Gerd Giesler

Gerd Giesler (born July 21, 1940 in Plettenberg / Sauerland) is publisher and editor of Carl Schmitt's works .

Life

Giesler studied natural sciences, philosophy and art history in Berlin . He obtained his doctorate in organic chemistry in Berlin in 1969 .

After completing his doctorate, he worked in the scientific publishing industry: From 1969 to 1990 at Wiley-VCH Verlag as a lecturer and division manager, where he founded the Acta humaniora division in 1983 . From 1991 to 2005 he was managing director and publishing director of the Akademie-Verlag in Berlin.

Contact with Carl Schmitt / editor of diaries and other writings

Gerd Giesler is the editor of natural science historical monographs and correspondence. From 1959 until his death he was in close contact with the lawyer and political thinker Carl Schmitt. He is the editor of diaries and other writings Schmitt and since 2010 a founding member and first chairman of Carl Schmitt Society eV

Editorships (selection)

with Martin Tielke : Carl Schmitt. Diaries 1925 to 1929. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2018.
with Martin Tielke: Carl Schmitt, Glossarium. Records from the years 1947 to 1958. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2015. 2nd edition, Berlin 2015.
with Ernst Hüsmert a. Wolfgang H. Spindler : Carl Schmitt. The shadow of God. Introspections, diaries and letters 1921 to 1924. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2014.
with Wolfgang Schuller : Carl Schmitt. Diaries 1930–1934. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2010.
with Ernst Hüsmert: Carl Schmitt. The military period 1915 to 1919. Diary February to December 1915. Articles and materials. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2005.
Carl Schmitt Opuscula. Plettenberg miniatures. 10 brochures. Duncker & Humblot, Plettenberg 2008-2017.
with Ernst H. Berninger a. Otto Paul Krätz : Documents on the history of natural science, technology and medicine. 14 volumes. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 1981–1988.
with Otto Paul Krätz: The development of the railroad as reflected in the Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung 1843–1870. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 1985.

Receptions

Stephan Speicher: The educated thinks specifically , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 21, 2010.
Lorenz Jäger : fabrics and Carl Schmitt. The publisher and editor , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 19, 2010.
Henning Ritter : Der Sachwalter , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 21, 2000.
Stephan Speicher: For books without a playpen , in: Berliner Zeitung , July 21, 2000.
Florian Meinel : Secret mover. To the publisher Gerd Giesler on the eightieth, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , July 21, 2020. - Article

Web links

Catalog of the German National Library
Carl Schmitt Society eV
Literature by and about Gerd Giesler in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

^ Gerd Giesler - Chairman of the Carl Schmitt Society (since 2007): Imprint of the Carl Schmitt Society website. Carl-Schmitt-Gesellschaft, accessed April 12, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Giesler, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publisher, editor of Carl Schmitt's works
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plettenberg , Sauerland

[1] Gerd Giesler - Chairman of the Carl Schmitt Society (since 2007): Imprint of the Carl Schmitt Society website. Carl-Schmitt-Gesellschaft, accessed April 12, 2018 .