Des Lebens Überfluß

Karl Loewenstein (1891-1973) was one of the most important emigrants in legal and political science. Fifty years after his death, his memoirs have now been edited and appear in this volume, where they portray both German and American history: the collapsing monarchy, the conflicts in the Weimar Republic, an academic career amid the difficulties of emigrating to the USA, the switch from law to political science, his work in the American military government after 1945, and the reconstruction of the German Federal Republic. Loewenstein's analyses and accurate judgements allow a view of the history of the twentieth century from the perspective of a democrat and theorist of pluralism. Here speaks the »other Germany«, whose path through life was lined by many greats, including Max Weber, Lujo Brentano, Thomas Mann, Lucius D. Clay, and Theodor Heuss.