caption birth_place awards nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
münkler at the leipzig book fair 2009 friedberg , hesse , west germany leipzig book fair prize 2009 german 15 august 1951 herfried münkler 2009.jpg herfried münkler
 herfried münkler political scientist
herfried münkler

herfried münkler -lrb- born august 15 , 1951 -rrb- is a german political scientist .
he is a professor of political theory at humboldt university in berlin .
münkler is a regular commentator on global affairs in the german-language media and author of numerous books on the history of political ideas -lrb- german : `` ideengeschichte '' -rrb- , on state-building and on the theory of war , such as `` machiavelli '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- , `` gewalt und ordnung '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , `` the new wars '' -lrb- orig .
2002 -rrb- and `` empires : the logic of world domination from ancient rome to the united states '' -lrb- orig .
2005 -rrb- .
in 2009 münkler was awarded the leipzig book fair prize in the category `` non-fiction '' for `` die deutschen und ihre mythen '' -lrb- engl .
`` the germans and their myths '' -rrb- .
