Hermann Scheler (philosopher)

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Hermann Scheler (born November 23, 1911 in Ernstthal near Neuhaus ; † January 25, 1972 in Berlin ) was a resistance fighter , German Marxist-Leninist philosopher and university professor .

Life

Scheler grew up in a working-class family. In his early youth he became a member and soon afterwards a functionary in the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD). In 1932 he became the editor of a socialist newspaper. After the transfer of power to the NSDAP , Hermann Scheler was active in the resistance against National Socialism . From May to December 1933 he headed the group of the " Communist Party (Opposition) " (KPO) in Thuringia . He belonged to the Gera resistance group Giessner . In the same year he was arrested for prohibited communist propaganda, sentenced to a prison term and then transferred to a concentration camp.

From 1950 to 1962 he worked at the Humboldt University in Berlin . After obtaining his degree with a diploma , he held a two-year aspiration . This was followed by his doctorate in 1955 on problems of the Marxist-Leninist theory of war and peace. He then worked as a lecturer and from 1958 was entrusted with a professorship for dialectical and historical materialism .

In 1959, Scheler took part in the 4th World Congress for Sociology in Stresa / Italy and thus initiated a step towards the recognition of sociology as a scientific subject in the GDR.

From 1962 to 1965 he worked as a department head in the Institute for Philosophy at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR .

From 1965 to 1968 he held the chair for philosophical problems in social sciences at the Marxist-Leninist Philosophy section of the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1968 he retired .

Works

Own publications

  • Introduction to historical materialism. German publisher d. Wiss., VEB, Berlin 1975.
  • Essays on historical materialism. German publisher d. Wiss., VEB, Berlin 1973.
  • About the relationship between spontaneity and awareness. University f. Economics, Berlin-Karlshorst 1964.
  • About the relationship between spontaneity and awareness. University f. Economics, Berlin 1962.
  • Philosophical Problems of the Transition from Capitalism to Communism. VEB Dt. Verl. D. Sciences, Berlin 1959.
  • Marxism-Leninism about religion and church. Union of Education Education, Berlin [19] 58.
  • The position of Marxism-Leninism on religion. Dietz, Berlin 1958, 2nd edition, 31st - 50th thousand
  • The position of Marxism-Leninism on religion. Dietz, Berlin 1958, 3rd edition, 51th - 80th thousand
  • Marxism on the imperialist war in our epoch. Dietz, Berlin 1957, 1st - 5th thousand
  • The position of Marxism-Leninism on religion. Dietz, Berlin 1957, 1st - 30th thousand
  • Marxism-Leninism about religion and church. Urania-Verl., Leipzig 1956.
  • Marxism-Leninism about religion and church. German National Library, Leipzig 1956, [online edition].
  • Marxism-Leninism on the imperialist war in the epoch of the coexistence of capitalism and socialism. o. O., [1955].

Participation

  • Historical materialism and social research. German publishing house of the sciences VEB, Berlin 1966.
  • Science in the stranglehold of West German militarism. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1963.
  • Sociology and Society. Dietz, Berlin 1960.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erhard Lange and Dietrich Alexander (eds.): Philosophenlexikon. Berlin 1983.
  2. ↑ Gera care center of the VdN, Herbert Gutte questionnaire, page 10.
personal data
SURNAME Scheler, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Marxist philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Ernstthal near Neuhaus , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1972
Place of death Berlin