Hanspeter Padrutt

Hanspeter Padrutt (born January 8, 1939 in Zurich ) is a Swiss psychiatrist , psychotherapist and writer . After studying medicine in Vienna and Zurich , he received his doctorate in 1970 with a thesis on the assessment of suicidality . He and his wife run a psychotherapeutic practice in Zurich-Hottingen .

In 1978 he published the Diogenes mini paperback Die Autopest, a pamphlet against "auto-mobility". He continued to deal with the problem of environmental protection in the following two, much more extensive books: In Der epochale Winter , a collection of essays based on Schubert's song cycle Winterreise , after 1986 also in a stage version with songs under the title Flowers in Winter? listed. In 1989 he received the book prize "Reading for the Environment" from the German Environmental Foundation for this volume . In And she doesn't move , the fragments of the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides (in his own translation) form the starting point for a longer journey through the history of Western civilization.

Works

• The autopest. Does the car make us independent? Diogenes, Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-257-89032-X
• The epochal winter. Contemporary considerations . Diogenes, Zurich 1984; as paperback 1990, ISBN 3-257-21845-1
• And yet it doesn't move. Parmenides in epochal winter . Diogenes, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-257-01893-2

Posts in:

• Hanspeter Padrutt, Manfred Riedel , Harald Seubert (eds.): Between philosophy, medicine and psychology. Heidegger in dialogue with Medard Boss . Böhlau, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-412-04003-7
• Herbert Eberhart, Heinz Killias (ed.): Surprise as an impetus for change processes . Egis, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-905680-00-9
• Gerhard Stumm et al. (Ed.): Personal dictionary of psychotherapy . Springer, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-211-83818-1 (print); ISBN 978-3-211-29396-6 (online)

Web links

• Entry about Hanspeter Padrutt in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Author portrait from Diogenes Verlag