Umwelt und Weltgestaltung
Leibniz' politisches Denken in seiner Zeit
Andreas Bähr, Friedrich Beiderbeck, Guido Braun, Wolfgang Burgdorf, Irene Dingel, Heinz Duchhardt, Stefan Ehrenpreis, Markus Friedrich, Claire Gantet, Martin Gierl, Michael Kempe, Bernhard R. Kroener, Wenchao Li, Peter Nitschke, Michael North, Ludolf Pelizaeus, Agnieszka Pufelska, Christine Roll, Matthias Schnettger, Alexander Schunka, Heinhard Steiger, Gerd van den Heuvel, Stephan Waldhoff, Martin Wrede, Cornel Zwierlein
The contributions to this volume discuss Leibniz´ political thinking in the context of his writings. They provide insight into the legacy of this versatile thinker. The political writings of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz are concerned with the shape of Germany and Europe from a global perspective. The contributors to this volume use the historical context of his writings to present an independent profile of the “political” side of this great thinker on the threshold to the Enlightenment. They highlight his extremely diverse legacy, with thoughts on the how state and society would be structured in the future, on the advancement of science and on future lifestyles, and particularly on how different peoples and cultures could live side by side.