political categories; 1). Nomos publishing company. Baden-Baden 1999.
  • Common good as a value and norm. On the culture of argumentation and communication in politics . (Contours - studies on the reorientation of key political categories; 3). Nomos publishing company. Baden-Baden 2001.
  • The temporality of politics. Politics as a Mechanism for the Temporization of Time . (Experience and thought; 92). Duncker & Humblot. Berlin 2003.
  • The political of politics. Politics as a mechanism for the politicization of the political . Nomos. Baden-Baden 2005

literature

  • Political Science Methodology . Klett-Verlag, Stuttgart 1978.
  • Complementarity and politics. On an interdisciplinary oriented justification of the political and political science . Königshausen & Neumann. Wuerzburg 1990.

Web links

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  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 20th edition, Saur, Munich Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-598-23612-3
personal data
SURNAME Busshoff, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Roadstead