Christoph Zollinger

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christoph Heinrich Zollinger, June 2009.

Christoph Heinrich Zollinger (born October 14, 1939 ) is a Swiss publicist , social critic and local politician .

Education and career

Zollinger completed a commercial apprenticeship at the Migros Cooperative Association in Zurich from 1955 to 1958 . After further training in Lausanne and San Francisco , Zollinger worked on food retail concepts for the discounter Denner , the cash & carry wholesale store Metro Cash & Carry and the first Swiss integrated food departments in department stores ( Jelmoli , Globus Delicatessa). As an independent consultant in the food retail sector, he said he was later significantly involved in the first Swiss motorway shops and the planning of the Aperto train station chain .

Journalistic activity

Zollinger represents the implementation of a holistic awareness in everyday life in the footsteps of the cultural philosopher Jean Gebser . According to him, the responsibility of the individual towards society and history can only be achieved through a transparent society that makes the consequences of his actions understandable to everyone at all times, but at the same time gives everyone affected a voice. Zollinger adopted the term “integral society” for this social utopia . His thesis is that real changes in behavior cannot be enforced by laws , but must begin in the mind of the individual citizen.

In his writings he advocates the responsibility of the responsible citizen and opposes the - in his opinion - widespread populism in Switzerland . He is of the opinion that Switzerland needs to be reformed soon in the wake of globalization . Zollinger has been writing articles for the online newspaper Journal21 since 2012 . A selection of articles from Zollinger's column «100x durchschaut!» is now in his latest book «Change of Perspective. Focus on the future. " made accessible.

Local political activity

Zollinger was a member of Kilchberg's municipal council (executive) from 1994 to 2002 .

painting

Zollinger has been painting since 1965, inspired by the techniques of Mark Rothko. He also names Pablo Picasso as the greatest influence in his painting. Zollinger shows his pictures on his website. In his 2017 book «Change of Perspectives. Focus on the future. " 46 pictures complement Zollinger's written theses, as the author explains: "Transparency, overcoming dualism and correspondingly realizing wholeness, these important topics of our eventful epoch, I paint these pictures in my books and describe them in my pictures."

Fonts (selection)

  • The Zollinger Chronicle: The way into the past of the Zollinger von Egg near Zurich and later other towns. Kilchberg 1976.
  • The glass ball society - transparency as the key to modernity. Simowa Verlag, Bern 2002, ISBN 3-908152-11-9 .
  • The debate is ongoing - holistic theses for society, economy and politics. Verlag Via Nova, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-86616-006-2 .
  • 2032 - a look back at the future of Switzerland. dpunkto verlag, Arlesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523190-6-2 .
  • Epochal new beginning - update after 2500 years. Europäische Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86741-653-5 .
  • Myths, power + people seen through! Against Populism and Other Donkeys - Comments 2013–1984. Conzett Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03760-031-3 .
  • Change of perspective. Focus on the future. Time reports and historical images. A plea for a change of perspective. Conzett Verlag, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-03760-043-6 . The book was reviewed by Peer Teuwsen in the NZZ .
  • A thousand years of Zurich roots. Time travel by Zurich families as reflected in history. Th. Gut Verlag, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-85717-276-2 . The book was reviewed by Sibylle Saxer in the Zürich-See Zeitung .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Brunner: A diet for Helvetia. In: Thalwiler Anzeiger. February 2, 2008, accessed October 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Martina Kobiela: Jean Gebser inspires an epochal new beginning. In: Tessinerzeitung.ch. October 21, 2011, accessed October 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Sibylle Birrer: On the way to wholeness. An exhibition on the cultural philosopher and writer Jean Gebser. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. September 27, 2005, accessed October 16, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Interview in the Tages-Anzeiger on October 5, 2005, p. 50.
  5. ↑ Interview in the Tages-Anzeiger on February 19, 2008, p. 65.
  6. ^ Christoph Zollinger: The missed reform of Switzerland. In: Journal21.ch. December 23, 2012, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  7. ^ Christoph Zollinger: Need for reform. In: Journal21.ch. October 17, 2014, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Carole Bolliger: «We should focus more on the future». In: Kilchberger. January 11, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Guida Kohler: A question of perspective. In: Zürichsee-Zeitung. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Christoph Zollinger. In: Lexicon of contemporary Swiss writers. Retrieved October 9, 2015 .
  11. ↑ http://www.glaskugel-gesellschaft.ch/bilder/galerie.html
  12. ^ Christoph Zollinger: Change of perspective. Focus on the future. Conzett Verlag, Zurich, p. 49.
  13. ↑ Peer Teuwsen: A picture of the world in painted thoughts. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. March 26, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Sibylle Saxer: The Zollinger and their origins. In: Zurich-See Zeitung. October 25, 2019, accessed March 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Zollinger, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zollinger, Christoph Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss publicist, social critic and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1939