Jost Herbig
Jost Herbig (* 1938 ; † 1994 in Icking ) was a German science journalist and art collector.
Life
The doctor of chemistry came from the family of the Cologne paint factory Herbol , which gave him the financial means for both collecting and writing. He lived in Icking near Munich with his wife Barbara, a biologist . From 1976 to 1997 the couple donated a valuable collection of contemporary art to the Neue Galerie in Kassel .
Although Jost Herbig triggered some discussions with his books, articles and lectures, he is almost forgotten today. From 1983 to 1986 the Bavarian by choice was a member of the jury for the Geschwister-Scholl-Prize . He died at 55 of a heart condition that his wife said he inherited.
As an author, he protested against belief in progress and biologism in equal measure, instead he insisted on the cultural ability of people to learn and thus placed the social over the technical. The basis of his argument can be found in the books In the Beginning was the Word (1984) and Food for the Gods (1988), both published by Hanser.
Fonts
- The end of bourgeois reason: economic, technical and social future , Munich 1974, updated Frankfurt / Main 1980
- Chain reaction: the drama of atomic physicists , Munich 1976, in Slovenian: Ljubljana 1978
- The genetic engineers: by revolutionizing nature into a new human being? , Munich 1978, expanded and updated Frankfurt / Main 1980
- In the labyrinth of the secret services: the Jennifer case , Frankfurt / Main 1981
- The organic boom: Doing business with life , Hamburg 1982
- In the beginning was the word: the evolution of the human , Munich 1984
- Food for the gods: the cultural re-creation of the world by man , Munich 1988
- The second creation: Spirit and demon in the biology of the 20th century (ed.), Munich 1990
- The flow of knowledge: from mythical to rational thinking , Hamburg 1991, in Spanish: Barcelona 1997
- Ionian Journey: A Guide to the Origins of Occidental Thought: West Turkey, Lesbos, Samos, Kos , Hamburg 1993
Web links
- Jost Herbig: That's how we cool his heart . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 1983, pp. 168–172 ( online - May 30, 1983 , via the art collector Peter Ludwig ).
- Literature by and about Jost Herbig in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Section 4.4, Deduction from the Herbig Collection 1997
- ^ Website of the agency , accessed on March 20, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbig, Jost |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science journalist and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1994 |
| Place of death | Icking |