Hajo Funke

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Funke at the commemoration event for Rudi Dutschke 2018

Hans-Joachim "Hajo" Funke (born November 18, 1944 in Guhrau , Lower Silesia ) is a German political scientist . From 1993 until his retirement in 2010 he taught at the Institute for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin . His focus is on research on right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism in Germany.

biography

Funke, with a Catholic background, comes from Lower Silesia . His father was a teacher, joined the NSDAP in 1935 and served as an artillery officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II . In 2008, Funke also kept his family experiences in the autobiographical work The Otto Suhr Institute and the Shadow of History. Another memory stuck.

After attending primary school (1951–1954) and grammar school (1954–1964), he completed his military service from 1964 to 1966. Immediately afterwards he began studying political science, sociology and philosophy, which he completed in 1971 with a diploma and the grade very good . During his studies he was active in the West German student movement. He was involved in the Socialist German Student Union (SDS) and in 1968 became the spokesman for the student council of the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science (OSI) at the Free University of Berlin. In the same year he and his colleagues were dismissed because they approved the previous occupation of the OSI. The publicist Michael L. Müller , then university policy correspondent for the Berliner Morgenpost , commented that the student council representatives had been inclined to the “left-wing extremist AStA course”. Later, Funke was active in the Socialist Office (SB), an organization of the New Left .

From 1971 to 1977 he was a part-time assistant at the Institute for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin. His subject was industrial sociology and politics. In 1976 he received his doctorate in political science ("On the Taylorisation of Industrial Work") with the assessment summa cum laude . In 1977 he accepted a position as a "Research Fellow " at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), which he held until 1983. 1984 followed the habilitation (lecture on theories of anti-Semitism). He then worked at the Dortmund Social Research Center . 1985–1987 Funke examined the emigration of Jews before and during the Nazi era . This investigation formed the basis for his publication The Other Memory. Interviews and portraits of Jewish scholars in exile . He was a guest at universities and technical colleges in Copenhagen, Linz and Darmstadt.

In 1987 he was a visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University . In 1988/89 he temporarily took over the substitute professorship from Alexander Schwan , Chair of Political Philosophy, at the Free University of Berlin. 1989–1992 Funke was Associate Professor (DAAD) at the University of California, Berkeley for German Area Studies (modern history, literature, politics). There he maintained close contact with the literary sociologist Leo Löwenthal .

In 1993, Funke returned to Germany and became Professor of Political Science, paying special attention to the relationships between politics and culture, at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at the Free University of Berlin, where he taught until 2010. His academic students include: a. Steffen Hagemann , Lars Rensmann and Fabian Virchow .

Since 2008 he has been a lecturer for Holocaust Studies and Communication at Touro College Berlin .

During the Second Yugoslav War, Funke supported the work of La Benevolencija - Germany eV The non-denominational association supported the Jewish community in Sarajevo with humanitarian aid with aid deliveries, public relations and fundraising during the war . In 1997 Funke became a member of the board. He was also a board member of the German-Israeli working group for peace in the Middle East.

In 2000, three years after the death of six-year-old Joseph Kantelberg-Abdullah in the swimming pool in the small Saxon town of Sebnitz , Funke acted as an advisor to his family.

In the Irving against Lipstadt and Penguin Books trial , in which Irving tried to defend himself against the allegation of Holocaust denial and lost, Funke wrote the following expert opinion in the main trial: David Irving, Holocaust Denial, And His Connections To Right-Wing Extremists And Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) In Germany .

He often works as an expert on politics, including in 2012 at the invitation of the opposition factions in the NSU investigation committee in the Bavarian state parliament .

Awards

On November 18, 2019, Funke was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in the Red City Hall.

Publications (selection)

Essays

  • Anti-democratic potential. Risks for the 1990 election year . In: Hans-Gerd Jaschke (Ed.): The heart thinks right. United anti-democratic potentials . Publishing house 2000, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-88534-053-4 (contradictions; 35).
  • The resilient march of the new right through the institutions . In: Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik , Vol. 42, No. 1998, Issue 2, ISSN  0006-4416 , pp. 175-185
  • Operational defense against rationalization as an element of a union humanization strategy . In: Arguments special volume 14 (1977)
  • Democracy building east . In: Sheets for German and international politics . Vol. 43, No. 1998, Issue 6, ISSN  0006-4416 , pp. 650-654
  • IG Metall's new tariff concept to protect against rationalization . In: Otto Jacobi (Ed.): Critical Trade Union Yearbook 1977/78, pp. 73–82.
  • Shareholder Party of Germany . In: Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik , Vol. 44, No. 1999, Issue 10, ISSN  0006-4416 , pp. 1163–1164
  • The strength of soft power. Success justifies the means? In: Blätter für Deutsche und Internationale Politik , Vol. 48, No. 2003, Issue 6, ISSN  0006-4416 , pp. 691-692.
  • What to do against the right? - Current no-go areas . In: trade union monthly books (GMH), vol. 51, no. 2000, issue 11, pp. 637–646.
  • Children of unity: The social dynamics of right-wing extremism , Hajo Funke, Lars Rensmann In: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik 9 (2000), pp. 1069-1078.
  • New right-wing extremism in Germany: contemporary manifestations, causes, dynamics , Hajo Funke, Lars Rensmann, Hans-Peter Waldhoff, Berlin 2002.
  • On the way to the deep state? The Federal Republic and the superiority of the services . by Hajo Funke and Micha Brumlik. In: Sheets for German and International Politics , August 2013

Books

  • Industrial work and health wear. Materials for a discussion between trade unionists and scientists on health deterioration in the production process and its consequences for a health-conscious trade union policy . 2nd edition. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Cologne 1975 (together with Brigitte Geißler and Peter Thoma) ISBN 3-434-10061-X
  • Close-to-business protection against pollution in a North German shipyard. To develop and conduct a worker-by-worker survey; an approach to workers research . International Institute for Comparative Social Research, Berlin Science Center, Berlin West 1978 (together with Adolf Brock).
  • Work shouldn't make you sick. Alternatives to company health policy . Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1983, ISBN 3-593-33087-3 .
  • The other memory. Talks with Jewish scientists in exile . Fischer-Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 1989, ISBN 3-596-24610-5 .
  • On the way to the nation? About German identity after Auschwitz . Publishing house Haag + Herchen, Frankfurt / M. 1989, ISBN 3-89228-325-7 .
  • Peace now. History and work of Israeli peace groups . Publishing house Haag + Herchen, Frankfurt / M. 1989, ISBN 3-89228-324-9 .
  • " Republicans ". Racism, hostility towards Jews, national megalomania; on the potential of right-wing extremists using the example of the Republicans . Action Reconciliation, Peace Services , Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-89246-015-9 .
  • “Now it's our turn.” Nationalism in a united Germany; Aspects of the unification policy and nationalist potentials in Germany; a polemic . Action Reconciliation, Peace Services , Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-89246-023-X .
  • Arsonist. Germany between democracy and ethnic nationalism . Lamuv Verlag, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-88977-324-9 .
  • “I don't want to get used to it”. Xenophobia in Oranienburg . Verlag Das Arabische Buch, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-86093-189-X (together with Markus Kemper and Hartmut Klier).
  • Under our eyes. Ethnic Purity: The Policies of the Milosevic Regime and the Role of the West . Verlag Das Arabische Buch, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-86093-219-5 (together with Alexander Rhotert).
  • Contested forgetting. Walser debate , Holocaust memorial and recent German historical politics . Hans Schiler Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89930-240-0 (together with Micha Brumlik and Lars Rensmann).
  • Paranoia and politics. Right-wing extremism in the Berlin Republic . Hans Schiler Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89930-241-9 .
  • The American way. Hegemonic nationalism in the US administration . Hans Schiler Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89930-043-2 .
  • God makes America. Ideology, Religion, and Politics of the U.S. Right . Verlag Hans Schiler, Berlin 2006, (Politics and Culture Series, Volume 7.)
  • Authoritarianism and Democracy. Political Theory and Culture in Global Modernity . Wochenschau-Verlag, Schwalbach 2011, ISBN 978-3-89974-679-2 (together with Lars Rensmann and Steffen Hagemann).
  • From angry citizens and arsonists: AfD - Pegida - violence networks. , Collaboration with Ralph Gabriel, vbb ( publishing house for Berlin-Brandenburg ), Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-945256-64-0 .
  • Anti-authoritarian. 50 years of student movement. The political and cultural upheavals. A pamphlet , Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-89965-770-8 .
  • with Walid Nakschbandi : Germany, the challenged democracy . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-10-490609-6 .
  • with Christiane Mudra: Gäriger Haufen: The AfD: Resentments, regime change and ethnic radicals. Handout on democratic resistance . VSA-Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3899658217 .
  • The struggle for memory. Hitler's mania for redemption and his victims , VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-89965-842-2 .
  • The Höcke-AfD. From fermenting heap to right-wing extremist "wing" party , VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-96488-066-6 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Hajo Funke (Political scientist)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birgit Haas: FU-Berlin - three generations, 60 university years . In: Berliner Morgenpost , December 4, 2008, p. 17.
  2. ↑ Joachim Scharloth : 1968. A history of communication . Fink, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-7705-5050-0 , p. 278.
  3. ↑ Michael L. Müller : Berlin 1968. The other perspective . Berlin-Story-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-929829-85-3 , p. 275.
  4. ↑ Willi Hoss : "Come into the open, friend". Autobiography . Edited by Peter Kammerer , Westfälisches Dampfboot, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-89691-562-2 , p. 81.
  5. ↑ FU Berlin, focus on politics and culture, employee Prof. Dr. a. D. Hajo Funke. May 5, 2013, accessed May 21, 2014 .
  6. ^ Joan Klakow, Hajo Funke, Christoph Koch: Report on the activities in '97 and the current situation in Sarajevo. In: Jewish communities in Germany. September 29, 1997, accessed May 20, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Sven Röbel, Andreas Wassermann: Who I want . In: Der Spiegel . No. 6 , 2001, p. 73 ( Online - Feb. 5, 2001 ).
  8. ^ Committee of Inquiry into Right-Wing Terrorism in Bavaria - NSU 2012-2013 . bayern.landtag.de, February 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ see political scientist Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Funke awarded the Federal Cross of Merit Press release of the FU Berlin November 2019, accessed November 26, 2019
  10. ↑ review ; Table of contents and introduction (pdf)
personal data
SURNAME Spark, Hajo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Funke, Hans-Joachim (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political and cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Guhrau