Christoph Jünke
Christoph Jünke (* 1964 ) is a German Marxist historian .
Life
Christoph Jünke studied history , philosophy and sociology at the University of Cologne and the Ruhr University Bochum . For many years he was active as a journalist . He received his doctorate with a thesis on the life and work of Leo Kofler . On the basis of his dissertation, Jünke published the first comprehensive biography on Kofler in 2007. Jünke is involved in a research project on Viktor Agartz on the subject of Viktor Agartz and German post-war politics . The project is based at the Distance University in Hagen .
Jünke is the chairman of the Leo Kofler Society .
Publications (selection)
As an author:
- (with Tobias ten Brink ) For an anti-capitalist left in Europe: Texts on the European anti-capitalist left (EAL). Friends of EAL, Cologne 2004.
- Socialist flotsam: Leo Kofler - life and work (1907–1995). VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89965-197-3 .
- The long shadow of Stalinism: socialism and democracy yesterday and today. ISP, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-89900-126-6 .
- Forays into the red 20th century. Hamburg: Laika-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-94423-300-0 .
- Leo Kofler's philosophy of practice. Hamburg: Laika-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-94423-333-8 .
As editor:
- Leo Kofler, On the Critique of Civil Freedom - Selected Political-Philosophical Texts by a Marxist Maverick , VSA Verlag 2000.
- Using the example of Leo Kofler: Marxism in the 20th century. Westphalian steam boat, Münster 2001, ISBN 3-89691-427-8 .
- Left Socialism in Germany: Beyond Social Democracy and Communism? VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89965-413-4 .
- (with Uwe Jakomeit and Andreas Zolper) Encounters with Leo Kofler. PapyRossa-Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-89438-474-6 .
- Marxist Critique of Stalinism in the 20th Century. An anthology. Neuer ISP-Verlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-89900-150-1 .
Essays and Articles
- A short history of the left-wing socialist VSP from 1986 to 2000. In: Junge Welt . 4/2001 ( online ).
- The Bolsheviks and Democracy , in: Work - Movement - History , Issue III / 2017, pp. 112–129.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Jünke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the Fernuni Hagen
- Reviews of works by Christoph Jünke at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Controversy about Leo Kofler: How a reactionary duo tries to destroy the Kofler Society by legal means
- ↑ http://www.vsa-verlag.de/uploads/media/VSA_Juenke_Kofler.pdf
- ↑ http://www.neuerispverlag.de/buchbessprechungen/juenke_grundr_210309.pdf
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jünke, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |