Klaus Roth (political scientist)

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Klaus Roth (* 1953 in Gemmrigheim ) is a German political scientist specializing in political theory and the history of ideas .

Life

Roth studied sociology, philosophy, political science and psychology at the Free University of Berlin until 1981. Roth researches and teaches as a professor at the Otto Suhr Institute (OSI) in the field of political theory and the history of ideas . He is considered a specialist in the genesis of the state .

Roth dedicated his doctorate in 1987 to Hegel's theory of the state . In 2002 , Roth completed his habilitation at OSI on the subject of “Genealogy of the State. Premises of modern political thinking ” . This comprehensive habilitation thesis, which traces the genesis of the state from early Judaism through antiquity and the Middle Ages to modern times , was described by Herfried Münkler in the FAZ as a "[true] foray into the history of the West ".

Klaus Roth had since 2006 a visiting professor of Political Ideas held on OSI, since the retirement of Gerhard Göhler had not been occupied. However, the visiting professorship was no longer extended for the 2009 summer semester. A student initiative demanded that Roth be offered a professorship again - with success. Since the summer semester 2010, Roth has been teaching at the Otto Suhr Institute again.

Fonts (selection)

  • Klaus Roth: Freedom and Institutions in Hegel's Political Philosophy . Schäuble, Rheinfelden, Freiburg, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-87718-624-6 . (Dissertation)
  • Klaus Roth: The institutionalization of freedom in Hegel's Jena writings . Schäuble, Rheinfelden, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-87718-578-9 .
  • Klaus Roth: Genealogy of the State. Premises of modern political thinking . Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11117-6 . (Habilitation thesis)
  • Klaus Roth and Bernd Ladwig : Right to Resist? History of ideas and philosophical perspectives. Universitäts-Verlag, Potsdam 2006, ISBN 3-937786-84-8 . Direct download: pdf

Festschrift

  • Philipp Mattern et al. (Ed.): Farewell to the untimely? Political history of ideas in conflict. Festschrift for Klaus Roth. Association of Democratic Scientists, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-939864-25-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roth Klaus (2011): Genealogy of the State. Premises of modern political thinking. Second, revised edition, Duncker & Humblot Berlin, text on the cover (back)
  2. ↑ The world spirit lets ask - FAZ book review on the genealogy of the state

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personal data
SURNAME Roth, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Gemmrigheim , Ludwigsburg district , Baden-Württemberg