Eugene Diesel
Eugen Diesel (born May 3, 1889 in Paris , † September 22, 1970 in Rosenheim ) was a German writer . He was the son of Rudolf and Louise Martha Diesel (née Bottle).
Diesel lived in Potsdam from 1925, after his marriage to Anna Luise Countess von Waldersee , until 1939 and worked as a freelance writer. He lived there in the manor house of the Bornstedt Crown Estate .
Diesel wrote numerous works on cultural philosophy, such as 1933 Wir und das Auto , 1939 The Phenomenon of Technology , 1950 The Dangerous Century . His approach, which is critical of civilization and science, is based on alienation / reification processes, but not in the sense of a backward-looking machine storm, but in search of social or societal perspectives.
In The Phenomenon of Technology , he primarily deals with the cognitive and creative process of engineers and technicians .
Works
- Diesel: The human being, the work, the fate , Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg AG, Hamburg-Wandsbek, 1937, 510 pages
- The phenomenon of technology, testimonies, interpretation and reality , Philipp Reclam Jun. Verlag, Leipzig, VDI-Verlag Berlin, 1939, 258 pages
- The way through the confusion. The experience of our time , JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1926
- Humanity in cataracts , Andreas Winkler Verlag Griesbach 1963
- Civilizational frills. Reification with perspectives 1926 & 1947 , Autonomie und Chaos Leipzig / Berlin 2011 [1]
- Road trip 1905 , with 23 drawings by Otto Emmerling, Stromverlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1948, 208 pages
- Turn of the century , Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1949, 304 pages
- 75 volumes " The New Universe ", 1880–1958. Appreciation of an era and a book , Union Verlag, Stuttgart 1959.
Web links
- Eugen Diesel - Munzinger biography (excerpt)
- Literature by and about Eugen Diesel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Who's who: Eugen Diesel
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SURNAME | Diesel, Eugene |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1970 |
Place of death | Rosenheim |