{"id":13065,"date":"2021-10-28T14:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomos.de\/zeitschriften\/leviathan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:41:55","slug":"leviathan","status":"publish","type":"mediadata","link":"https:\/\/www.nomos.de\/en\/journals\/leviathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Leviathan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n    <h2 class=\"mediadata__anchor-headline\"><span id=\"about\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Leviathan<\/em><\/strong> is a journal committed to the idea of social scientific enlightenment and criticism. We publish current contributions in research and political, cultural, economic, philosophical, legal, and media-related debate. It is directed toward a wide audience in the fields of teaching and research, politics and administration, and journalism and media. Representing methodological, disciplinary and political pluralism, the magazine builds bridges between theory, empiricism and political practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Leviathan<\/em> <\/strong>is a peer-reviewed publication and is published by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzb.eu\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WZB<\/a>&nbsp;together with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fu-berlin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hu-berlin.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpifg.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max Planck Institut for the study of societies<\/a>, since March 2012 under the Nomos Verlag imprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editorial duties are in the hands of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzb.eu\/de\/personen\/eva-deitert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eva Deitert<\/a>, research fellow at the WZB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archival volumes of the journal are also available via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/journal\/leviathan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JSTOR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISSN Print 0340-0425 <br>ISSN Online 1861-8588 <br>Published quarterly<\/p>\n\n\n    <h2 class=\"mediadata__anchor-headline\"><span id=\"editors\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Editors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/anheier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helmut K. Anheier<\/a><br>Hertie School, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wzb.eu\/de\/personen\/reinhard-blomert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reinhard Blomert<\/a><br>Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oei.fu-berlin.de\/soziologie\/team\/bluhm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katharina Bluhm<\/a><br>FU Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwr-berlin.de\/hwr-berlin\/ueber-uns\/personen\/2428-stephan-broechler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephan Br\u00f6chler<\/a><br>Hochschule f\u00fcr Wirtschaft und Recht, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-freiburg.de\/personen\/broeckling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ulrich Br\u00f6ckling<\/a><br>Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\u00e4t, Freiburg, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture.hu-berlin.de\/de\/institut\/kollegium\/1683911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claudia Bruns<\/a><br>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ipk.uni-greifswald.de\/politikwissenschaft\/professor-dr-hubertus-buchstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hubertus Buchstein<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t Greifswald, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/csl.mpg.de\/de\/tatjana-hoernle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tatjana H\u00f6rnle<\/a><br>Max-Planck-Institut, Freiburg, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiwi-experimente.tu-berlin.de\/menue\/team\/prof_dr_dorothea_kuebler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dorothea K\u00fcbler<\/a><br>Technische Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/userpage.fu-berlin.de\/~ladwig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bernd Ladwig<\/a><br>Freie Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de\/polwiss\/forschung\/systeme\/ffu\/team\/lepenies_philipp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philipp Lepenies<\/a><br>Freie Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socium.uni-bremen.de\/ueber-das-socium\/mitglieder\/philip-manow\/de\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philip Manow&nbsp;<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t Bremen, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sowi.hu-berlin.de\/de\/lehrbereiche\/makro\/mitarbeiter\/Prof_Mau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steffen Mau<\/a><br>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socium.uni-bremen.de\/ueber-das-socium\/mitglieder\/frank-nullmeier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frank Nullmeier<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t Bremen, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soziologie.philhist.unibas.ch\/de\/personen\/axel-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axel Paul<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t Basel, Switzerland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-frankfurt.de\/44534817\/Saar_Martin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martin Saar&nbsp;<\/a><br>Goethe Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/evaconsult.de\/gemeinsame-geschaeftsfuehrung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dagmar Simon<\/a>&nbsp;<br>EVACONSULT, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de\/institut_ifs\/mitarbeitende_ifs\/tellmann_ifs\/index.de.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ute Tellmann<\/a><br>Technische Universit\u00e4t, Darmstadt, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpifg.de\/person\/wansleben-leon\/748242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leon Wansleben<\/a> <br>Max-Planck-Institut f\u00fcr Gesellschaftsforschung, K\u00f6ln, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wzb.eu\/de\/personen\/michael-zuern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Z\u00fcrn<\/a><br>Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <h2 class=\"mediadata__anchor-headline\"><span id=\"editorial-board\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>Editorial Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunstgeschichte.hu-berlin.de\/personen\/professorinnen\/horst-bredekamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horst Bredekamp<\/a><br>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politik.uni-osnabrueck.de\/RoCzada.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roland Czada<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soziologie.uni-tuebingen.de\/institut\/personen\/prof-dr-christoph-deutschmann.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christoph Deutschmann<\/a><br>Universit\u00e4t T\u00fcbingen, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hartmut H\u00e4usermann (\u2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ankehassel.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anke Hassel<\/a><br>Hertie School, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologie.hu-berlin.de\/de\/professuren\/s-professuren\/etp\/prof.-dr.-dr.-h.c.-hans-joas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hans Joas<\/a><br>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp\/?page_id=849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helmut K\u00f6nig<\/a><br>RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehrstuhl-moellers.de\/christoph-moellers\/werdegang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christoph M\u00f6llers<\/a><br>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Gertrud-Nunner-winkler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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