Philipp Gut

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Philipp Gut (2013)

Philipp Gut (born November 21, 1971 in Bangkok ) is a Swiss journalist and book author. Until December 2019 he was Head of Domestic Affairs and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Weltwoche .

Life

education

Gut studied history, modern German literature and philosophy in Zurich and Berlin and was an assistant at the History Department of the University of Zurich for four years . In 2005 Gut received his doctorate in Zurich with Peter von Matt and Jörg Fisch with a thesis entitled Thomas Mann's Idea of ​​a German Culture . "The present book [...] can be regarded as the most stimulating study of the political Thomas Mann since Kurt Sontheimer's groundbreaking work in 1961: Thomas Mann and the Germans," said Hans Rudolf Vaget , professor at Smith College . For his dissertation, which was awarded the title summa cum laude , Gut received the scientific sponsorship award of the German Thomas Mann Society in 2007 .

journalism

Gut began his journalistic career at Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger, first as a freelance writer, then as a culture editor. In 2006 he moved to the domestic department of Weltwoche , where he took over the management of the culture and society department in 2008. Gut has been head of the domestic business since 2009 and deputy editor-in-chief since 2010. He writes on a wide range of topics. His research is widely discussed again and again, and he was convicted in court three times for defamation.

  • In October 2005 Good broke with his in the Tages-Anzeiger published paper "Where Switzerland remains at the university?" There was a lively controversy over what, in his opinion, was neglectful treatment of Swiss history at Swiss universities.
  • In October 2007 Gut published an article on the so-called Roschacher affair in connection with the banker Oskar Holenweger , in which he accused the head of the Federal Prosecutor's office of scheming against the then Swiss Justice Minister Christoph Blocher and fooling the Parliamentary Audit Commission. Gut and the journalist Daniel Ammann were convicted by the Zurich governor's office for violating Article 293 of the Criminal Code (publication of official secret hearings).
  • In March 2008, Gut revealed considerable shortcomings in Swiss aid to the tsunami victims in Thailand with on-site research.
  • Together with a co-author, Gut wrote the Weltwoche cover story in 2012 about the systematic abuse of Roma children by criminal gangs, which was passionately discussed. There was strong criticism of the tendency of the text and, above all, of the pointed statement of the cover picture. Gut defended the report in several radio and television programs (including ZDF, BBC, Swiss television), as well as in a follow-up article in Weltwoche . The children encouraged to steal are primarily victims, not perpetrators.
  • In December 2012 Gut reported that the public prosecutor of the canton of Zug was investigating the city council and CFO Ivo Romer ( FDP. Liberals ). This was accused of having embezzled millions of dollars entrusted to him. Romer subsequently resigned from his government office. In February 2017, the criminal court of the canton of Zug sentenced the guilty politician to four years and six months in prison. This because of embezzlement, disloyal management and forgery of documents.
  • In February and March 2013 Gut published a series of articles in the Weltwoche in which he alleged that the Tages-Anzeiger editor -in- chief, Res Strehle , had had contacts with the militant left-wing extremist scene in the 1980s and 1990s. The Swiss press council reprimanded Weltwoche for reporting on Strehle. The public interest does not entitle Weltwoche to put forward the fact-distorting thesis, which is not substantiated by facts, that Strehle, as a possible accomplice and ideal supporter of political violence, had an "irritating proximity to bombers and left-wing extremists".
  • In April 2014, Gut caused a sensation with a research, according to which the SP education director Regine Aeppli announced the dismissal of the medical historian and SVP national councilor Christoph Mörgeli in the Mörgeli affair . Gut's account was confirmed two months later by a non-partisan investigative commission of the Zurich cantonal parliament. Regine Aeppli denies the cause, there is testimony against testimony. Gut's research was also confirmed by the Zurich Administrative Court in December 2015. The university had made various serious errors and Mörgeli was wrongly dismissed, the court found. In contrast to Gut, the court saw no political reasons for the dismissal.
  • In 2014, Philipp Gut accused the historian Philipp Sarasin of concealing his love affair with the candidate Svenja Goltermann as a member of the appointment committee for the successor to a professor . Goltermann was placed first on the list and finally appointed to the position. Sarasin denied any bias, his love affair with Goltermann had only existed since summer 2013, the appeal process ran from 2009 to 2010. A commission of experts came to the conclusion that there was no evidence of the accuracy of these allegations. Sarasin and Goltermann filed a criminal complaint against Philipp Gut for defamation and a civil lawsuit against Weltwoche and against Philipp Gut for personal injury. The District Court of Zurich saw Guts articles in this matter as the offense of multiple defamation and unfair competition and sentenced him to a conditional fine of 180 daily rates of 130 francs each and a payable fine of 5000 francs. The judgment is final. Gut was also sentenced to a payment of CHF 10,000 in civil proceedings for untruthful violation of personal rights.
  • In June 2015 Gut revealed that the National Council candidate, financial politician and former President of the Cantonal Council Paul Schlegel (FDP) had received several dozen debt enforcements (= foreclosures) with his companies in the canton of St. Gallen . Schlegel then resigned from his political functions.

In addition to his work for Weltwoche , Gut writes a regular column for Ladies Drive , a Swiss business magazine for women.

Publications

Books

  • Philipp Gut: Thomas Mann's idea of ​​a German culture . Fischer, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-10-027821-0 .
  • Philipp Gut (Ed.): Hermann Hesse: "The sound of the drums". Correspondence with Hermann Hubacher . NZZ Libro, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03823-704-4 .
  • Philipp Gut: Champagne with Churchill: the Zurich paint manufacturer Willy Sax and the painting Prime Minister . Stämpfli, Bern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7272-1455-4 .
  • Philipp Gut (Ed.): I was a bank. And worse. Offizin, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-906276-61-8 .
  • Philipp Gut: Summit king Fredy Hiestand. From farmer's boy to large-scale baker and health pioneer. Stämpli, Bern 2017. ISBN 978-3-7272-7918-8
  • Philipp Gut: Ben Ferencz, witness of the century. Chief Prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials and passionate fighter for justice. Piper Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-492-05985-5 .

Essays

  • "A smell of blood and shame". The controversy surrounding Thomas Mann and “internal emigration” . In: Walter Delabar, Bodo Plachta (ed.): Thomas Mann (1875–1955) . Weidler Buchverlag, Berlin 2005, 203–228.
  • “One World, that doesn't have to mean boredom”. Thomas Mann's political thinking between “national culture” and “world civilization” . In: Silvia Marosi u. a. (Ed.): Global thinking: cultural-scientific perspectives on globalization processes . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2006, pp. 139–154.
  • "Late morning". The image of Egypt in Thomas Mann's Josephroman as a mirror of contemporary history . In: Thomas Glück, Ludwig Morenz (Ed.): Exotic, wisdom and ancient. European constructions of ancient Egypt . Lit Verlag, Hamburg 2007, pp. 183–197.
  • Thomas Mann: Confessions of the impostor Felix Krull. The great writer in Little Big City . In: Martin Ebel (Hrsg.): Naked bathed, cheered until twelve. World literature in Zurich - 50 portraits . Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2007, pp. 150–152.
  • Thomas Mann as the literary chronicler of his age . In: Tim Lörke, Christian Müller (Hrsg.): Thomas Mann's literary contemporary . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2009, pp. 59–66.
  • Thomas Mann's idea of ​​a German culture . In: Willi Jasper (Ed.): How much transnationalism can culture tolerate? Publishing house Dr. Köster, Berlin 2009, pp. 253-270.
  • The "Binom Weimar-Buchenwald" in Thomas Mann's work . In: Thomas Sprecher, Ruprecht Wimmer (Ed.): Thomas Mann Yearbook . Vol. 22, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt 2010, pp. 117–127.
  • “From the boxes and ground floor seats abroad”. The discussion about exile and remigration after 1945 using the example of Thomas Mann . In: Michael Grisko, Henrike Walter (ed.): Persecuted and controversial! Remigrated artists in post-war Germany . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, pp. 49–62.

Web links

Commons : Philipp Gut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philipp Gut: Thomas Mann's idea of ​​a German culture. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 2008 (also: Dissertation, Zurich 2005).
  2. ^ Monthly booklets for German-language literature and culture. Vol. 101, No. 1, Spring 2009, p. 130.
  3. ↑ Awards. Scientific sponsorship award from the German Thomas Mann Society ( Memento from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: Website of the German Thomas Mann Society.
  4. ↑ Fabian Baumgartner: Civil action against “Weltwoche” journalist largely approved In: NZZ of July 13, 2017.
  5. ^ On the Zurich historians' dispute. In: WeiachBlog. November 22, 2005.
  6. ↑ Philipp Gut: "We are all dwarfs now". In: Weltwoche. 4th October 2007.
  7. ↑ Art. 293 StGB .
  8. ↑ Intern. In: Weltwoche. Edition 26/2009.
  9. ↑ Philipp Gut: Ghost Villages in No Man's Land. In: Weltwoche. March 27, 2008, edition 13/2008, p. 32.
  10. ↑ Philipp Gut, Kari Kälin: They come, steal and go. In: Weltwoche. Edition 14/2012.
  11. ^ "Weltwoche" does not understand excitement. In: Basler Zeitung . April 8, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Weltwoche" does not understand the excitement about "Roma covers". In: The Standard . April 8, 2012.
  13. ↑ Cathrin Kahlweit: A Case of Abuse. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 10, 2012.
  14. ^ Philipp Gut: Abuse of children for criminal purposes. In: Weltwoche. April 12, 2012, edition 15/2012, p. 14.
  15. ^ Ivo Romer affair: Several years' imprisonment for Zug's ex-city councilor. NZZ, February 7, 2017.
  16. ^ Media criticism Switzerland: Dossier Weltwoche Strehle. ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The articles from Gut: The sweet scent of terrorism , The radical Mr. Strehle , Who is Res Strehle? @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / medienkritik-schweiz.ch
  17. ↑ Press Council: "Weltwoche" went too far for Strehle . In: Basler Zeitung. June 20, 2013.
  18. ↑ Swiss Press Council : No. 26/2013: Truth / distortion of facts / hearing in the case of serious allegations / honesty of research / privacy. ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / presserat.ch archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Statement by the Swiss Press Council of May 8, 2013.
  19. ↑ Philipp Gut: Instructions from the very top. In: Weltwoche. Edition 16/2004.
  20. ^ Report of the Education and Health Supervisory Commission on the investigations relating to the Medical History Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich (dated June 5, 2014).
  21. ↑ Dismissal of Prof. Dr. Christoph Mörgeli. In: Website of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich (media release).
  22. ^ Walter Bernet: Unlawful dismissal. Mörgeli receives 17 months' wages. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 15, 2015.
  23. ^ Philipp Gut: Relationship offense. In: Weltwoche. Edition 40/2014.
  24. ↑ Walter Bernet: Philipp Sarasin did not violate his obligation to reclaim. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. August 27, 2015.
  25. ^ Ev Manz: Sarasin case: Girlfriend not preferred. In: Tages-Anzeiger. August 27, 2015.
  26. ↑ Bad defeat for "Weltwoche" Vice-Vice President Philipp Gut: Professor didn't mix anything. In: watson . August 27, 2015.
  27. ^ Philipp Löpfe: Why the "Weltwoche" wants to shoot down the historian Philipp Sarasin. In: watson. 20th October 2014.
  28. ↑ Thomas Hasler: Criminal law also applies to editors-in-chief. In: Tages-Anzeiger. October 2nd, 2016.
  29. ↑ Fabian Baumgartner: Civil action against “Weltwoche” journalist largely approved In: NZZ of July 13, 2017.
  30. ↑ Philipp Gut: "King of the Rhine Valley" on the edge. In: Weltwoche. Edition 25/2015.
  31. ↑ Philipp Gut: The incredible Schlegel case. In: Weltwoche. Edition 26/2015.
  32. ↑ Spiess-Hegglin wins in court against Vice-Vice President "Weltwoche".
  33. ↑ Ladies Drive magazine website .
  34. ↑ Philipp Gut: Thomas Mann's idea of ​​a German culture. In: perlentaucher.de .
personal data
SURNAME Good, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok