Klaus Ernst (sociologist)

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Klaus Peter Ernst (born October 16, 1936 in Rositz ) is a German sociologist , university professor and diplomat .

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After attending elementary and elementary school in Rositz, Klaus Ernst studied history and German at the Potsdam University of Education from 1954 to 1959 and worked as a teacher in Prettin and Altenburg from 1959 to 1962 . In 1962 he became a research assistant and in 1964 a research assistant at the Africa Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . During this time, project and study trips took him to Mali and the Republic of the Congo . From 1967 to 1968 he studied sociology in Leipzig. In 1969 he was at the University of Leipzig with the work the traditional farming community, their spontaneous decay and the attempt of its noncapitalist in the Republic of Mali: A contribution to the study of the problems of non-capitalist development in sub-Saharan Africa Dr. phil. PhD . He then 1969-1971 Cultural Attaché at the Economic and Trade Mission of the GDR in Mali and temporarily d'Affaires of the Embassy of the GDR in the Republic of Chad .

In 1971 he became senior research assistant at the African and Middle Eastern Studies section of the University of Leipzig and, in the meantime, from 1974 to 1975 research assistant at the Africa Institute at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Moscow .

In 1976 the doctorate B to Dr. sc. phil. with the work Character and Development of Socio-Economic Conditions and Class Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa under the Conditions of Colonial and Neocolonial Dependency and Exploitation and the Struggle to Overcome Them: Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Their Social-Historical and Sociological Investigation . In 1976 he became a lecturer and 1980 professor for Marxist-Leninist sociology at the African and Middle Eastern Studies section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig.

Study trips took him to Angola , Mozambique and Madagascar , where he gave guest lectures at universities. From 1985 to 1989 he was the GDR's ambassador to Madagascar.

In 1991 he was recalled and entered into early retirement .

Memberships

  • 1974–1978: Vice-President of the Research Committee “National Movements and Imperialism” of the International Sociological Association
  • 1979–1985: Member of the Marxist-Leninist Sociology Working Group at the Ministry for Higher and Technical Education in the GDR
  • 1979–1990: Member of the Scientific Council for Sociological Research in the GDR
  • 1981–1985: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Asian, African and Latin American Studies at the Ministry for Higher and Technical Education in the GDR
  • 1982–1985: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Marxist-Leninist Sociology at the Ministry for Higher and Technical Schools in the GDR
  • 1990–1993: Board member of the Development Society
  • 1990–2010: Member of the German-Malagasy Society
  • Founding member of the “Third World Sociology” section of the Society for Sociology in the GDR
  • Member of the section "Development Sociology and Social Anthropology" of the German Society for Sociology

Awards

  • 1984: Badge of Honor from the Karl Marx University in Leipzig
  • 1989: "Commandeur de l'Ordre National" of the Republic of Madagascar

Fonts

  • with Hans Kramer, Heinz Kroske (ed.): The countries of Africa. Dietz, Berlin 1969.
  • Tradition and progress in the African village. Akademie, Berlin 1973 ( Studies on Asia, Africa and Latin America. Volume 6).
    English: Tradition and progress in the African village. Hurst, London, ISBN 0-903983-44-3 .
  • with Leonid D. Jablockov (Ed.): Africa. Akademie, Berlin 1976 ( Studies on Asia, Africa and Latin America. Volume 19).
  • with Jürgen Kunze (Ed.): Social Classes and Anti-imperialist Struggle in Africa and the Middle East. International Symposium, Leipzig, 23. – 25. August 1977. Academy, Berlin 1978.
  • with Hartmut Schilling (Ed.): Developing countries. Staatsverlag, Berlin 1981.

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personal data
SURNAME Ernst, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ernst, Klaus Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sociologist, university professor and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Rositz