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Conceptual Confusion is Not Always a Bad Thing – The Curious Case of European Radical Right Studies

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Over the course of many years, as a teacher, scholar, and friend, Ruth Zimmerling has impressed on me the importance of precisely defining one’s concepts. After all, if there is no agreement on the intension and extension of a concept, it is impossible “to assess the truth or falsity or, more generally, the correctness or incorrectness, of propositions, hypotheses or theories” (Zimmerling 2005: 15). The statement is almost self-evident: Without precisely defined concepts, the whole endeavour of science becomes pointless, and scholarly discourses are bound to turn into dialogues of the deaf.

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    Kai Arzheimer

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    Jürgen Sirsch

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Arzheimer, K. (2019). Conceptual Confusion is Not Always a Bad Thing – The Curious Case of European Radical Right Studies. In: Marker, K., Schmitt, A., Sirsch, J. (eds) Demokratie und Entscheidung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24529-0_3

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