Heinz-Gerd Schmitz

Heinz-Gerd Schmitz (* 1950 ) is a German philosopher .

Life

After graduating from high school in humanities, he studied philosophy and German literature in Münster and Cologne . After completing his doctorate in Cologne in 1981 ( learning and rhetoric. On the prerequisites of a learning concept based on rhetorical deliberation ) and the habilitation ( The Mandeville Dilemma. Investigations on the relationship between politics and morality ) in 1996, taught there as an adjunct professor .

His main research interests are political, moral, legal and social philosophy.

Fonts (selection)

• The dark side of politics. Philosophical theories of despotism, dictatorship and totalitarianism . Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11829-4 .
• Philosophical Problems of International Politics and Transnational Law . Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-428-12662-9 .
• The irony of the conservative. Philosophical research on a dictum by Thomas Mann . Berlin 2011, ISBN 3-428-13589-X .
• The texture of the social. Key concepts of a philosophy of society . Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-17-022068-3 .