Martin Hecht (Author)

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Martin Hecht (born November 5, 1964 in Würzburg ) is a German author , publicist and writer .

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Martin Hecht grew up in Rottweil am Neckar . After doing his community service as a paramedic, he studied political science, modern history and sociology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg im Breisgau from the winter semester 1986/87 . From October 1991 to June 1992 he was a DAAD scholarship holder at City University London and obtained an English “Master of Arts” degree in “Communications Policy Studies” with a thesis on “The Ideology of Nationalism in Television News”. In 1993 he completed his studies in Freiburg with a “Magister Artium”. As a scholarship holder of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung , he then completed his doctorate under Wilhelm Hennis with a dissertation on the concept of freedom under Max Weber , Alexis de Tocqueville and Jean-Jacques Rousseau .

During his studies, Martin Hecht interned at Tag / Traum-Filmproduktion Cologne, at ZDF in the editorial offices “ Das kleine Fernsehspiel ” and “ heute journal ” in Mainz , in the ZDF studio in London and in the newsroom of the NDR in Hamburg . From 1996 to 1998 he was an editorial volunteer at Südwestrundfunk in Baden-Baden, Stuttgart and London - and then worked as a television reporter for SWR and ARD . After the birth of his son, he took parental leave in 2002.

For many years, he writes, among other things free for TIME , the Frankfurter Rundschau , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Psychology Today and Spiegel online .

He is a regular author of radio features for SWR 2 Kultur .

Publications

  • True friends: How they make life more beautiful, Herder , Freiburg 2020
  • Couple Shit, Niete-Partner and I, Auf Brautschau im Internet , Piper , Munich 2017
  • Overcoming life crises, discovering the hidden forces of resilience in us , Kreuz-Verlag , Freiburg 2014
  • True friends, From the high art of friendship , revised and expanded new edition, Herder , Freiburg 2014
  • Somehow we had imagined it differently, The dream of the perfect vacation , Eichborn , Frankfurt 2013
  • Dear Jakob, letter to my son about the life and death of his mother , DVA, Munich 2010
  • New German bad habits , Piper , Munich 2009
  • German Bad Habits, Eine Volkskunde der Gegenwart , Eichborn , Frankfurt 2007, 6th edition and as a paperback by Piper , Munich 2009, 2nd edition
  • True friends, From the high art of friendship , DVA 2006 and as a paperback at Goldmann Munich 2008, 3rd edition
  • The great hunt, In search of a successful life , dtv premium , Munich 2004
  • The Disappearance of Home, On the Emotional Situation of the Nation , Reclam , Leipzig 2000
  • Modernity and Bourgeoisie, Max Weber's Theory of Freedom in Comparison with the Political Ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Contributions to Political Science, Volume 103, Duncker and Humblot , Berlin 1998
  • Inconvenience is always pleasant , Zur Konjendung der Querdenker , Rowohlt , Reinbek 1997

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Hecht: Modernity and Bourgeoisie. Max Weber's doctrine of freedom compared with the political ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and Jean-Jacques Rousseau . In: Contributions to Political Science . tape 103 . Duncker & Humblot GmbH, 1998, Berlin 1998.
  2. ↑ Martin Hecht: Pomp and soul. DIE ZEIT, accessed on November 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Martin Hecht: Cool morals. Frankfurter Rundschau, accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Martin Hecht: Illumination mania in cities - put the night under monument protection! Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 12, 2018, accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Martin Hecht: Queen Marie-Antoinette, party girl, doll, revolutionary victim. Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 12, 2019, accessed on November 12, 2019 .
  6. ^ Martin Hecht: author page Martin Hecht. Psychology Today, Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Martin Hecht: Status symbols, Why being important is becoming more and more important. Spiegel Online, February 13, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Martin Hecht: Martin Hecht - Vita. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pike, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, publicist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg