Berliner Debatte Initial
Sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliches Journal
The topics covered in the Berliner Debatte Initial range from research into transformation and Eastern Europe, which comprised its focus in the 1990s, to questions relating to the history of ideas, philosophy, social theory, and cultural sociology, to current socio-political debates and issues concerning the zeitgeist. The journal is aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary readership with the intention of critically reflecting on the socio-economic, political and cultural processes of change in Germany, Europe, and the world and initiating public debates about them.
Each issue is dedicated to a topic related to one of its focal areas and also contains a general section with additional articles as well as discussions and reviews.
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Editorial office
Thomas Müller (editor-in-chief)
Ulrich Busch
Wolf-Dietrich Junghanns
Thomas Möbius
Gregor Ritschel
Daniel Watermann
Matthias Weinhold
Johanna Wischner
Advisory board
Robert Feustel
Wladislaw Hedeler
Heinrich Kirschbaum
Sandra Koch
Raj Kollmorgen
Christoph Michael
Dieter Segert
Robert Stock
Udo Tietz
Berliner Debatte Initial
General information
ISSN 0863-4564 (print)
ISSN 2941-3230 (online)
Founded: 1990
Publication frequency: quarterly
Size: 16 x 23 cm
Annual number of pages: ca. 576
Languages: German
Review section: Yes
Validation: peer review
First volumes published under the title Initial. Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft
Databases covering Berliner Debatte Initial:
- Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus
- Article first
- Ulrichs web
- Google Scholar
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