Marc Buggeln
Marc Buggeln
Marc Buggeln is Professor for Regional Modern History und Public History at Flensburg University and Director of the Research Centre for Regional Modern History and Public History (Schleswig). His book Das Versprechen der Gleichheit was awarded the Carl-Erdmann-Preis 2021 by the German Association of Historians.
Marc Buggeln is Professor for Regional Modern History und Public History at Flensburg University and Director of the Research Centre for Regional Modern History and Public History (Schleswig). His book Das Versprechen der Gleichheit was awarded the Carl-Erdmann-Preis 2021 by the German Association of Historians.
Awards (selection)
Carl-Erdmann-Preis 2021 for Das Versprechen der Gleichheit
Carl-Erdmann-Preis 2021 for Das Versprechen der Gleichheit
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2022
Marc BuggelnYear of Publication: 2022
The Promise of Equality
The suffering of the industrial labour force in the 19th century increased the demand for social justice and fanned the fear of a revolution. As a result, Prussia was the first major power in Europe to introduce progressive personal income tax. With it began the revolution of equality and the transition to social-liberal governmentality, which did prove to be successful. With that, the growing...