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What explains differing levels of support for democracy in postauthoritarian countries? Do young people value democracy simply because they have grown up with it? Or do older generations, having experienced the alternative, value democracy more highly? Does the socialization of new generations into the norms of democratic citizenship herald the normalization of democratic governance? Or have frustrations with political corruption and economic stagnation led to the rejection of democracy or, at a minimum, the view that it is irrelevant?These questions are at the heart of this groundbreaking...

In this biography -- translated for the first time into English -- German theologian Oswald Bayer describes the life and work of journalist-theologian Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788). At a time when it seemed that the forces of secularization were attempting to claim the future, Hamann churned out small publications aimed at undermining the Enlightenment zeitgeist, turning its assumptions upside down and skewering its pretensions. Although largely forgotten until recent times, Hamann as radical dissenter -- whom Goethe called the -brightest man of his age- -- remains relevant today, as Bayer...

Dass es um die Menschenrechte schlecht steht, gilt rur viele Teile der Welt. Fur die hier behan delte Staatengruppe, die einen weiten, vielgestaltigen Raum vom marokkanischen Atlasgebirge bis zum zentralasiatischen Altai umfasst, kann man die Diagnose stellen, dass dort nirgendwo die l Menschenrechte, wie sie in der Erklarung der Vereinten Nationen von 1948 niedergelegt sind, wirklich allgemeine Anerkennung finden. In diesem Beitrag konnen nicht die Menschenrechtsver 2 letzungen in jedem einzelnen Land des Berichtsraums systematisch dargestellt werden, es kann hier vielmehr nur um die...