He has published on subjects including political theology, Leo Strauss and Carl Schmitt.
As a young man, Meier was engaged in radical politics as a nationalist and as a socialist, but became disillusioned with both ideologies.
[2] Meier argues that political theology is at the centre of Schmitt's work and that his influence on Strauss was considerable.
[5] The book argues that Strauss' main concern was never politics, but the conflict between reason and revelation.
[6] From 1985 to 2022, Meier was the managing director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation.