Eike Hinz
Eike Hinz (born January 26, 1945 in Goslar ) is a German Old Americanist .
Life
He studied ancient American languages and cultures, ethnology, general linguistics, philosophy, sociology and psychology at the University of Hamburg (1964–1969). After receiving his doctorate in 1969 (1970), he received a post- doctoral scholarship from the German Research Foundation 1972–1974 for the "Analysis of Aztec Thought Systems" and for cognitive anthropology at the University of California, Irvine . After his habilitation ( private lecturer 1975) he taught from 1977 until his early retirement in 1991 because of an accident at work in Guatemala as a professor for ancient American languages and cultures at the University of Hamburg. He took part in the cognitive science intensive course "Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing" in 1978 at Yale University . He conducted field research among the Q'anjob'al-Maya in Guatemala from 1980–1981.
Fonts (selection)
- The magical texts in the Tratado Ruiz de Alarcóns (1629) . Hamburg 1970, OCLC 891411869 .
- Analysis of Aztec thought systems. Belief in fortune telling and norms of upbringing as everyday theory of social action. Based on the 4th and 6th books of the "Historia general" Fray Bernardino de Sahaguns from the middle of the 16th century . Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-515-02693-2 .
- Sketches for a philosophical anthropology . Hamburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-925682-59-9 .
- Mesoamerican Studies as a Social Science. Social evolution, social system, social behavior, and social cognition in Mesoamerica . Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-925682-58-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Eike Hinz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. Eike Hinz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hinz, Eike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German old Americanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goslar |