Georg Geismann

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Georg Geismann (born February 11, 1935 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German political scientist and philosopher .

education and profession

After studying business administration from 1954 to 1959 at the Universities of Cologne and Amsterdam with a degree in business administration, Geismann completed further studies in political science , philosophy and economics in The Hague and Cologne . After completing his doctorate in 1964 at the University of Cologne with a thesis on the political system in the Netherlands , a two-year study visit to Paris followed . Geismann was then a research assistant at the University of Mannheim from 1966 to 1970 . During this time he was able to take part in a longer study visit to Israel . His habilitation took place in 1971 with the text Ethics and Dominion Rules at the University of Mannheim; in his habilitation lecture he dealt with the domestic and foreign policy of Israel. Then Geismann was initially a private lecturer in Mannheim with a substitute chair ( Dolf Sternberger ) in 1973 in Heidelberg.

In 1973 Geismann became professor for political philosophy and philosophy of science at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich . Research on political philosophy in the tradition of Immanuel Kant , Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the focus of his interests. To this end, he also presented a series of critical works on the appropriate interpretation of Kant.

In 1995 Geismann left the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich and lived for several years in Florence and Venice; He has lived in Berlin since 2005 and worked as a volunteer, initially as a prison helper and school mediator , and since 2015 as a German teacher for refugees.

In his farewell lecture to justify desertions in World War II, in accordance with Radbruch's formula , he advocated the thesis: “A violation of the rights of the citizen - I call him“ injustice ”- occurs as such within the legal limits that state rule draws are. Therefore, the injustice of state orders does not undermine citizens' duty of obedience . A violation of the right of humanity, however - I call it “ injustice ” - occurs as such outside of those limits. The injustice of state orders therefore abolishes the citizens' duty of obedience. "

Confrontation with Michael Wolffsohn

After Geismann had become dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences in January 1992, a dispute arose with his faculty colleague Michael Wolffsohn over readings from Hitler's infamous book Mein Kampf , which Geismann had given three times in the past few years at the university or at the neighboring adult education center in Neubiberg held in front of a historically interested audience. The dispute escalated in the following months, received a lot of press coverage and led to the formation of fronts in the professorships. The initially uninvolved president of the university, Jürgen von Kruedener , was drawn into the vortex of events and had to resign. Henryk M. Broder called this dispute a "witching hour in the Bundeswehr".

literature

Web links

other texts available on the Internet by Geismann

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Geismann: Effects of the Idea of ​​a Jewish State in the Domestic and Foreign Policy of Israel , unpublished habilitation lecture, Mannheim 1971. Manuscript on the web, PDF document
  2. ↑ The formulas of the categorical imperative according to HJ Paton, NN, Klaus Reich and Julius Ebbinghaus1 (PDF; 58 kB), The Berlin Anti-Semitism Controversy and the Abdication of Legal Practical Reason ( Memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 37 kB) , Political Philosophy - Behind Kant? On the criticism of “classical” political philosophy (PDF; 47 kB), gleanings on the year of “eternal peace”. An attempt to protect Kant from his friends ( memento of March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 62 kB), natural law according to Kant. Second and last reply to an attempt unsuitable in every respect, the "classical" natural law theory - especially in its (late) Christian medieval version - to revive ( memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 94 kB), philosophy of the flea market and for bulky waste: Ulrich Steinvorth and Herbert Keuth (PDF; 29 kB), Kants Weg to peace. Late reading of Seels “new reading” of the definitive article on international law ( memento of March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 52 kB), Guido Löhrer: Menschliche Würde. Scientific validity and metaphorical limit of the practical philosophy of Kant. f20160314020437 ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 19 kB), Why Kant's theory of peace is useful in practice and why the theory of peace by Fichte, Hegel and Marx is not correct. (PDF; 55 kB), John Dewey's “German Philosophy and German Politics” ( Memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 17 kB), On the so-called “Political Philosophy” by Marx and Engels f20160312171956 ( Memento from March 30 , 2016 ) . April 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 35 kB), Vicente Durán Casas: Obligations towards oneself in Kant's “Metaphysics of Morals” ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 14 kB)
  3. ↑ Georg Geismann: "Command is command". Dealing with the Nazi past ( Memento from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 53 kB), in: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , 6 (1996) 601-622
  4. ↑ Gernot Kramper: Everyone embarrasses themselves as best they can . In: Die Zeit No. 14, April 2, 1993 Article on the web
  5. ↑ Georg Geismann reads texts on the German catastrophe
  6. ↑ Georg Geismann: The Wolffsohn Affair or The aftermath of the German past , unpublished manuscript, 1994, text as a PDF document on the web and in: Georg Geismann, interference is civil duty. Interventions and attacks 1963-2013, Würzburg 2014, pp. 185–219
  7. ↑ Michael Wolffsohn: Confused Germany? Provocative heckling by a German-Jewish patriot , Ullstein, Berlin 1995, ISBN 978-3-548-33202-4
  8. ^ Henryk M. Broder: Witching Hour in the Bundeswehr , Die Zeit , September 4, 1992
personal data
SURNAME Geismann, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen