Uwe Backes
German political scientist
About Uwe Backes
Born 1960. Uwe Backes is a German political scientist, university teacher and non-fiction writer.
Uwe Backes (born 2 February 1960 in Greimerath) is a German political scientist and specialist in political extremism. He is a professor at the Technical University Dresden and together with Eckhard Jesse the editor of the and . Backes is an adherent of the classical German theory of extremism that postulates that the extreme right and the extreme left have much in common in their opposition to liberty and democracy.
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German political scientist
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Uwe Backes was born on 2 February 1960 in Greimerath.
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Uwe Backes is a political scientist, university teacher and non-fiction writer.
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Uwe Backes is German.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Uwe Backes. https://biography.guide/uwe-backes/
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