Raphael, Johannes
Dissertation topic:
"Nationalisms in the Discourse on Development Policy."
Contact address at the University of Würzburg:
Chair of Christian Social Ethics
Bibrastraße 14
97070 Würzburg
E-mail to Mr Raphael
First supervisor: Prof. Dr Michelle Becka
Second supervisors:
Class in the Graduate School: "Antiquity, History and Religion"
Doctorate in the Graduate School from WS 2025/26.
Abstract:
What role do nationalisms play in the development policy discourse and how can they be assessed in terms of justice and democracy theory? To address this question, the development policy discourse of the last twelve years in Germany will first be analysed. In doing so, the development of the significance of national interests and claims to priority in the discourse will be traced and their relationship to orientations towards global justice and international solidarity determined. Subsequently, a normative-ethical reflection will provide an evaluation based on the theory of justice and ask for insights into the ambivalent relationship between democracy, the nation state and nationalism.
