Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte
Heft XX/2, Sommer 2026
[Journal for the History of Ideas, Issue XX/2, Summer 2026]

Türhüter, ed. by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Martin Mulsow, and Stephan Schlak
C.H. Beck, Munich 2026, 128 pages
978-3-406-84368-6

In February 2006, the Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte (Journal for the History of Ideas) was launched with an issueon “Old Hats.” At a time when new ideas were in particularly high demand, this was intended as a programmatic statement. Only those who know the old ideas can recognize the new ones. Only those who are familiar with old ideas can appreciate new ones. Some old ideas, viewed from a new perspective, can still surprise us today. Twenty years later, we have gained experience through numerous wars and crises. Ideas are once again being waved like flags in a new friend-or-foe mindset. Old issues have become political causes. In light of the expansion of the battle zone, the history of ideas is gaining unexpected relevance. This concept has proven its worth. The three editors, along with the archives and institutions they headed, have grown in number to seven, and the number of readers is steadily increasing.

 

Table of Contents

  • Zum Thema
    Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Martin Mulsow und Stephan Schlak

Türhüter

  • »Eigentlich kann jeder rein«
    Constantin de Beauclair
  • Wie Petrus einmal dem Papst den Zugang zum Himmel verwehrte
    Günther Wassilowsky
  • Schlüsselgewalt
    Daniel Jütte
  • Feindselige Fragen, verschwundene Türen
    Christopher S. Wood
  • Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsches harte Tür
    Helmut Heit
  • Gatekeeper Demokratie
    Jan Werner Müller
  • Bitte zu Schalter 2
    Pascale Cancik
  • Frau Baumann
    Ralph Bollmann
  • Willkommen in der Festung Europa
    Stefen Mau

Essay

  • Caterby oder Das Paradox des Türhüters
    Leonhard Horowski

Archiv

  • Schwellen der Entmutigung. Rechtshistorische Anmerkungen zu Kafkas Türhüter-Parabel
    Tobias Schenk

Denkbild

  • Überraschungsbesuch im Hades
    Luca Giuliani

Konzept & Kritik

  • DAS KOMMT UNS NICHT INS HEFT!
    Hanna Engelmeier, Jürgen Kaube, Onur Erdur, Hedwig Richter, Peter Sloterdijk, Julia Voss, Eva Horn, Arjun Srivathsa, Florian Meinel, Sandra Richter, Ulrich Nolte, Barbara Thériault, Valentin Groebner, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Racha Kirakosian

 

The current editorial board of Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte (Journal for the History of Ideas) includes Peter Burschel (Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel), Ulrike Lorenz (Klassik Stiftung Weimar), Hermann Parzinger (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Sandra Richter (DLA – German Literature Archive in Marbach), Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), Gerhard Wolf (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut). Stephan Schlak is the managing editor.