Peter Weber-Schäfer
Peter Weber-Schäfer (born April 28, 1935 in Bernburg (Saale) ; † September 9, 2019 ) was a German political scientist and translator .
Life
Peter Weber-Schäfer studied Japanese Studies , Sinology , Ethnology and Philosophy in Munich . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1958 with a dissertation on the Nō , he was from 1958 to 1968 a research assistant at the Institute for Political Science in Munich. From 1968 until his retirement in 2000 he was a full professor for political science at the East Asia Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum . He also worked as a translator for fiction . He was married to the Greek Myrto Weber-Schäfer, née Akrita.
Works
- Ono no Komachi. Shape and legend in the no-play . Harrassowitz-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1960
- Twenty-four no-games . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, 1961
- The noble and the wise. On political theory in early Confucianism . CH Beck-Verlag, Munich, 1963
- Zen. Sayings and verses of the Zen masters . Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, 1964
- Oikumene and Empire. Studies on the civil theology of the Chinese Empire . List-Verlag, Munich, 1968 (as editor)
- The political thought of the Greeks. Classic politics from tragedy to Polybius . List-Verlag, Munich, 1969
- Introduction to Ancient Political Theory . 2 vols., Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2nd edition, 1992 (first edition 1976)
- Zen. Sayings and verses of the Zen masters . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt / M., 2001
Translations
- Ancient Chinese hymns . Hegner-Verlag, Cologne, 1967
- Robert Elegant : The box to the green lotus . Novel; translated from English. Wunderlich, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-8052-0558-9 .
- Philip Kerr : Esau . Novel; translated from English. Wunderlich, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-26083-2 .
- Mo Yan : The liquor city . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-498-04387-0 .
- Mo Yan : The red cornfield . Unionsverlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3293203833 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Ommerborn: Obituary Peter Weber-Schäfer. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
- ↑ tele-akademie.de , viewed on March 11, 2011
- ^ Information from the Unionsverlag , as seen on March 11, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weber-Schäfer, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernburg (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2019 |