Herfried Münkler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Herfried Münkler

German political scientist

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1951

Place of Birth: Friedberg, Hesse, Germany

Profession: political scientist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Herfried Münkler (born August 15, 1951) is a German political scientist.
He is a Professor of Political Theory at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Münkler is a regular commentator on global affairs in the German-language media and author of numerous books on the history of political ideas (German: Ideengeschichte), on state-building and on the theory of war, such as "Machiavelli" (1982), "Gewalt und Ordnung" (1992), "The New Wars" (orig.
2002) and "Empires: The Logic of World Domination from Ancient Rome to the United States" (orig.
2005).
In 2009 Münkler was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in the category "Non-fiction" for Die Deutschen und ihre Mythen (engl.
"the Germans and their myths").