Learning from Franz L. Neumann

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Law, Theory, and the Brute Facts of Political Life

By Thomas Wheatland and David Kettler

Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology

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Learning from Franz L. Neumann explores the social and political theories of Franz Neumann within the framework of his extensive career as a learner, teacher, and practitioner. Highlighting his background as a labour lawyer during the Weimar Republic and his 21 years of exile post-1933, the book examines Neumann's efforts to understand the failures of supposed social progress and his quest to formulate a renewed concept of democracy as a means for social change.
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This book is ideal for scholars and students of political theory, history, and law, as well as readers interested in the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and the evolution of democratic thought.

"Learning from Franz Neumann" examines the political and legal thought of Franz Neumann in relation to the contemporary decline of the social welfare state and the rise of populism.

An examination of Franz Neumann’s social and political theory in the context of his career as a learner and teacher

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An examination of Franz Neumann's social and political theory in the context of his career as a learner and teacher.

A labour lawyer and publicist of weight in the Weimar Republic, Franz Neumann devoted his 21-year exile, after 1933, to understanding the failure of arrangements supposed to be in the line of social progress. He sought to delineate a new conception of democracy as a vehicle of social change. Learning from Franz L. Neumann examines Neumann's social and political theory in the context of his career as a practitioner, learner, and teacher.

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Praised by experts, this work draws on new sources to trace Neumann's intellectual journey and political roles, including his enigmatic stint as a Soviet informant during World War II. Martin Jay calls it a "rich and insightful study" rewarding scholarly patience, while John P. McCormick hails it as "a meticulous and majestic account" essential for understanding key historical periods and Neumann's writings on law and democracy.

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ISBN: 9781783089970

Publisher: Anthem Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Anthem Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 510

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About the Author

David Kettler immigrated to the United States in 1940. Following an advanced education in political theory at Columbia University, his long academic career has been divided among Ohio State, Trent University and Bard College. He has published 18 books as author or editor and many articles and chapters focusing on problems arising from the relations between intellectuals and the political sphere.

Thomas Wheatland, who received his BA from Brown University and his MA and PhD from Boston College in German intellectual history, is associate professor of history at Assumption College in Worcester, USA. The author of The Frankfurt School in Exile (2009), he has also written numerous articles and book chapters on critical theory and its history, the exiles from Central Europe during the Second World War and the transatlantic history of social thought in the twentieth century.

Learning from Franz L. Neumann