Theodore Roszak (writer)

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Theodore Roszak (born November 15, 1933 in Chicago , Illinois , † July 5, 2011 in Berkeley , California ) was an American historian , university professor and author of several non-fiction books and novels. As a social critic, he coined the term in the 1960s counterculture , counterculture .

Life

Roszak received his PhD from Princeton , was Professor of History at California State University at Hayward, and most recently lived in Berkeley , California. His 1969 published book The Making of a Counter Culture (German title:. Counterculture ) is a standard work on the protest movement this year. The spectrum of his other non-fiction books ranges from alternative forms of life to the importance of ecology and environmental movement to a variety of deep ecology called "ecopsychology" (but see ecopsychology ), which he conceived as a synthesis of ecology and psychology. He also looked at the connection between the increasing destruction of planet earth and the mental disorders of many people. With his project he intended to show ways to heal our alienation and to build a spiritually healthy society and sustainable culture.

In addition to his scientific writings, Roszak also wrote novels. His best known is the 1991 book Flicker (English title: Shadow lights ).

Awards

Fonts (selection of translations)

  • Counterculture. Thoughts on technocratic society and youth opposition. Econ, Düsseldorf et al. 1971, ISBN 3-430178320 .
  • Man and earth on the way to unity. About the creative dissolution of industrial society. Ahorn-Verlag, Soyen 1982, ISBN 3-884030507 . rororo, 1986.
    • 1st edition: Person / Planet. The creative disintegration of industrial society. Anchor Press, New York 1978.
  • The unfinished beast. A new stage in human development. Trikont-Dianus-Buchverlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-881670858 .
  • Loss of thinking. About the myths of the computer age. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-426262835 .
  • Ecopsychology. The uprooted man and the call of the earth. Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-783112907 .
    • 1st edition: The Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychologie. Simon & Schuster, New York 1992
  • Red alert. America's wild west capitalism threatens the world. Riemann-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-570500616 .
    • 1st edition: World Beware! American Triumphalism in an Age of Terror. Between-The-Lines-Books, Toronto (Canada) 2003.
Novels
  • Bugs in the brain. The fairy tale of the end of the computer. Focus, Giessen 1983, ISBN 3-88349-283-3 .
  • Dreamwatcher. Novel. Focus, Giessen 1986, ISBN 3-88349-328-7 .
  • Shadow lights. Novel. Heyne, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-53032-2 .
  • The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein , 1995
  • The Crystal Child: A Story of the Buried Life , 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Portrait of Theodore Roszak (1933-2011) in Encyclopedia Britannica
  2. ^ News of death
  3. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Theodore Roszak. In: gf.org. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Roszak 1978 (Person / Planet) - translated by Jochen Eggert.
  5. ↑ Roszak 1992 (Öko-Psych.) - translated by Olga Rinne.
  6. ↑ Roszak 2003 (America) - translated by Elisabeth Liebl, at internet booksellers you can read in the work.
personal data
SURNAME Roszak, Theodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American social critic and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 2011
Place of death Berkeley , California