Armin Geus

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Johann Georg Armin Geus [ ɡɔʏ̯s ] (born April 10, 1937 in Staffelstein ) is a German biology and medical historian .

Life

Geus studied biology , history and art history and completed his academic training as a zoologist specializing in parasitology . In 1963 he was at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for Doctor of Science PhD , title of his dissertation was The gregarines agricultural and süßwasserbewohnenden arthropods Central Europe . From 1973 until his retirement he was Professor of Medical History at the without a habilitation thesisPhilipps University of Marburg .

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History of biology and medicine

Geus is particularly committed to establishing the history of biology as an object of research. In 1976 he founded the Basilisken-Presse , a specialist publisher for the history of science and, in particular, the history of biology , which in the early years published bibliophile facsimile editions of historical scientific works, in some cases also of cultural-historical works. In 1991 the German Society for the History and Theory of Biology was founded , from which the Biohistoricum emerged in 1998 , a biology museum with an attached research archive, which is the only institution of its kind in Germany. Geus procured 12,000 volumes of specialist literature and 130,000 offprints for the museum, donated by institutes or archives of life science societies.

Geus published on the history of the natural sciences, especially biology and medicine. In his book Evolution through Cooperation and Integration , published jointly with Ekkehard Höxtermann in 2007 , according to the taz editor Helmut Höge , he presents a "stimulating counter-model to Darwin's evolutionary model ", at the center of which is the Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin as a Darwin critic.

Social criticism

Since the late 1990s, Geus has been publishing writings on current social debates and time-critical essays in his publisher Basilisken-Presse , sometimes under the pseudonym Johann Georg Mausinger ( anagram from Armin Geus) . In a reception in the journal Enlightenment and Criticism in 2011, these editions were ascribed "a strong enlightenment impetus". The first publication in this series is the satire Neues aus der Karmaforschung from 1998, in which the reincarnation ideas of the esoteric Rudolf Steiner are illustrated as delusions with a fictitious find history .

Yeshua appeared in 2002 . The daughter of God , which according to the reviewer Helmut Walther provides useful factual knowledge on parthenogenesis , circumcision and adrenogenital syndrome as a reading pleasure . According to this, genetic testing has shown that the relic of the Holy Foreskin, which disappeared in the church of Calcata in 1983, came from a woman. Thus, Jesus Christ would be “the daughter of the Virgin Mary who was begotten parthenogenetically with the help of the Holy Spirit by God the Father”, but who was circumcised as a supposed boy because of a congenital adrenogenital syndrome. The thesis of feminist theology “the feminine nature of God” could accordingly be based on verifiable evidence. In the same series, the volume The Harem of the Prophet appeared in 2004 , in which Geus constructed a connection between the love life of Muhammad and individual suras of the Koran .

In 2006 Geus, who, according to Spiegel, “deals intensively with the background of biodynamics”, took part in the protest against the state of Hesse taking over an existing endowed professorship for biodynamic agriculture at the University of Kassel in Witzenhausen; Geus referred to biodynamic agriculture as "a product of anthroposophical spinning".

Publications on Islam

In his Basilisk-Presse in 2008 Geus published the collection of articles Against the Cowardly Neutrality: Contributions to the Critique of Islam , which received attention in right-wing blogs and newspapers such as Politically Incorrect and the Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung as well as in the journal Enlightenment and Criticism and the Humanist Press Service .

In 2011 Geus also published the book The Illness of the Prophet in his own publishing house . A pathographic essay . It says: "The Koran and Hadith contain numerous indications that Mohammed had been ill with paranoid-hallucinatory schizophrenia with defined delusions and characteristic hallucinations since the first revelation ". Geus, who is not a professional psychologist or psychiatrist himself , relies on his own interpretation of these texts and specialist literature (approx. 600 titles) from all relevant disciplines.

The book was in June 2011 to that of SZ , NDR established inter alia list of non-fiction books of the month of the online magazine Telepolis and was in the right newspaper Junge Freiheit , Prussian Allgemeine Zeitung , Blue Narcissus and the Humanist press service of the Giordano Bruno Foundation ( gbs) reviewed. The journalist Harald Martenstein recommended the essay in his satirical column in Die Zeit , but countered Geus by saying that he, Martenstein, had taken a sentence from the Koran that "speaks more of a pathological hatred [of the prophet] for camels".

Fonts

author
  • Snakes, their keeping and care. With special consideration of the types suitable for beginners (= teacher library. No. 167). Philler, Minden (Westf.) 1961.
    • English translation by Christa Ahrens: The proper care of snakes . TFH Publications, Neptune City, NJ 1992, ISBN 0-86622-185-9 .
  • Zoology in Erlangen: On the 150th anniversary of the establishment of a chair for natural history and the appointment of GH Schubert to the Fredericiana Alexandrina in Erlangen. Exhibition, July 26th - September 30th, 1969, City Museum Erlangen . Friedrich-Alexander-University, 1st Zoological Institute / City Museum, Erlangen 1969.
  • The animal world of Germany and the adjacent parts of the sea according to their characteristics and their way of life . T. 57. Spore animals, Sporozoa, the Gregarinida of the land and freshwater living arthropods of Central Europe. ConchBooks, Hackenheim 1969.
  • with Brigitte Thanner and Hans-Konrad Schmutz: Johann Rudolf Schellenberg: the artist and the scientific illustrator in the 18th century (= Winterthur City Library: New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 318). City Library, Winterthur 1987, ISBN 3-908050-03-0 .
  • Johannes Ranke (1836–1916): Physiologist, anthropologist a. Prehistoric. , Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 1987, ISBN 3-925347-01-1 .
  • with Hans Georg Bulla : Art, nature and images: 2 contributions to cultural education (= VHS texts & contributions; 05). Vhs, Hannover 1989, ISBN 3-88923-21-0 .
  • with Hans Querner : German Zoological Society: 1890–1990. Documentation and history . Fischer Verlag , Stuttgart / New York 1990, ISBN 3-437-30648-0 .
  • Oskar Römer and anthroposophy. In: German Dental Journal. Volume 48, Issue 6 (1993), pp. 396-398.
  • Nature in print - history and technology of nature self-printing. In: Armin Geus (Ed.): Nature in pressure. An exhibition on the history and technology of natural self-printing. (1995, see below)
  • as Johann Georg Mausinger: News from karma research. Historical picture finds from a humanities perspective (= incidental matters and side glances . H. 2). Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 1998, ISBN 3-925347-43-7 .
  • as Johann Georg Mausinger: Yeschua , the daughter of God. Biological foundations of feminist theology (= incidental matters and side views. H. 5). Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2002, ISBN 3-925347-61-5 .
  • as Johann Georg Mausinger: The Harem of the Prophet. From the love life of a founder of religion . With a foreword by Ariel Kamon and illustrations by Maius Haban. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2004, ISBN 3-925347-69-0 .
  • with Elżbieta Lonc: Tradycje historyczne parazytologii wrocławskiej w latach 1811–2002 = Historical traditions of Wroclaw parasitology in the years 1811–2002 (= Prace zoologiczne. 34 / Uniwersytet Wrocławski: Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis. No. 2633). Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław 2004, ISBN 83-229-2532-8 .
  • Natura infinita est - concept of species and species change in Anton Friedrich Spring (1814–1872). In: Ilse Jahn , Andreas Wessel: For a Philosophy of Biology / For a Philosophy of Biology. Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Rolf Löther . Kleine-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-937461-38-0 , pp. 17–34.
  • Allah's creation or the evolution of life. To ward off Islamic creationism (= minor matters and side glances. H. 9). Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2010, ISBN 978-3-925347-99-3 .
  • The Prophet's Illness. A pathographic essay . Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2011, ISBN 978-3-941365-15-5 .
  • Stop: Reports from the abandoned papers of a cheerful chronicler. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2014 (= minor matters and side views , 13).
editor
  • Indices of scientific and medical periodicals up to 1850 . Hiersemann, Stuttgart.
    • Volume 1. The natural scientist 1774–1804. 1971, ISBN 3-7772-7107-1 .
    • Volume 2. Dietrich von Engelhardt: The chemical journals of Lorenz von Crell. 1974, ISBN 3-7772-7424-0 .
    • Volume 3. Bernd Wimmel: The veterinary journals of the 18th century. (1981; Geus also editor), ISBN 3-7772-8137-9 .
  • Gabriele Grosse, tapestries: Werkverz. 1961–1981 (= The bibliophile paperbacks. No. 312). Harenberg , Dortmund 1982. With contributions by Armin Geus, ISBN 3-88379-312-4 .
  • with Peter Krebsz and Irmgard Müller: Bibliography on the history of medicine in Hesse (= Marburg writings on the history of medicine . Volume 5). Peter Lang , Frankfurt am Main / Bern 1983, ISBN 3-8204-7546-X .
  • (also design and catalog editing) Illness and illness in contemporary art . Cultural Office of the City of Marburg, Town Hall and Brothers Grimm Room, March 22nd - April 28th 1985; Federal Health Office Berlin, Institute for Drugs, May 7 - June 9, 1985; German Medical History Museum Ingolstadt, October 17 - December 15, 1985. With contributions by Renate Berger, Marion Diwo, Hartmut Kraft, Hatto Küffner, Irmgard Müller, Angela Nestler, Mladen Rupec, Hanns Solcher and Reiner Speck. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 1985, ISBN 3-9800020-9-8 .
  • Günther Blau, the graphic work . With articles by Rolf Escher , Peter Anselm Riedl and Richard Hamann-McLean. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg (Lahn) 1992, ISBN 3-925347-18-6 .
  • with Wolfgang Friedrich Gutmann and Michael Weingarten : Miscellen on the history of biology. Ilse Jahn and Hans Querner on their 70th birthday (= Senckenberg Natural Research Society: essays and speeches by the Senckenberg Natural Research Society. No. 41). Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7829-1134-2 .
  • Nature in print. An exhibition on the history and technology of natural self-printing . Neuburg an der Donau, Princely Marstall, May 19 to July 9, 1995; Eichstätt, State and Episcopal Seminar Library, July 11 to October 6, 1995. With contributions by Armin Geus, Peter N. Heilmann and Stephan Oettermann . Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 1995, ISBN 3-925347-36-4 .
  • on behalf of the board with Thomas Junker , Hans-Jörg Rheinberger , Christa Riedl-Dorn and Michael Weingarten: Forms of Representation in the Biological Sciences. Contributions to the 5th annual conference of the DGGTB in Vienna 1996 and the 7th annual conference in Neuburg ad Donau 1998 (= German Society for the History and Theory of Biology: Contributions to the ... Annual Conference of. 5, 7 / Negotiations on the History and Theory of Biology Volume 3). Publishing house for science and education, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-86135-383-0 .
  • with Ekkehard Höxtermann: Evolution through cooperation and integration: on the emergence of the endosymbiosis theory in cell biology . Facsimiles, commentaries and essays (= Acta biohistorica. 11). Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2007, ISBN 978-3-925347-83-2 .
  • with Stefan Etzel: Against cowardly neutrality: Contributions to criticism of Islam. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2008, ISBN 978-3-925347-98-6 ; (with contributions by Karl Doehring , Günter Rohrmoser , Carl Lang , Aloysius Winter , Herbert Rosendorfer , Ralph Giordano , Michael Rumpf, Hubertus Mynarek , Hiltrud Schröter , Hartmut Krauss , Thomas Junker , Rolf Stolz , Helmut Zott, Stefan Etzel, Tilman Nagel , Christine Schulz, Klaus Rainer Röhl , Thomas Bargatzky, Björn Schumacher, Siegfried Kohlhammer, Anne Siegfried, Paul Gottfried, Michael Miersch and Daniel Pipes ).
  • Henri Arvon: Max Stirner - At the sources of existentialism . From the French by Gerhard H. Müller and with an afterword by Bernd Kast. Basilisken-Presse published by Natur und Text, Rangsdorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-941365-17-9 .
Others
  • (Editor) Festschrift of the Natural Science Society Bayreuth, 1889–1964 , Natural Science Society, Bayreuth 1964.
  • (scientific collaboration) Karl-Dietrich Keller: The colored mushroom book. 96 four-color mushroom images and their most important features (= Die Falken-Bücherei; Volume 215). Drawings by Christofani u. a. Falken-Verlag Sicker, Wiesbaden 1965.
  • (Editing and introduction; collaboration Daniel Giraud Elliot ) Joseph Wolf : The birds of paradise: according to the table of the edition of 1873 (= The bibliophile paperbacks. 193). Harenberg, Dortmund 1980, ISBN 3-88379-193-8 .
  • (Adaptation) Nicolas Robert: Tulips: after the miniatures in the Austrian National Library (= The bibliophile paperbacks. No. 237). Harenberg, Dortmund 1981, ISBN 3-88379-237-3 .
  • (Adaptation) Johann Jakob Walther: The bird book: based on the plates of the Albertina graphic collection in Vienna (= The bibliophile paperbacks. No. 308). Harenberg, Dortmund 1982, ISBN 3-88379-308-6 .
  • (Exhibition and catalog processing): Ten years of the Basilisken-Presse Marburg: 1976–1986; Exhibition by the University Library of Konstanz, May 25 - June 27, 1987 . Basilisken-Presse, Marburg / Lahn 1987, ISBN 3-925347-02-X .
  • (Texts with Friedhelm Lach) Hans-Georg Rauch (drawings): Physiognomia arborum . Basilisken-Presse, Marburg 1989, ISBN 3-925347-07-0 .
  • (Design and editing of the catalog) Cultural Office of the City of Marburg (Hrsg.): Apocalypse and Faith: contemporary art in Lithuania . Marburg an der Lahn, Marburg University Museum for Art and Cultural History, 14.10. - November 25, 1990; Detmold, Lippisches Landesmuseum, 27.1. - 3.3.1991. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg / Lahn 1990, ISBN 3-925347-13-5 .
  • (Comments) Christoph Fischer (Ed.): MediCards: medical postcard book . Ullstein Mosby, Berlin / Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 3-86126-085-9 .
  • (Text contributions with Ekkehard Höxtermann and Irmgard Müller) Bacterial light & root fungus. Endosymbioses in Research and History . Biohistoricum Neuburg an der Donau, exhibition from September 11, 1998 to November 1, 1998, Medical History Collection of the Ruhr University, Bochum, exhibition from November 20, 1998 to January 15, 1999. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 1998, ISBN 3-925347-48-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Das Biohistoricum , Marburger UniJournal , No. 8, January 2001.
  2. ^ Stefanie Schmidberger: Basilisk Press . Documentation project 2006, available as pdf at Batkowiaks Forum Bookart
  3. ↑ Catalog of the German National Library: Johann Georg Armin Geus: Die Gregarinen of the land and freshwater-dwelling arthropods of Central Europe
  4. ^ Biohistoricum moves from Neuburg an der Donau to Bonn , Science Information Service , October 18, 2008, accessed on December 1, 2012.
  5. ^ Basilisken-Presse published by Natur + Text , accessed on December 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ The Lord of the Boxes - The biologist Armin Geus wants to save the history of his guild from the shredder . DIE ZEIT, 09/2000.
  7. ↑ Evolution through cooperation and integration at Perlentaucher (review note on Die Tageszeitung . May 24, 2008)
  8. ^ Basilisken-Presse publishing program
  9. ↑ Helmut Walther: A blossom harvest from the basilisk press. In: Enlightenment and Criticism. 2/2011, p. 258; viewable as a PDF file
  10. ↑ Helmut Walther: A blossom harvest from the basilisk press. In: Enlightenment and Criticism. 2/2011, p. 256; viewable as a PDF file
  11. ↑ Nature + Text: Johann Georg Mausinger: Jeschua . The daughter of God
  12. ↑ Helmut Walther: A blossom harvest from the basilisk press. In: Enlightenment and Criticism. 2/2011, p. 256; viewable as a PDF file
  13. ↑ Rafaela von Bredow: " Enlightenment through the cucumber ", Der Spiegel 47/2006.
  14. ↑ Armin Geus: The disease of the prophet. Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2011, p. 74f.
  15. ↑ Non-fiction books of the month: June 2011 , the top ten among non-fiction books ... presented by Süddeutsche Zeitung, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Buchjournal, Börsenblatt and Telepolis. In: Telepolis, June 11, 2011.
  16. ↑ Arzu Toker : The Prophet's Illness. (Review). Humanistic press service of 11 August 2011 (Item No. 11816)
  17. ↑ Harald Martenstein: " That speaks more for a pathological hatred of camels" . In: Die Zeit, September 29, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Geus, Armin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geus, Johann Georg Armin (full name); Mausinger, Johann Georg (pseudonym); Mausinger, JG (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biology and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Relay stone