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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Intellectual Focus of This Book -- 2.1 Niebuhr Interpretations Placed in a Current Political Context -- 2.2 Post-democratic Elitism Versus Reactionary Populism -- 2.3 Unsolved Democracy Deficits in Integration Processes -- 2.4 The Instability of Existing Nation-States as a Problem of Global Politics -- 2.5 Challenges for Individuals and Social Systems -- 2.6 Why Do Many Politicians Rediscover Niebuhr Now? -- 3 The Structure of the Book -- 4 Niebuhr and His Role as a Foreign Relations Expert -- 5 Some Bibliographical Remarks -- 6 Final Thoughts -- References -- Teil I Part I -- 2 The Art of Living Together: The Relationship Between Individual and Society in Reinhold Niebuhr's Political Thought -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Human Nature and Political Theory -- 3 The Individual and the Community -- 4 Power, Coercion and Ideology: The Structure of States -- 5 The (Im)morality of Nations and the Global Reform -- 6 Conclusion: 'through a Glass Darkly' -- References -- 3 How Niebuhr's Interpretation of Martin Luther, Karl Barth and Calvinism Influenced His Understanding of the State -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Political Realism and the Accusations of the Representation of a Dualistic Ethic -- 3 The Importance of the Two-Kingdoms Doctrine (TKD) -- 3.1 A Sketch of the TKD -- 3.2 Luther as a Driver of Liberal and Social Forces -- 4 Niebuhr's Luther Interpretation -- 5 Criticism Concerning Niebuhr's Luther Interpretation -- 6 Niebuhr's Long-Lasting Dispute with Swiss Theologian Karl Barth -- 6.1 Karl Barth's Understanding of the State -- 7 Niebuhr's Activist Understanding of the State -- 7.1 Niebuhr's Stance Against Social Engineering -- 8 Summary: Niebuhr's Misreadings as Productive Force.

US-Präsident Barack Obama bezeichnet den US-Theologen Reinhold Niebuhr als seinen Lieblingsphilosophen. Weitere amerikanische Führungspersönlichkeiten wie Hillary Clinton, John McCain oder Jimmy Carter berufen sich in ihren Schriften auf das Denken Niebuhrs. Im deutschsprachigen Raum gibt es dennoch keine umfassende Darstellung des Werkes dieses einflussreichen Predigers, Präsidentenberaters und Publizisten. Die Arbeit möchte diese als schmerzlich empfundene Lakuna füllen. Niebuhrs Anthropologie wird ebenso dargestellt wie die Wirksamkeit seiner außenpolitischen Analysen. Dazu werden noch unbekannte Facetten Niebuhrs als Unterstützer deutscher Exilanten im Widerstand gegen das Dritte Reich hervorgehoben. Sein Christlicher Realismus stellt Bausteine zur Konstruktion einer realistischen Sozialethik bereit. Das Buch richtet sich an Politikwissenschaftler, Theologen, Pädagogen und Historiker. / Reinhold Niebuhr belongs to the greatest American intellectuals of the 20th century. U.S. President Obama called him his »favorite philosopher«. However, Niebuhr's thinking is quite neglected in the German-speaking intellectual sphere. This book intends to fill this lacuna. After an introduction of his Christian Realism it is shown that Niebuhr intensively supported different German socialist resistance groups against the Third Reich inside the United States. Furthermore, his influence on international theory and foreign policy analysis is reconstructed and evaluated in the context of current political developments