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Essays on Montesquieu and the effect of his concept from the eighteenth century to this present day. Montesquieu (1689–1755) is thought of as some of the most very important thinkers of the Enlightenment. His Lettres persanes and L’Esprit des lois were learn through scholars and students in the course of the final centuries.

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Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit einem zunehmend wichtigeren Bereich der politischen Auseinandersetzung in Deutschland: der Religionspolitik. Nicht nur Demonstrationen mit religions- bzw. islamkritischem Inhalt, sondern auch vielfältige Themen politischer Entscheidung von der Religionsfreiheit und staatlichen Regulierung von faith bis hin zu Biopolitik, Sterbehilfe und Lebensschutz zeigen die Bedeutung religiöser wie auch säkular geprägter Positionen in öffentlichen Diskussionen und politischen Streitthemen.