Tilo Schabert is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Erlangen, Germany. His research focuses on political theory and the history of political ideas, among other areas. His publications include Boston Politics: The Creativity of Power (1989), The Second Birth: On the Political Beginnings of Human Existence (2015), The Figure of Modernity: On the Irregularity of an Epoch (2020), and France and the Reunification of Germany: Leadership in the Workshop of World Politics (2021).