Introduction 1. The Social and the Political 2. Derivations and Ideologies 3. Equilibrium and Dynamism 4. The “Few” and the “Many” 5. Sociology and Economism Conclusion: The Relevance and Limits of a Classic
Biography
Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research interests include political realism and elite theory, as well as democratic elitism, the crisis and transformation of contemporary Western democracies, populism, and Italian and German political thought at the turn of the twentieth century. He is the author of Rechtspopulismus, Nation und Territorium: AfD in Ost- und Westdeutschland, Lega in Nord- und Süditalien (2025), and editor of Robert Michels, L’ascesa del fascismo in Italia e altri scritti tedeschi (1919–1928) (2026).
