Prof. Dr. Gábor Gángó publishes new volume of the series "Natural Law of the Early Modern Period: Studies & Sources" with current research results on the topic "Early Modern Natural Law in East-Central Europe"

Which works and tenets of early modern natural law reached East-Central Europe, and how? How was it received, what influence did it have? And how did theorists and users of natural law in East-Central Europe enrich the pan-European discourse? This volume, which is based on a workshop held by the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt is pioneering in two ways; it draws the east of the Empire and its borderlands into the study of natural law, and it adds natural law to the practical discourse of this region.

Thereby, the contributors, including Péter Balázs, Ivo Cerman, Karin Friedrich, Gábor Gángó, Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Knud Haakonssen, Steffen Huber, Borbála Lovas, Martin P. Schennach and József Simon, draw on a large amount of previously neglected printed or handwritten sources.

Prof. Dr. Gángó is an associate fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt and a research advisor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Research Centre for the Humanities in Budapest. He is member of the Research Unit for Early-Modern Natural Law which is jointly run by the Max-Weber-Kolleg and the Gotha Research Centre. The focus of his research is on early modern intellectual history and East-Central European cultural and philosophical history from 17th century natural law to 20th century cultural modernity.

The publication was already released as an e-book by Brill at the end of April 2023.

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