Helmut König (political scientist)
Helmut König (born March 27, 1950 in Eslohe (Sauerland) ) is a German political scientist and was a university professor at the Institute for Political Science at RWTH Aachen University from 1994 to July 2017 .
König studied political science, history and philosophy in Munich and Berlin , where he received his doctorate . His research focuses on political philosophy , National Socialism and coming to terms with the past .
König has been co-editor of the social science journal Leviathan since 1989 .
Publications (selection)
- Civilization and passions. The mass in the bourgeois age . Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1992, ISBN 978-3-499-55513-8 .
- The future of the past. National Socialism in the Political Consciousness of the Federal Republic. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-15715-0 .
- Politics and Memory . Velbrück Wissenschaft, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938808-50-4 .
- Elements of anti-Semitism. Comments and interpretations on a chapter of the Dialectic of the Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno . Velbrück Wissenschaft, 2016, ISBN 978-3-95832-095-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut König in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. em. Dr. Helmut König. Institute for Political Science RWTH Aachen University, accessed on April 18, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eslohe (Sauerland) |