Anastasius Nordenholz

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Anastasius Nordenholz (born February 1, 1862 in Buenos Aires , Argentina , † September 21, 1953 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ) was a German-Argentine social Darwinist private scholar and large landowner .

biography

Nordenholz, whose family originally came from Bremen , was the son of the Prussian Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, Friedrich Wilhelm Nordenholz, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in Argentina. In 1888 he came to Berlin for training , where he graduated from high school and then studied law, economics and philosophy. In Berlin, Nordenholz was a member of the anti-Semitic Association of German Students' Associations . In 1892 he married in Berlin-Charlottenburg. He was promoted to Dr. jur. doctorate, later worked as a lawyer in Jena and received the title of senior government councilor.

At the turn of the century, Nordenholz dealt with questions of economic theory and the problem of knowledge. In 1902 his book General Theory of Social Production was published . He was a friend, brother-in-law and financial sponsor of Alfred Ploetz . Nordenholz 'sister Anita was Ploetz' second wife. Together with Ploetz and Ludwig Plate , he founded the journal Archive for Racial and Social Biology in Jena in 1904, and from 1923 the scientific organ of the German Society for Racial Hygiene . Nordenholz was an associate editor and regular author.

In 1905 he settled in Munich as a private scholar.

After the First World War , Nordenholz returned to Argentina, where he took over his father's large estate (Estancia La Germania). According to Frank Nordhausen and Liane von Billerbeck , his book Scientology was the namesake for the teaching founded by L. Ron Hubbard ( Scientology ).

Works

  • General theory of social production , 1902
  • World as individuation. Draft individuationism , 1927
  • Scientology. Science of the Nature and Suitability of Knowledge , 1934; Munich 1995, ISBN 3-9804724-0-X

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herman von Petersdorff , The Associations of German Students: Twelve Years of Academic Struggles. , Breitkopf and Härtel 1895, pp. 161, 173, 176 and 191
  2. ^ Frank Nordhausen : Scientology . Links, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-470-9 , p. 192

Web links

Wikisource: Appointment of Friedrich Wilhelm Nordenholz as consul of the North German Confederation in Buenos-Ayres  - sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Nordenholz, Anastasius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Argentine private scholar and large landowner
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1953
Place of death Santa Fe (Argentina)