Klaus von Beyme is a distinguished German political scientist and recipient of the Mattei Dogan Award of Political Science (2012). In honour of his 80th birthday this book addresses political culture, cultural policy, art and politics. The first part on transformation theory analyses: "Historical Memories in Political Theories", "Historical Memory in Nation-Building and the Building of Ethnic Subsystems", "The Concept of Totalitarianism - A Reassessment...