Marianne Gronemeyer

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Marianne Gronemeyer (* 1941 in Hamburg ) is a German educational scientist and author.

Life

Gronemeyer worked for eight years as a teacher at a secondary and secondary school . After completing a second degree in social sciences at the universities of Hamburg, Mainz and Bochum, she received her doctorate in Hamburg in 1976 on the subject of motivation and political action . From 1987 to 2006 she was a professor of educational science at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences . She is married to the theologian and sociologist Reimer Gronemeyer .

Positions

Gronemeyer is considered a thought leader in the growth-critical debate. In her book "The Power of Needs", published for the first time in 1988, Gronemeyer criticized the affluent society and the needs of modern humans. Gronemeyer opens her book with the following quote from Jean Baudrillard : “There is a story: once there was a man who lived in poverty. After many adventures and a long journey through economic science, he met the affluent society. They married and they had many needs. ”The artificial creation of needs that are necessary for the preservation of capitalism is contrasted with the immediate needs of life. In her works, Gronemeyer encourages people to withdraw from consumer society and to oppose the non-sustainable growth model.

Honors

In 2011 she received the Salzburg State Prize for Future Research , and in 2013 the Dr. Margrit Egnér Foundation .

Publications (selection)

  • The power of needs. Abundance and scarcity . 1st edition. WBG , Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-89678-448-X .
  • Simple Truths and Why They Can't Be Trusted . 1st edition. Primus Verlag , 2006, ISBN 3-89678-294-0 .
  • Enough is enough. About the art of quitting . 1st edition. WBG, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 3-89678-295-9 .
  • Life as a last chance: Security needs and lack of time . 4th edition. WBG, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 3-534-24931-3 .
  • Who works, sins ...: a plea for good work . 1st edition. Primus Verlag, 2012, ISBN 3-86312-001-9 .
  • The border. What unites us in that it divides. Thinking about a paradox of modernity . 1st edition. oekom Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-96238-048-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Niko Paech : Postwachstumsökonomie , Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon , accessed on December 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Marianne Gronemeyer: The power of needs: reflections on a phantom . Rowohlt, 1988.
  3. ^ Jean Baudrillard: La société de consommation . Denoël, Paris 1970.
  4. ↑ Ruth Hutsteiner: "Consumption can never be sustainable". In: ORF. April 23, 2015, accessed October 31, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Gronemeyer, Marianne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gronemeyer-Bahr, Marianne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educationalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg