The right of resistance against state power played a central role in the genesis and justification of the late eighteenth century constitutional state. The German philosophical tradition, however, had great difficulty to accept this, while the liberal and social revolutionary movements of the nineteenth century led to new constellations in the dispute. In the first half of the twentieth century, the right of resistance was claimed both by the propagandists of totalitarian movements and those who fought against them. Today, other forms of civil disobedience and illegal protest raise new questions of justification. The volume provides a discussion of the theoretical debate and its role in history with contributions from the perspective of philosophy, history, political science, and law.
The right of resistance against state power played a central role in the genesis and justification of the late eighteenth century constitutional state. The German philosophical tradition, however, had great difficulty to accept this, while the liberal and social revolutionary movements of the nineteenth century led to new constellations in the dispute. In the first half of the twentieth century, the right of resistance was claimed both by the propagandists of totalitarian movements and those who fought against them. Today, other forms of civil disobedience and illegal protest raise new questions of justification. The volume provides a discussion of the theoretical debate and its role in history with contributions from the perspective of philosophy, history, political science, and law.
Table of contents:
I. Widerstand: Formen, Begriffe, NormenBernd Ladwig: Ziviler Ungehorsam und Widerstand. Begriffe und Begründungen politischer Regelverletzungen im demokratischen Rechtsstaat -
Robin Celikates: »The question is not about the weapon, but the spirit in which you use it«. Thoreau, Arendt und die Gegenüberstellung von zivilem Ungehorsam und gewaltsamem Widerstand -
Fabian Wittreck: Verfassungsrechtliche Fragen des Widerstandsrechts heute
II. Philosophische Begründung und KritikDean Moyar: Recht gegen Recht: Widerspruch, Kollision, und Revolution -
Ludwig Siep: Widerstand zwischen Vernunftstaat und Rechtsstaat -
Nadine Mooren: Das Widerstandsrecht als Grenzfall des Rechts. John Austins Lectures on Jurisprudence von 1832 -
David P. Schweikard: Gemeinwohl, Bürgerpflicht und Widerstand - Eine Argumentationsfigur der Politischen Philosophie des Britischen Idealismus
III. Rechtfertigungsdiskurse und Politisches HandelnSabine Freitag: Um des Volkes Willen. Protest und Widerstand in den Rechtfertigungsnarrativen oppositioneller Demokraten in Vormärz und Revolution von 1848/49
- Georg Eckert: Der unwiderstehliche Weltgeist: Herausforderungen des Widerstandsrechts zwischen Wiener Kongress und Reichsgründung -
Hella Mandt: Widerstandsrecht und Fortschrittsdenken (Nachdruck)
