Helmut Reinalter

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Helmut Reinalter (born November 2, 1943 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian historian and philosopher . From 1981 to 2009 he was Professor of Modern History and Political Philosophy at the University of Innsbruck and, after his retirement, is now head of the private Institute for the History of Ideas .

Life

Reinalter passed his Matura at the teacher training institute in Innsbruck. Since 1964 he has been studying history, philosophy and German at the University of Innsbruck, where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . His dissertation dealt with the topic of "Enlightenment - absolutism - reaction". At the same time he was editor-in-chief of the ÖH magazine "Signum". Then he was an assistant at the Institute for History. In 1978 he completed his habilitation in the subject of modern history and contemporary history with the habilitation thesis "Enlightened Absolutism and Revolution".

In 1981 he became Professor of Modern History and Head of the International Research Center “Democratic Movements in Central Europe”. Reinalter held visiting professorships in Aix-en-Provence , Salzburg , Luxembourg , Krakow and at Columbia University in New York. From 1992 to 2005 he was chairman of the Scientific Commission for the Study of Freemasonry . From 1995 to 2010 Reinalter was scientific director of the Freemason Academy of the Grand Lodge of Austria, since 1998 he has been a member of the Club of Rome , Chapter Austria. He is also a member of the Austrian PEN Club .

In 2000, after the abovementioned research center was closed, he founded the private Institute for the History of Ideas .

From 2003 to 2005 he was also President of the Global Ethic Initiative Austria, since 2005 head of the Innsbruck Forum for the Scientific Promotion of the Global Ethic Project, from 2010 Dean of the Philosophical Class of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts , member of numerous academies and scientific societies. In 2015 he received an honorary doctorate from the IBC Cambridge for his research.

Reinalter's focus is on the areas of political philosophy, the history of the Enlightenment and ideas of modern times, social and mental history, theoretical and practical ethics, research on democracy, fundamentals and theories of the humanities and cultural sciences, and Masonic research.

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Editor and co-editor of various academic series:

  • Series of publications by the International Research Center "Democratic Movements in Central Europe 1770–1848/49" (48 volumes)
  • Comparative social history and the history of political ideas in modern times (22 volumes; together with Anton Pelinka )
  • Interdisciplinary research (previously 30 vols.)
  • Sources and representations on European Freemasonry (so far 18 volumes)

Editor or co-editor of the following journals:

Fonts (selection)

  • The Order of Illuminati (1776–1785 / 87). A political secret society of the Age of Enlightenment. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 1997, ISBN 3-631-32227-5
  • Enlightened absolutism and revolution. On the history of Jacobinism and the early democratic aspirations in the Habsburg monarchy (= publications of the Commission for the Modern History of Austria 68), Vienna 1980
  • Austria in the Frederician Age. On the 200th anniversary of the death of Friedrich II of Prussia, Innsbruck 1986
  • The French Revolution and Central Europe. Manifestations and Effects of Jacobinism. His social theories and political ideas (= Suhrkamp Taschenbuchwissenschaft 748), Frankfurt / M. 1988
  • Austria and the French Revolution, Vienna 1988
  • Liberty, equality, fraternity. Reform, upheaval and modernization in the Enlightenment and the French Revolution (historical seminar), Düsseldorf 1989
  • At the court of Joseph II (courts - rulers - backgrounds), Leipzig 1991
  • The social significance of the humanities today (= Scientia 25), Innsbruck 1991
  • The role of freemasonry and secret societies in the 18th century (= Scientia 39), Innsbruck 1995
  • The Freemasons. 5th updated edition, Beck Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-44733-3 (reprint 2010)
  • Is Enlightenment Still a Workable Principle? With a contribution by Michel Foucault, (= Wiener Vorlesungen 95), Vienna 2002
  • Lexicon on Enlightened Absolutism in Europe, Vienna 2005
  • Enlightenment processes since the 18th century, Würzburg 2005
  • The world conspirators. What you should never know, Salzburg 2010
  • Secret societies in Tyrol. From the Enlightenment to the French Revolution, 2nd edition, Innsbruck 2011
  • Lexicon of the humanities (together with Peter J. Brenner), Vienna 2011
  • Joseph II reformer on the imperial throne, Munich 2011
  • Outsider of philosophy (together with Andreas Oberprantacher), Würzburg 2012
  • Handbook on the history of democratic movements in Central Europe. From the late enlightenment to the revolution of 1848/49, Frankfurt / M. 2012
  • Global Ethic Discussions (= Interdisciplinary Research 24), Innsbruck 2014
  • Outsiders of historical studies, Würzburg 2015
  • Biographical encyclopedia of the democratic and liberal movements in Central Europe 1770–1848 / 49 (= series of publications by the International Research Center “Democratic Movements in Central Europe 1770–1850” 48) (together with Claus Oberhauser), Frankfurt / M. 2015
  • New perspectives in the history of ideas (= interdisciplinary research 27), Innsbruck 2015
  • The enlightened person. The new enlightenment thinking, Würzburg 2016
  • Handbook of Conspiracy Theories. Salier Verlag, Leipzig 2018, ISBN 978-3-96285-004-3

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ European Academy of Sciences and Arts : Deans.
  2. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB).
  3. High distinction for Helmut Reinalter , information portal of the University of Innsbruck, April 17, 2009, accessed on October 2, 2012.