Leviathan - Berlin journal for social science
| Leviathan - Berlin journal for social science
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| description | German trade journal |
| publishing company | Nomos publishing house |
| First edition | 1973 |
| Frequency of publication | quarterly |
| Web link | leviathan.nomos.de |
| ISSN (print) | 0340-0425 |
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Leviathan - Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft (subtitle before issue 2/2005: Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft ) is a quarterly publication founded in 1973 by the Berlin Social Science Center together with the Free University of Berlin , the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Hertie School of Governance is issued. It was published by Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften up to and including 2011, and has been published by Nomos Verlag since 2012 .
The founding editors included Wolf-Dieter Narr , Claus Offe and Dieter Senghaas as well as Claus Koch .
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The name goes back to Thomas Hobbes ' well-known state-philosophical writing Leviathan , in which he grants the state almost unrestricted power over its citizens.
The magazine sees it as its task to shed light on the interplay between bourgeois life and rule, individualism and state coercion, peace and the threat of war . The target group is in particular scientists and students of social science disciplines such as political science , sociology and economics , but also other interested parties.
Web links
- Website of the publisher of Leviathan
- Website of the Leviathan at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)