Der gefräßige Leviathan

Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Zukunft des modernen Staates

By (author) Alexander Thiele

Book cover: Der gefräßige Leviathan

Extent: 398 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Law, Social Sciences 

Language: German

Paperback (Forthcoming)

(November 2026)

ISBN: 9783162010636

4.57 x 7.2 inches

Price: $44.00

In the second edition, Alexander Thiele refines his theses on the legitimacy and future of the modern state and engages with critiques of the concept of the denationalized constitutional state, whose continued relevance he sees confirmed by the global rise of right-wing populism.


The study has been comprehensively updated for its second edition. Alexander Thiele further refines his core theses on the legitimacy and future of the modern state and engages with critiques of the concept of the denationalized constitutional state. Yet, in light of the global rise of right-wing populism, he sees his analysis confirmed.

is Professor of Constitutional Theory and Public Law, in particular Constitutional and European Law, at the Faculty of Law of BSP Business and Law School in Berlin.

  • By (author) Alexander Thiele