Klaus Christian Köhnke

Klaus Christian Köhnke (born June 14, 1953 in Flensburg ; † May 24, 2013 in Berlin ) was professor of cultural theory and cultural philosophy at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig .

Life

Klaus Christian Köhnke studied philosophy , literature and linguistics (at times also Scandinavian studies and art history , history and ethnology ) at the Free University of Berlin and the Berlin University of the Arts . He received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and received his doctorate from Karlfried Gründer in 1985 on the emergence and rise of Neo-Kantianism - after the death of his supervisor Michael Landmann . In 1986 he was awarded the Ernst Reuter Prize for his dissertation.

From 1986 to 1990 Köhnke worked on several research projects by Otthein Rammstedt at Bielefeld University . From 1987 to 1989 he worked as head of the cultural studies department at the Faculty of Economics at the Nordic University of Flensburg . 1990–1996 he was research assistant to Karlfried Gründer at the Institute for the History of Philosophy and the History of the Humanities at the Free University of Berlin, where he received his habilitation in 1995 in philosophy. After a substitute from 1996–1997, he took over the professorship for cultural theory and cultural philosophy at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig in 1997 .

Köhnke worked, researched and published, among other things, on the cultural-philosophical tradition of Moritz Lazarus , Georg Simmel and Ernst Cassirer . He was one of the main editors of the unpublished writings of Ernst Cassirer (post-processed manuscripts and texts, Felix Meiner Verlag , Hamburg 1995 ff.) And editor of numerous volumes of the Georg Simmel Complete Edition (GSG, Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt / M. 1989ff.).

Publications (selection)

• The young Simmel - in theoretical relationships and social movements . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1996.
• Origin and rise of neo-Kantianism . The German university philosophy between idealism and positivism. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1986/1993.
  • The Rise of Neo-Kantianism . German Academic Philosophy between Idealism and Positivism, trans. RJHollingdale, foreword Lewis White Beck, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York a. a. 1991.
  • Surgimiento y eye del neokantismo . The filosofía universitaria alemana entre the idealismo and the positivismo. Translated by José Andrés Ancona Quiroz, FCE, UAM, México 2011 (Colec. FILOSOFÍA).
• Concept and theory of modernity. Lectures for the introduction to cultural philosophy 1996-2002 , from the estate edited by Jörn Bohr, Freibur im Breisgau 2019, ISBN 978-3-495-49062-4 .

as editor

• Moritz Lazarus: About conversations. Henssel, Berlin 1986
• Moritz Lazarus: Fundamentals of ethnic psychology and cultural studies. Meiner, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-7873-1632-8
• Georg Simmel: Philosophy of Money (together with David P. Frisby). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1989, 787 pp.
• Georg Simmel: Introduction to moral science. A Critique of Basic Ethical Concepts. Vol. 1. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1989, 461 pp.
• Georg Simmel: Introduction to moral science. A Critique of Basic Ethical Concepts. Vol. 2. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, 427 pp.
• Georg Simmel: The essence of matter according to Kant's physical monadology. Treatises 1882-1884. Reviews 1883-1901. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000, 527 pp.
• Georg Simmel: Miscellas, glosses, statements, survey responses, letters to the editor, contributions to the discussion 1889-1918. Anonymous and pseudonymous publications 1888-1920. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2005, 626 pp.
• Georg Simmel: Letters 1880-1911. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2008, 1094 pp.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Christian Köhnke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary for Klaus Christian Köhnke of the University of Leipzig

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the University of Leipzig No. 2013/158 of May 27, 2013: Philosopher Klaus C. Köhnke died