Stefan Blankertz

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Stefan Blankertz (born June 23, 1956 in Bünde ) is a representative and activist of anarcho-capitalism , theoretician of gestalt therapy and a writer.

Live and act

Stefan Blankertz was born as the son of the educator Herwig Blankertz . As a student, from 1970 to 1977, he was the editor of the magazine Neue Viehzucht and the almanac On the Dunghill of History . As a student, he co-founded Pandora's Box ; its share of the still existing publishing he sold in 1987. After studying at the University of Muenster, he was there in 1983 with a thesis on Paul Goodman in sociology doctorate and has 1987 with a thesis on Anglo-Saxon school criticism at the University of Wuppertal in pedagogy habilitation .

After completing his studies, he worked in various positions, for example as a desk-top designer and copywriter, as a lecturer in Gestalt therapy (at the "Kölner Gestalt Institute / GIK" and as a visiting professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main) and as a trainer and coach for executives.

Blankertz has published many non-fiction books on the theory of freedom and the state, theory of Gestalt therapy and religion. He is the author of libertarian- oriented books and essays as well as a regular author and editorial board of the magazine peculiarly free . He also contributes to the Gestalt therapy journal, Gestalt Criticism . He has also worked as a novelist since 2001 and has published historical, fantasy and science fiction novels.

Blankertz is married for the second time and has two sons.

Works (excerpt)

  • Critical Pragmatism: On Paul Goodman's Sociology. Pandora's box, Wetzlar 1983, ISBN 3-88178-054-8 (dissertation, University of Münster, 1983).
  • Rousseau, State and Anarchy: The “Contrat Social” and the American Revolution. In: Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics . Vol. 16 (1986), No. 63, pp. 19-32.
  • Legitimacy and practice. Public upbringing as an educational, social and ethical problem. Pandora's box, Wetzlar 1989, ISBN 3-88178-078-5 (habilitation thesis).
  • Understanding Gestalt: A Workbook on Gestalt Therapy Theory. Hammer, Wuppertal 1993; 4th edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-7795-0362-0 .
  • The Therapy of Society: Perspectives at the Turn of the Millennium. Hammer, Wuppertal 1998, ISBN 3-87294-781-8 .
  • The libertarian manifesto. About the contradiction between the state and prosperity. Grevenbroich 2001, ISBN 3-8311-1869-8 ( PDF ).
  • (with Erhard Doubrawa) Invitation to gestalt therapy. Hammer, Wuppertal 2000; 4th edition 2005, ISBN 3-87294-847-4 .
  • Critical introduction to the economy of the welfare state: About the "cold" of welfare and "warmth" of capitalism. May 2005 ( PDF; 329 kB ).
  • The literate. Holzinger, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-926396-74-7 .
  • Limited Education: Critical School Theory Books on Demand, January 2013, ISBN 978-3848229857 .
  • The Maodeking: Prayer for Eutimio Guerra Books on Demand, April 2014, ISBN 978-3732296026 .
  • With Marx versus Marx: 11 × 11 theses Books on Demand, October 2014, ISBN 978-3735770608 .
  • Migration, Integration, and the Welfare State: Freedom Is the Solution, Not a "Problem," Books on Demand, 2019, ISBN 978-3749422616 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Blankertz . strangely free. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
  2. Imprint - strangely free . strangely free. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.