Konrad Farner

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Konrad Farner (born July 11, 1903 in Lucerne ; † April 3, 1974 in Zurich ) was a Swiss art historian , essayist and socialist intellectual .

Life

Konrad Farner came from an old Zurich family and was the son of a geometer . He attended primary school and high school in Lucerne and studied art history and history in Frankfurt am Main , Munich and Cologne from 1922 to 1924 . After working as an antiquarian and art expert for the first time, he studied political science , history, literature and theology in Basel from 1936 to 1941 with Karl Barth and Edgar Salin . After these years of education, Konrad Farner became a publishing editor , freelance writer , art historian, political essayist, and theorist. He lived in Frenkendorf until 1950 , moved and lived in Thalwil from then until his death . Konrad Farner had already joined the Swiss Communist Party in 1923 . He campaigned for communism and was massively threatened because of his views on the Cold War after the 1956 Hungarian uprising . From then on, Konrad Farner was a persona non grata , and his family could no longer live in peace either. It was only rebellious students of the 1968 movement who discovered Farner as a kindred spirit and tried to install him as an academic teacher against the resistance of the established professors. Such an attempt failed in Basel in 1968, but in 1972 he was given an art-sociological teaching position in Zurich . In 1974 Konrad Farner died as a result of an unsuccessful operation .

Works

  • Hans Erni . Path and goal of the artist. Zurich / London 1943.
  • Christianity and property until Thomas Aquinas. Francke, Bern 1947.
  • Picasso's pigeon. Dresden 1956.
  • Is modern art being managed? Baden-Baden Art Talks. Agis Verlag, Baden-Baden 1956.
  • Questions and askers. Christian and Marxist today. Fladung, Düsseldorf 1958.
  • Switzerland. Essay (26 pages), photos by Louis Cahans (263 pages), Sachsenverlag, Dresden 1959.
  • Gustave Doré . The industrial romantic. Dresden 1962; Rogner and Bernhard, Munich 1975.
  • Communism theology. Frankfurt am Main 1969; Diogenes, Zurich 1985.
  • The uprising of the abstract-concrete. Luchterhand, Neuwied 1970.
  • Francisco José de Goya. Judge and judge. Hans-Rudolf Lutz , Zurich 1970.
  • What is socialism ? What is Marxism ? An instruction booklet. Publishing cooperative, Zurich 1971, 4th edition 1976.
  • Art as a commitment. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1973 (= Luchterhand Collection, 101).
  • For the earth: united - for the sky: divided. To the dialogue between Christ and Marxist. New essays. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 1973.
  • Konrad Farner reading book . Edited by Max Bächlin u. Martha Farner. Lenos, Basel 1978.

literature

  • Konrad Farner 1903–1974. In: pivot point. No. 25, 6th year 1975.
  • Kurt Marti : Konrad Farner - a key figure in the Christian-Marxist dialogue. In: Konrad Farner 1903–1974. In: pivot point. No. 25, 6th year 1975, pp. 20-23.
  • Judith Giovannelli-Blocher : In the footsteps of Konrad Farner. In: New ways . Issue 7/8, 1989, pp. 215-224.
  • Konrad Farner Association (ed.): Contributions to the life and work of Konrad Farner. Zurich 1988.
  • The citizens' paranoid fear of Marxism. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 24, 2006.
  • Gerhard Oberkofler: In divided Zurich. Konrad Farner and Max Frisch meet under the sign of reason and solidarity. For Jean Ziegler on his 80th birthday . Announcements from the Alfred Klahr Society (Vienna) No. 2, 2014, pp. 14–24.
  • Gerhard Oberkofler : "It is not enough to have insight, you also have to have a view". Konrad Farner gives a Marxist interpretation of the 11th Feuerbach thesis. Dedicated to Jon Sobrino SJ in El Salvador. Announcements from the Alfred Klahr Society (Vienna), No. 3, 2014, pp. 12–19
  • Gerhard Oberkofler: Konrad Farner. On the thoughts and actions of the Swiss Marxist. StudienVerlag, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Farner, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian and socialist intellectual
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1974
Place of death Zurich