Uwe Backes (born 2 February 1960 in Greimerath) is a German political scientist and specialist in political extremism. He is a professor at the Technical University Dresden and together with Eckhard Jesse the editor of the Yearbook on Extremism and Democracy and Series on Extremism and Democracy. Backes is an adherent of the classical German theory of extremism (Extremismustheorie [1]) that postulates that the extreme right and the extreme left have much in common in their opposition to liberty and democracy.
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- German political scientists
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Academic staff of TU Dresden
- Academic staff of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
- Academic staff of Paris Nanterre University
- Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
- Academics and writers on far-right politics
- Terrorism theorists
- University of Trier alumni
Uwe Backes (born 2 February 1960 in Greimerath) is a German political scientist and specialist in political extremism. He is a professor at the Technical University Dresden and together with Eckhard Jesse the editor of the Yearbook on Extremism and Democracy and Series on Extremism and Democracy. Backes is an adherent of the classical German theory of extremism (Extremismustheorie [1]) that postulates that the extreme right and the extreme left have much in common in their opposition to liberty and democracy.
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"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
- German political scientists
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Academic staff of TU Dresden
- Academic staff of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
- Academic staff of Paris Nanterre University
- Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg
- Academics and writers on far-right politics
- Terrorism theorists
- University of Trier alumni