Richard Herzinger

Richard Herzinger at a panel discussion in Hamburg, around 2005

Richard Herzinger (born November 28, 1955 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German literary scholar , journalist and publicist .

Career

Herzinger attended high school in Königstein / Taunus , studied German at the Free University of Berlin and did his doctorate there with a thesis on Heiner Müller .

He is currently the political editor of Welt am Sonntag and also writes for Die Welt . In 2003/2004 he was editor and author for Die Zeit and most recently Germany correspondent for Zürcher Weltwoche . He also wrote articles for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Tagesspiegel , the Merkur , the Jüdische Allgemeine and the Jungle World .

Since April 1, 2011 Richard Herzinger has been running a weblog on the website of the world called Freie Welt .

Masks of the life revolution. Vitalistic criticism of civilization and humanism in texts by Heiner Müller. Fink, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7705-2811-5 .
with Hannes Stein : end-time prophets or the anti-Western offensive. Fundamentalism, Anti-Americanism, and New Rights. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3-499-13561-2 .
“Culture war and utopian community. The 'Conservative Revolution' as German Anti-Western Counter-Modernism ”. In: Volker Eickhoff & Ilse Korotin (eds.): Longing for fate and depth. The spirit of the Conservative Revolution. Picus-Verlag, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85452-406-4 .
The tyranny of the common sense. A commitment to selfish society. Rowohlt, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-87134-301-3 .
Republic without a center. A political essay. Siedler, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-88680-734-7 .
with Jörg Lau: capitalism or barbarism? Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-608-97051-7 .
with Heinrich Vogel: continental drift. Bertelsmann, Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 978-3-7639-3153-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Herzinger, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German literary scholar, journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main