The Modern State and Its Enemies: Democracy, Nationalism and Antisemitism

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A consideration of the historical intellectual developments that provided the fundamentals of the modern state

The Modern State and Its Enemies considers the historical intellectual developments that provided the fundamentals of the modern state and analyses the dark sides of the enemies of democracy.

'The ten chapters and a framing introduction [of this book] do exactly what the title promises: provide an incisive analysis of modern statehood particularly in western Europe and the implacably opposed ideologies, groups and individuals that threaten contemporary liberal democracy. Excellent and of direct interest to theorists of liberalism, those engaged with the praxis of democracy, and all concerned with good governance and its impediments." Matthew Feldman, Director, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, Great Britain

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The ten chapters and a framing introduction [of this book] do exactly what the title promises: [provide] an incisive analysis of modern statehoodparticularly in western Europeand the implacably opposed ideologies, groups and individuals that threaten contemporary liberal democracy. [] Excellent and of direct interest to theorists of liberalism, those engaged with the praxis of democracy, and all concerned with good governance and its impediments.
Matthew Feldman, Director, Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right, Great Britain

Author Bio

Samuel Salzborn is adjunct professor for political science at the Institute for Political Science, University Giessen, Germany, and visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democratic Cultures and Politics, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.