Colin Goldner

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Guntram Colin Goldner (* 1953 in Munich ) is a German psychologist who also works as a non-fiction author and science journalist.

Life

After training as an educator and working in the anti-authoritarian children's shop movement until 1976, Goldner studied social pedagogy / adult education in Munich until 1980 with a degree in social education (FH) and psychology and cultural anthropology in Munich and Los Angeles until 1988 with a PhD . In 1990 he went on to study journalism in Hohenheim . From 1988 he headed a state-recognized college for nursing professions in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . From 1992 he worked for some time as a development worker in Nepal.

His work focuses on sects , "psycho cults", occultism, alternative medicine and salvation teachings from all over the world. He was best known for his critical books on Tendzin Gyatsho (the current Dalai Lama ) and Bert Hellinger and his family constellations. His book on the psycho scene set standards for counseling work.

As a psychologist, Goldner deals with the consequences that the use of psychotechnics causes in people seeking advice and help. Since 1995 he has been head of the “Forum Kritische Psychologie eV”, a “non-profit information and advice center for people who have suffered therapy and psychological cult” near Munich. Since 1988 he has been writing for Psychology Today and for the quarterly magazine materials and information at the time (MIZ), since 2006 also for the Humanist Press Service (hpd) and occasionally since the late 1980s for taz , Junge Welt and others. From 1995 to the end of 1996 he worked as an editor and until 2005 as the author of the science magazine Skeptiker .

Goldner is co-founder of the animal rights organization excellent & reasonable (formerly 4pawsnet ), and volunteers at the shelter of the Animal Friends Lower Bavaria eV He writes regularly for the quarter magazine Animal Liberation .

He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Association of Non-Denominational and Atheists and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Open Academy . He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation and the Association of German Writers .

In 2011 Goldner was entrusted with the relaunch of the Great Ape Project , which demands basic rights for great apes , and speaks about it at home and abroad. He is a member of the Society for Primatology , the Primate Education Network and the Advisory Board of the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary .

reception

The book Dalai Lama - Fall of a God-King , first published in 1999, sparked controversial discussions.

Awards

The study Lifelong behind bars: The truth about gorillas, orangutans & co. In German zoos was nominated for the selection of the Knowledge Book of the Year 2014 and came second in the final selection in the “Igniter” category.

Publications

Books:

  • Alternative diagnostic and therapeutic methods. A critical inventory . Alibri Verlag , Aschaffenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86569-043-2 .
  • Beware, Animal Health Practitioners! "Alternative veterinary" diagnostic and treatment procedures . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2006, ISBN 3-86569-004-1 .
  • Dalai Lama. Fall of a god-king . 2nd Edition. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2005, ISBN 3-86569-021-1 (extended new edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-86569-021-0 ).
  • The psychological scene . Alibri, Aschaffenburg 2000, ISBN 3-932710-25-8 (extended and completely revised new edition).
  • Psycho. Therapies between seriousness and charlatanism . Pattloch Verlag , Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-629-00816-X .
  • Far Eastern martial art. On the psychology of violence in sport . AHP Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-9801599-2-2 (expanded and updated new edition).
  • Zen in the Art of Gestalt Therapy . AV-Verlag, Augsburg 1986, ISBN 3-925274-06-5 .
  • Secundariusa . BoD-Verlag, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-9454-1 .
  • Lifelong behind bars - the truth about gorillas, orangutans & Co in German zoos. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86569-112-5 .
  • Gawking at caged animals? No thanks! Texts on zoo criticism. BoD-Verlag, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7347-8587-0 .
  • The zoo - no place for animals. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86569-720-2 .
  • Circus and Zoo - animals in the entertainment industry. (Co-author: Laura Zodrow) . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86569-276-4 .
  • Lotte Siebengescheit goes to the zoo - and doesn't think it's great. (Illustration: Krystyna and Manuel Valverde) . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86569-297-9 .
  • Black Book ZOO. Animot-Verlag, Lengerich 2019, ISBN 978-3-948157-01-2 .

Book contributions:

  • Dialogue as an agent of therapeutic change. In: Norbert Maack et al. (Hrsg.): Me and you: contact-encounter-relationship. GFE Verlag, Eurasburg 1988, ISBN 3-927051-01-2 .
  • On the humanistic-psychological self-understanding of Gestalt therapy. In: Norbert Maack et al. (Ed.): The self-understanding in Gestalt theory and Gestalt practice. GFE Verlag, Eurasburg 1989, ISBN 3-927051-02-0 .
  • No silence in retirement. In: kulturand (ed.). Old people write. Palette-Verlag, Bamberg, 1991, ISSN = 0179-9711.
  • St. Martin is everywhere: the normal violence in nursing homes. In: Trude Unruh (Ed.): No more terror against old people . Klartext Verlag , Essen 1991, ISBN 3-88474-467-4 .
  • “You don't need that anymore…”: Sexuality in old age. In: Oliver Schmidthals (Ed.): The grays are coming: Chances of another age. Palette-Verlag, Bamberg, 1990, ISBN 3-928062-00-X .
  • When the body becomes a weapon. In: Fritz R. Glunk (Ed.): Monacholia . Frisinga Verlag, Freising 1992, ISBN 3-88841-045-2 .
  • Sport at the crossroads ...? In: Birgit Ebbert, Peter Wittemann (eds.): Violence - children and young people as perpetrators and victims . ajs Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-923970-19-6 .
  • Subliminal tapes. In: Gerhard Kern, Lee Traynor (ed.): The esoteric seduction: Attacks on reason and freedom . IBDK Verlag, Aschaffenburg / Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-922601-24-3 .
  • The line between 'blood and soil' is fluid. In: Holdger Platta (Ed.): New Age Therapies: Rebirthing, Reincarnation, Transpersonal Psychology - Pros and Cons . Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-499-60233-4 .
  • Rebirthing (among others). In: Irmgard Oepen, Armadeo Sarma et al. (Hrsg.): Lexicon of parasciences: astrology, occultism, paramedicine, parapsychology viewed critically . LIT Verlag , Münster 1999, ISBN 3-8258-4277-0 .
  • “What remains is a people of karma, fate and providence believers”. In: Mechthild Blum, Thomas Nesseler (Hrsg.): End of epoch - turning point of time . Rombach Verlag , Freiburg i.Br. 1999, ISBN 3-7930-9217-8 .
  • Etheric, astral and ego bodies: the obscure world of anthroposophy and Waldorf education. In: Erich Ribolits, Johannes Zuber (ed.): Karma and aura instead of blackboard and chalk: The advance of esotericism in education. Schulhefte-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-901655-23-9 .
  • Esoteric frippery: The Hellingerian scene. In: Colin Goldner (ed.): The will to fate: The doctrine of salvation of Bert Hellinger . Ueberreuter Verlag , Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3920-6 .
  • When the sea gets rough, throw the captain overboard. In: Student Speaker Council of the University of Munich (ed.): Nobody can escape their fate: Criticism of the worldview and method of Bert Hellinger . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2004, ISBN 3-932710-82-7 .
  • Gold colored phalluses. In: Michael Ringel (Ed.): Great moments of truth . Oktober Verlag , Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-938568-85-9 .
  • Esotericism, spirituality and salvation teachings instead of advice? In: Frank Nestmann et al. (Ed.): The handbook of advice. Vol. 3: New worlds of consulting . dgvt Verlag, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-87159-247-8 .
  • Alternative veterinary medicine In: Dittmar Graf, Christoph Lammers. (Ed.): Healing differently? Where alternative medicine is wrong . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86569-169-9 .
  • Animal rights and esotericism - a criticism. In: Susann Witt-Stahl (ed.): Softening the stone heart of infinity: Contributions to a critical theory for the liberation of animals . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86569-014-2 .
  • Overcoming the dividing line between humans and animals. In: Giordano Bruno Foundation (Ed.): Basic rights for apes . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86569-203-0 .
  • The so-called “four pillar concept”: How today's zoos justify their existence. In: Petra Mayr, Altex (Ed.): TIERethik . Verlag MV Wissenschaft, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-95645-373-1 .
  • Our hairy relatives: The Great Ape Project. In: Konny G. Neumann (ed.): Free view . Verlag Stiftung Geistes Freiheit, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-9811929-8-8 .
  • Nazi zoos: The German zoos between 1933 and 1945. In: Jessica Ulrich (Hrsg.): Animal studies . Neofelis-Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95808-000-3 .
  • Zoo (among others). In: Arianna Ferrari, Klaus Petrus (ed.): Lexicon of human-animal relationships . Transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2015, ISBN 978-3-8376-2232-4 .
  • Pietà of the animals . In: Barbara Koch, Klaus Wittkowski (Hrsg.): Animal Liberation in the current art . EiS, Dortmund 2018, ISBN 978-3-00-058435-0 .

Editor:

  • Colin Goldner (Ed.): Paper Epitaphs . ZAM Verlag, Munich 1995.
  • Colin Goldner (Ed.): The will to fate. Bert Hellinger's doctrine of salvation . Ueberreuter Verlag , Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3920-6 .
  • Colin Goldner (Ed.): Gurus. Between sex, violence and enlightenment (Author: Geoffrey Falk) . Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86569-055-5 .
  • Colin Goldner (ed.): Guntersdorfer stories. The dog shelter of the 'Tierfreunde Niederbayern'. (Author: Gabi Hesel) . BoD-Verlag, Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8391-3841-0 .
  • Colin Goldner (Ed.): Kimia. Little monkey in danger. (Authors: Benoit Broyart / Clèo Germain) . Animot-Verlag, Lengerich / Westf. 2019, ISBN 978-3-948157-06-7 .

Online texts (selection)

  • The new irrationalism . In: Der Spiegel . No. 53 , 1998, pp. 108-109 ( Online - Dec. 28, 1998 ).
  • “What remains is a people of karma, fate and providence believers” (interview). In: Badische Zeitung. from March 25, 1999, (online)
  • Alternative healing methods ( memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: Sueddeutsche.de (30-part series March – October 2007); all articles by Colin Goldner on Sueddeutsche.de.
  • Esotericism instead of advice. In: hpd.de - Humanistic Press Service. September 13, 2013.
  • Revolt of the phallic roars. In: taz. May 19, 2008.
  • Appearance justifies the means. In: concrete. 5/2008, (online)
  • Consciousness without a brain. In: concrete. 9/2000, (online)
  • The myth of Tibet: How a dictatorial monk regime is romantically transfigured. In: this side. 49/1999, (online)
  • Dalai Lama: It's a god-king's birthday. In: hpd.de - Humanistic Press Service. July 2, 2010.
  • The brown edge of the animal rights movement. In: The Right Edge. 108, Sept./Oct. 2007, (online)
  • "Born to be fun-makers" - From the wrong view of chimpanzees to their abuse in circuses, zoos and other entertainment industries. In: Animal Studies. # 9, 6/2016, (online)
  • Racism, anti-Semitism and hatred in the vegan animal rights movement? In: hpd (Humanistic Press Service) # 19. December 2019, (online)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Goldner's curriculum vitae on the Giordano Bruno Foundation website
  2. ↑ Personal data set in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ↑ Interview with Colin Goldner on heise.de (April 27, 2008)
  4. ↑ Focus 50/1998, p. 230: "Shame and Guilt"
  5. ^ Collection of reviews
  6. ^ Websites of the Critical Psychology Forum
  7. ↑ psychologie-heute.de ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.psychologie-heute.de
  8. ↑ miz-online.de ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / miz-online.de
  9. ↑ hpd.de
  10. ↑ taz.de
  11. ↑ jungewelt.de
  12. ↑ http://bamberg.gwup.org/events/2005_04_29_goldner.html
  13. ↑ Skeptics - On our own behalf . No. 1997 - January 1 , 1997, pp. 1 .
  14. ↑ Websites of rage & reason, formerly 4pawsnet
  15. ^ Website of Tierfreunde Niederbayern eV
  16. ↑ tierbefreier.de ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tierbefreier.de
  17. ^ Scientific advisory board of the Open Academy
  18. ^ Association of German writers : List of members: Association of German writers in Bavaria
  19. ↑ Great Ape Project relaunched on the Humanist Press Service website, July 14, 2011.
  20. ^ University of Warsaw
  21. ↑ Denkfest Zurich 2014
  22. ↑ Kunstpalais Erlangen
  23. ^ Society for Primatology : [1]
  24. ^ Primate Education Network : [2]
  25. ↑ Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary : [3]
  26. ↑ Jungle World : "The roof damage of the world", ( Memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Peter Nowak , February 16, 2000.
  27. ↑ Ursula Baatz, Daniela Luschin - "No demon, no god" in Südwind. Magazine for international politics, culture and development, 2/2002.
  28. ↑ Lecture on the occasion of the 2004 annual meeting of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences ( Memento from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 480 kB)
  29. ↑ David Signer: "The Last Saint" ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Materials and information on the time. 04/2011.
  30. ↑ hpd: "Lifelong behind bars reached second place", In: Humanistischer Pressedienst. November 26, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Goldner, Colin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldner, Guntram Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and science journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich