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Erich Hocke (1997)

Erich Hocke (born August 20, 1934 , † August 9, 1999 ) was a German philosopher , political scientist , peace researcher and colonel in the National People's Army .

He worked as a university professor (1961), associate professor (1980) and dean (1990) at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" (MAFE) of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic in Dresden (1961–1990).

Life

Origin and education

Erich Hocke was born on August 20, 1934 in Reichenberg (today: Liberec ). He finished school with a high school diploma .

Scientific and military career

In the summer of 1959, after studying at the Humboldt University in Berlin , Hocke passed the state examination as a graduate philosopher . Even during his studies he worked as an assistant, supervising Soviet visiting professors and translating their lectures.

With the establishment of the pre-study faculty Naumburg / Saale (as part of the military academy "Friedrich Engels" Dresden) he started working there as a civilian teacher. Before that he gained his first military experience as a tank commander.

In November 1961 he began his university teaching career at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" in Dresden with a teaching position as a main subject teacher for philosophy / epistemology. In 1962 he took part in a military course, was then accepted into active military service and appointed first lieutenant.

Hocke was appointed head of the department in 1969 and, after completing an (part-time) unscheduled aspiration, received his first academic title of Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) At the Military Academy in 1971 . The university lecturer for dialectical and historical materialism was Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Squat appointed in 1973.

His doctorate B (1977) at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" for a doctorate in philosophical sciences (Dr. sc. Phil.) With a joint work with Wolfgang Scheler (on philosophical problems of war and peace in the present) established a line of thought in peace research, which gained influence in the NVA and in the intellectual life of the GDR. In the same year he was appointed to the Scientific Council at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.

Erich Hocke was appointed associate professor at the military academy "Friedrich Engels" in 1980. In 1983 he was appointed head of the chair of Scientific Communism and was appointed full professor (1985).

In the fall of 1989 he received the founding professorship in the Chair of Political Science at the Military Academy and was elected Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences .

Erich Hocke was one of the masterminds on the issue of peace - war - armed forces. He was one of the first scientists in the NVA who recognized and addressed the fact that in the atomic age war can lead to the downfall of mankind and has therefore become unsuitable as a political tool. Since the beginning of the eighties he has made a significant contribution to overcoming the old military and security thinking.

In 1989/90, Colonel Erich Hocke was one of the initiators of the reforms in the NVA and the democratic military reform in the GDR. In February 1990 Erich Hocke was appointed to the Interdisciplinary Research Area Security Policy (IWBS) initiated by Rolf Lehmann at the Military Academy , which was conceived as a forerunner for an institute for security policy to be created. Its work results, including contributions by Hocke, were published publicly in the series of publications of the Military Academy Working Papers IWBS .

With the dissolution of the National People's Army in the course of the national unification of Germany, he was released on September 30, 1990, before the NVA was decommissioned. (Colonel ret.)

Peace policy work

Grave of Erich Hocke in the Trinitatisfriedhof in Dresden

After his discharge from military service, Erich Hocke remained socially, scientifically and journalistically active even without the possibilities of an academic institution.

In October 1990, Hocke was an active founding member of the Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V. (DSS) in order to represent the convictions gained in public discourse with like-minded officers and scientists who have also been dismissed. He was a board member (from 1990) and deputy chairman of the board (1998–1999).

Hocke published a large number of his own contributions in booklets of the DSS working papers and, in public appearances, played a large part in the security and peace policy work of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy, z. B. as a moderator at the panel on the World Day of Peace (1993, 1995, 1996).

Erich Hocke died in 1999 and was buried in the Trinity Cemetery in Dresden.

Awards

1989 “ National Prize of the GDR ”, third class, collectively for his contributions to the Marxist-Leninist theory about peace, war and armed forces.
1985 " Friedrich-Engels-Preis " of the GDR, first class, for outstanding achievements for the benefit of the socialist national defense as a member of a collective (author collective of the book The Philosophy of Peace in the Fight against the Ideology of War. )
1978 "Friedrich Engels Prize" of the GDR, third class, for outstanding achievements for the benefit of socialist national defense as a member of a collective.

literature

Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2014, issue 109, 348 pp. Urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340221

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Individual evidence

^ Ministry for National Defense of the GDR (MfNV): location database of the National People's Army of the GDR . Abbreviation MAFE. Ed .: Military History Research Office MGFA. ( mgfa.de ).
↑ ^a ^b See Erich Hocke's biographical data. In: Joachim Klopfer et al. (Red.): Business cards of the DSS members In: For the demilitarization of security. 10 years Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik e. V. (DSS). In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers , Dresden 2001, Issue 50, p 68. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-327003
↑ See Erich Hocke's biographical data. In: Wolfgang Scheler et al. (Red.): For the demilitarization of security. 25 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (DSS). A résumé. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2015, No. 115, p 153. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-321465
↑ See Wolfgang Scheler: life data of Erich Hocke. In: For the demilitarization of security. 20 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (Hrsg.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2010, issue 100, p. 168 f. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-327018
↑ See Formation of the Chair in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2014, issue 109, p. 16 f. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340221
↑ ^a ^b See Academic Graduations and Appointments. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2014, No. 109, p 76. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-340221
↑ Wolfgang Scheler / Erich Hocke: The unity of socialism and peace. On the philosophical problems of war and peace in the present. Dissertation B, joint work, Dresden 1977, III, 307 and 33 pp. Also published by Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1977.
↑ ^a ^b ^c See PhDs, Appointments and Science Awards. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2014, issue 109, p. 164 ff. Urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340221
↑ See IWBS working papers. (Ed.) Military Academy "Friedrich Engels", Dresden 1990, Issue 1. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-341704
↑ See PhDs, Appointments and Science Awards. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2014, No. 109, p 258. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-340221 }

personal data
SURNAME	Squat down, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher, political scientist and peace researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 20, 1934
DATE OF DEATH	August 9, 1999

[1] Ministry for National Defense of the GDR (MfNV): location database of the National People's Army of the GDR . Abbreviation MAFE. Ed .: Military History Research Office MGFA. ( mgfa.de ).

[:1-2] See Erich Hocke's biographical data. In: Joachim Klopfer et al. (Red.): Business cards of the DSS members In: For the demilitarization of security. 10 years Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik e. V. (DSS). In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers , Dresden 2001, Issue 50, p 68. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-327003

[3] See Erich Hocke's biographical data. In: Wolfgang Scheler et al. (Red.): For the demilitarization of security. 25 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (DSS). A résumé. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2015, No. 115, p 153. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-321465

[4] See Wolfgang Scheler: life data of Erich Hocke. In: For the demilitarization of security. 20 years of the Dresden Study Group on Security Policy V. (Hrsg.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2010, issue 100, p. 168 f. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-327018

[5] See Formation of the Chair in the Faculty of Social Sciences. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2014, issue 109, p. 16 f. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340221

[:0-6] See Academic Graduations and Appointments. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2014, No. 109, p 76. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-340221

[7] Wolfgang Scheler / Erich Hocke: The unity of socialism and peace. On the philosophical problems of war and peace in the present. Dissertation B, joint work, Dresden 1977, III, 307 and 33 pp. Also published by Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1977.

[:3-8] See PhDs, Appointments and Science Awards. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS working papers, Dresden 2014, issue 109, p. 164 ff. Urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340221

[9] See IWBS working papers. (Ed.) Military Academy "Friedrich Engels", Dresden 1990, Issue 1. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-341704

[10] See PhDs, Appointments and Science Awards. In: Alwin Loose / Wolfgang Scheler: Philosophers at the Military Academy. The philosophy chair at the military academy "Friedrich Engels". Reminiscences from former members. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitsppolitik (DSS) e. V., DSS papers, Dresden 2014, No. 109, p 258. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14 qucosa2-340221 }