Georg Bollenbeck

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Georg Bollenbeck (born December 10, 1947 in Brühl ; † October 2, 2010 ) was a German scholar of German studies and cultural studies . He taught at the University of Siegen .

Life

After graduating from the Sankt Michael Gymnasium in Bad Münstereifel , Bollenbeck studied German , history , political science and philosophy at the University of Bonn . After completing the first state examination, he was supported by the graduate program of the University of Bonn and completed his doctorate in 1976 on the subject of "On the theory and history of workers' memories". In the same year Bollenbeck was hired as a research assistant at the University of Siegen in the area of ​​"General Literature / German Studies". In 1982 he completed the habilitation process with the habilitation thesis “The permanent Schwankheld. On the intermingling of production and reception history at Till Eulenspiegel ”. On December 9, 1984, he was appointed temporary professor for “ Modern German Literature ”. On September 28, 1988, Bollenbeck was appointed university professor for life for the subject of German literature on the basis of the “ Fiebiger Program ” to promote innovative research approaches.

He received visiting professorships at Emory University in Atlanta / USA (1989/90), at the University of Aix-en-Provence (2002) and at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok , Thailand (2004), and at the Center for Literary Research , Berlin ( 2000). Georg Bollenbeck has been a member of the scientific advisory board of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar since 2005 .

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Beyond the narrower Germanic area, Bollenbeck's works deal with the history of ideas, the history of mentality and the history of concepts - with the history of the semantics of the German educated middle class. Using the example of the interpretation pattern "education and culture", it is shown how philosophically impregnated and socio-historically relevant terms guide the world interpretation and motivate behavior. As a result, the individual path into modernity , the modernization crisis and National Socialism appear in a new light. His recently published history of cultural criticism is more focused on the history of ideas. The focus is on a previously underestimated way of thinking about the gains, losses and possibilities of modernity.

Selected publications

  • Theodor Storm. A biography with pictures . Frankfurt 1988. 393 p. Insel Verlag. ISBN 3-458-33047-X
  • Education and culture. Splendor and misery of a German interpretation model . Frankfurt 1994. 418 S. Insel Verlag. ISBN 3-458-16618-1
  • Tradition - avant-garde - reaction. German controversies about cultural modernity (1880–1945) . Frankfurt 1999. 448 SS Fischer Verlag. ISBN 3-10-004803-2
  • A history of cultural criticism. From Rousseau to Günther Anders . Munich 2007. 318 pages. CH Beck publishing house. ISBN 978-3-406-54796-6
  • together with Lothar Ehrlich (ed.): Friedrich Schiller: the underrated theorist . Böhlau, 1st edition 2007. ISBN 978-3412119065

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personal data
SURNAME Bollenbeck, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruehl
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 2010