Peter J. Opitz

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Peter Joachim Opitz (born November 19, 1937 in Brieg ) is a professor emeritus for political science at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich .

Opitz is the editor of numerous works by and about Eric Voegelin . He heads the Eric Voegelin Archive at the University of Munich. In his publications he has dealt with the history of political ideas, international relations and, above all, the history and present of China.

In 1989 Peter J. Opitz was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . He lives in Wolfratshausen .

Publications

Monographs

  • China's foreign policy. Ideological principles, strategic concepts (= texts and theses. Politics. Volume 89). Edition Interfrom, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7201-5089-5 .
  • The way of heaven. On the spirit and shape of political philosophy in classical China (= On the spirit and shape of political thought in ancient China. ) Fink, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7705-3380-1 .
  • Human rights and international human rights protection in the 20th century (= UTB for science. 8211). Fink, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7705-3468-9 .

Editorships

  • China's great change. Revolutionary movements in the 19th and 20th centuries (= Beck's black series. Volume 87). Beck, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-406-02487-4 .
  • The sons of the dragon. China's Path from Confucianism to Communism. List, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-471-66562-5 .
  • The United Nations. History, structure, perspectives (= basic information on politics G: basic information on politics 5, ZDB ID 2244495-6 ). Bavarian State Center for Political Education, Munich 1995.
  • The global march. Flight and migration as a world problem (= Beck series. Volume 1210). Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42010-9 .
  • Basic problems in developing regions. The south on the threshold of the 21st century (= Beck'sche Reihe. Volume 1230). Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42030-3 .
  • World problems in the 21st century (= UTB. 2209). Fink, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7705-3546-4 .
  • Belief and knowledge. The correspondence between Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss between 1934 and 1964. Fink, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7705-4967-2 .
  • with Dietmar Herz : Eric Voegelin: Order and History. 10 volumes, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 2001–2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ How a ruin became a gem. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 18, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Opitz, Peter J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Opitz, Peter Joachim (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Brieg