Karl Lugmayer

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Karl Lugmayer (born February 25, 1892 in Ebensee , Upper Austria , † April 16, 1972 in Vienna ) was an Austrian popular educator, philosopher and politician .

Life

During his studies, Lugmayer became a member of the Catholic Austrian Student Union (K.Ö.St.V.) Aargau Vienna . After studying classical and Romance philology and philosophy , Karl Lugmayer initially worked as a teacher at secondary schools in Vienna. At the same time he worked in the central commission of Christian trade unions and as an auxiliary stenographer in parliament. He later studied political science at the University of Vienna and natural sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences .

From 1923 he was a public education officer for Lower Austria and from 1934 in Vienna, from 1934 to 1938 he was a member of the Federal Culture Council. The Jewish Adult Education Center was also founded at this time. Lugmayer was chairman of the workers ' libraries association , which served to smash the Viennese workers' libraries and "take over" them by the authoritarian corporate state . With the words of the “right to choose books” he apparently showed the way to a literary cleansing policy. Lugmayer decided, however, not to remove any books from the Social Democratic holdings, which he was sometimes vehemently accused of. With his friend Viktor Matejka he made a "pact" to maintain or restore the democratic forms and content of the adult education center. For May Constitution 1934 Lugmayer was critical and as public education officer for Vienna and Federal Cultural Council, he experienced numerous occasions for conflict with the authoritarian corporate state regime.

After the “Anschluss” in 1938, he was forced into retirement. He joined the resistance group around Lois Weinberger , which also included Karl Kummer , Grete Rehor and Felix Hurdes and who was in contact with Heinrich Maier and Franz Josef Messner's group. Lugmayer, who was observed by the Gestapo himself , intervened with the National Socialist Gaukommissar in order to obtain the release of Viktor Matejka from the Dachau concentration camp , but was unsuccessful. During this period of isolation, Lugmayer developed his own philosophy, which is most closely related to personalism and which was partly influenced by Augustine and Thomas Aquinas . The personality principle of man was for him the basis of ethics as the human rights .

Lugmayer was a democratic pioneer of the Christian social movement and the Christian labor movement as early as the 1920s . He received important socio-philosophical and ethical impulses from the texts of Karl von Vogelsang and Pope Leo XIII. In 1945 he was one of the co-founders of the ÖVP and in the same year became Undersecretary of State in the State Office for Public Enlightenment, Instruction and Education. From 1945 to 1959 he was a member of the Federal Council , whose deputy chair he was from 1951. At the same time he was again active in popular education, namely on the central board of the Association of Vienna Adult Education and for the artistic adult education center . He was an honorary professor of philosophy at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences as well as editor of the magazines New Order and Jugendwacht .

Lugmayer was also involved in its creation as a member of the Austrian delegation to the Advisory Assembly of the Council of Europe and Vice President and President of the Austrian League for Human Rights . In the interests of international understanding, Lugmayer was also involved in the Austrian-Soviet Society , of which he was vice-president from 1947 until his death.

Street sign Lugmayerplatz in Vienna-Ottakring

In 1997, Lugmayerplatz in Vienna- Ottakring (16th district) was named after him.

effect

The Dr. Karl-Kummer-Institut initiated an interdisciplinary research project on the work of Karl Lugmayer, supported by the anniversary fund of the Austrian National Bank , the results of which were presented in 2004. Under the coordination of Erwin Bader, the following people participated scientifically: Evelyn Adunka , Gertrude Brinek , Norbert Hartl , Franz Lugmayer , Friedrich Mühlöcker , Herbert Pribyl , Walter Raming , Hans-Peter Schachner , Peter Schipka and Johannes Michael Schnarrer .

Works (selection)

  • The Linz program of the Christian workers in Austria. Discussed by Dr. Karl Lugmayer , with a preface by Leopold Kunschak . Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1924.
  • Democracy - scandal - lethargy. In: New order. Quarterly journal for social issues, publisher and chief editor: Under Secretary of State a. D. Federal Council Honorary Professor Dr. Karl Lugmayer. Amandus Edition, Vienna 1947, H. 5–7, pp. 193–195.
  • Be the profit economy. Popular economics. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1922.
  • Teachings and instructions of the Austrian bishops on contemporary social issues. Discussions by Dr. Karl Lugmayer. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1926.
  • Leo's solution to the workers question. Workers' circulars, translated and discussed by Dr. Karl Lugmayer. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1923.
  • The social circulars of Leo XIII. and its immediate predecessor. Introduction, translation. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1930.
  • Philosophy of person. With an introduction by Erwin Bader and Paul R. Tarmann, unchanged new edition, ed. by Erwin Bader and Franz Lugmayer. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-58390-6 .
  • Speech and writing. the art of speech and style. 4th, arr. Edition. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1953.
  • Speech and style. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1921.
  • Being and appearance. Amandus Edition, Vienna 1945.
  • Being and appearance (2nd part). Doctrine of Being in Faith and Science. Amandus Edition, Vienna 1947.
  • Documents for the workers' circular Leo XIII. Supplement to “Leo's solution to the workers' question”. Typographische Anstalt publishing house, Vienna 1927.
  • How do Catholics think of society? In: wake-up calls. Writings for the hour. No. 4. Volksbundverlag, Vienna 1923.
  • Program, criticism, action, series of publications by the ÖAAB. H. 2. Typographische Anstalt, Vienna 1952 (No author is explicitly named in this text. Lugmayer contributed significantly to the constitution, he was probably the only author.)
  • Vienna Program of the Austrian Workers, adopted at the 1st Bundestag of the ÖAAB on February 9, 1946. 2nd edition. Albrecht Dürer, Vienna 1946 (No author is explicitly named in this text. In the foreword, however, Federal Minister Lois Weinberger particularly emphasizes Lugmayer's theoretical contributions to the creation)

honors and awards

literature

  • Erwin Bader (ed.): Karl Lugmayer and his work. Its political and social significance and topicality . LIT-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-9529-7 .
  • Karl Lugmayer and his work. Its political and social significance and topicality . Research paper. (= Austria: Research and Science, Philosophy. Volume 4). Lit, Vienna et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7000-0674-8 .
  • K. Klein, B. Pellar, W. Raming (eds.): Human dignity - human right - social reform. 100 years of Christian trade unionists in Austria . Verlag des ÖGB, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7035-1244-X .
  • Franz Lugmayer: Karl Lugmayer. His way to a new order . Karl von Vogelsang Institute , Political Academy, Vienna 1990, DNB 942521560 .
  • Herbert Pribyl: The Christian Social Politician - Karl Lugmayer. In: Jan Mikrut (ed.): Fascinating figures of the Church of Austria. Volume 10, Dom-Verlag, Vienna 2003, pp. 133–154.
  • Paul R. Tarmann: The personality of the human being as a justification of human rights and ethics. Some consequences of Karl Lugmayer's personalistic philosophy. Thesis. University of Vienna, 2008.
  • Paul R. Tarmann: Human Rights, Ethics and Peacekeeping. Karl Lugmayer's approach to personal philosophy. Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Vienna et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-631-58735-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The honorary members, old men and students of the CV Vienna 1925, p. 598.
  2. ^ Heimo Gruber: Brief history of the Viennese public library system (II). Paulo Freire Center, January 26, 2007, accessed August 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Gertrude Enderle-Burcel: Christian - Estates - Authoritarian. Mandataries in the corporate state 1934–1938. Biographical manual of the members of the State Council, Federal Culture Council, Federal Economic Council and State Council as well as the Bundestag. Edited by the Documentation Archive of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Austrian Society for Historical Source Studies, Vienna 1991, p. 151.
  4. ^ Alfred Pfoser: Literature and Austromarxism. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 1980, pp. 214f., 224ff.
  5. ↑ Viktor Matejka: Stimulation is everything. Book No. 2. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 1991, p. 71.
  6. ^ Franz Lugmayer: Karl Lugmayer. His way to a new order. Karl von Vogelsang Institute, Political Academy, Vienna 1990, pp. 16–28.
  7. ^ Franz Lugmayer: Dr. Karl Lugmayer (1892–1972). In: Erwin Bader: Karl Lugmayer and his work. Its political and social significance and topicality. LIT-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-9529-7 , p. 216.
personal data
SURNAME Lugmayer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian popular educator, philosopher and politician (ÖVP), member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebensee
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1972
Place of death Vienna