Horst Kurnitzky

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Horst Kurnitzky (* 1938 in Berlin ) is a German philosopher , religious scholar and architect who lives as a freelance author in Mexico and Berlin.

Life

Kurnitzky studied philosophy, sociology, German literature and religious studies in Frankfurt am Main and at the Free University of Berlin with Theodor W. Adorno , Max Horkheimer , Klaus Heinrich and Peter Szondi, among others . He received his doctorate in 1974 with a thesis on the instinctual structure of money at the Free University of Berlin.

Kurnitzky worked as an architect and taught at the Free University of Berlin and at universities in Mexico (UNAM, UAM). He has also been an advisor to universities and governments in Bolivia , Chile and Ecuador . Kurnitzky published articles and essays in the journals Freibeuter , Kursbuch , Lettre International and the Frankfurter Rundschau .

Publications (selection)

  • Experiment on use value: On the culture of imperialism. Wagenbach, Berlin, 1970.
  • Drive Structure of Money: A Contribution to the Theory of Femininity. Wagenbach, Berlin, 1974.
  • Oedipus: A Hero of the Western World. Wagenbach, Berlin, 1978.
  • Presioso Dinheiro, Amor Verdadeiro: diálogo entre um racionalista e um realista. Apáginastantas, Lisboa, 1985.
  • The holy market: cultural and historical notes. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main, 1994.
  • The uncivilized civilization: How society gambled away its future. Campus, Frankfurt am Main, 2002.
  • Extravíos de la anthropología mexicana. Fineo, México, DF - Monterrey, NL, 2006.
  • Museos en la sociedad del olvido. Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, México, DF, 2013.
  • Extravíos de la anthropología mexicana. Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP, tercera edición, 2017.
  • Querido dinero: Amor verdadero !, Una conversación entre un economista y un antropólogo . Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP, 2017.
  • The holy market. Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP, Second Edition, 2018.
  • La Estructura libidinal del Dinero. Kindle Direct Publishing, KDP, nueva edición, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Kurnitzky, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher, religious scholar and architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin