Thomas Gesterkamp

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Thomas Gesterkamp (2012)

Thomas Gesterkamp (born November 25, 1957 in Leverkusen ) is a German social and political scientist as well as a freelance journalist and author . It deals with research on men and fathers as well as gender and men's politics , its thematic focus is on male-gender roles and their changes in the world of work and society.

Life

Thomas Gesterkamp studied sociology , education and journalism at the Hamburg University and the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . From 1984 to 1986 he worked as an editor for the "left-wing intellectual" Stadtblatt in Münster.

Gesterkamp has been working as a freelance journalist and book author since 1986. He went to Cologne in 1986 , where he co-founded a journalists' office for independent journalists, where he worked until the beginning of 2000. After that he decided on a home office, as he saw the economic concept of freelance office communities as outdated, but also for family reasons as the father of a then nine-year-old daughter.

In 2004 he received his doctorate in political science with Christoph Butterwegge at the educational science faculty of the University of Cologne on the topic of male work and life styles in the information society . His dissertation was published in the same year as a book under the title The Crisis of Guys , in 2007 a revised new edition was published.

Gesterkamp has taught at various universities on the subjects of the labor market , welfare state , family policy and gender . He works with the men's fathers forum in Cologne, the Forum Men in theory and practice of gender relations in Berlin and is co-founder of the expert association fathers experts network Germany . He has published several books and has written several book chapters, as well as a variety of articles for journals, newspapers and radio. He is also active as a speaker, lecturer and moderator in further education as well as at lecture and discussion events in the entire German-speaking region, for example at the 2007 symposium on gender dialogues of the Gunda Werner Institute of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Men's Forum in Berlin , 2011 at the Austrian Men's Conference in Graz and 2012 at the Men's Policy Conference jointly organized by the German Federal Ministry for Family and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. Men's political contributions to a gender equitable society in Berlin.

Thomas Gesterkamp has a daughter and lives with his family in Cologne.

Work and positions

Thomas Gesterkamp works and publishes mainly on the topics of new men and ... fathers , men's politics and anti-feminism ; he is often referred to as a "male researcher". In his main work, Crisis der Kerle (2004/2007), he dealt with the male lifestyle and the changes in the working society, the upheavals of which he also described as a crisis of male identity. In colloquial terms, work is equated with gainful employment , although reproductive work and activities such as care or upbringing are usually also work and a "mainstay of our society": "The normal employment relationship for men has always been based on the fact that a good soul was in the background."

In his expertise for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Gender Struggle from Right (2010), Gesterkamp examined the question of how “men's rights activists and family fundamentalists (...) radicalize themselves against the enemy image of feminism”. He examined the leading German media such as Spiegel and the FAZ as well as blogs, forums and actors of the men's rights movement and thus stimulated the public discussion about a new anti-feminism in Germany and Switzerland. Among other things, Die Zeit devoted a detailed article to her under the title The Rhetoric of Right-Wing Men .

Walter Hollstein and authors like Matthias Franz , who were mentioned in the report on gender struggle from the right , as well as others, saw Gesterkamp's analysis as an unproven defamation.

In his lecture at the Austrian Men's Conference (2011), he doubted that there would be a “guys crisis”. Contrary to the assertion of anti-feminists and men's rights activists that men's concerns are not heard by the public, these have been a constant topic in the leading media in recent years: “The constant complaint that men are systematically excluded because of their gender has itself become part of a male victim discourse. “Gesterkamp pleaded for a differentiated view of the gender discourse: White middle-class men are usually not in a crisis, but declassified men of the lower class, whom he meant by the formula“ crisis of the guys ”. The general assertion that “boys are educational losers” is similarly wrong, which is generally not true for male students from middle-class families. In spite of poor school-leaving qualifications in some cases, studies have shown that boys have better career opportunities than girls in recent years. His conclusion was: “The struggle for equality and equal political structures is a struggle against hegemonic structures of masculinity, but not against 'men'. And 'feminism' is certainly not to blame for everything. We can only change something together and in dialogue with women. "

In Beyond Feminism and Antifeminism (2012), Gesterkamp calls for “a representation of male perspectives and interests that cannot be reduced to an appendix of women's politics and the advancement of women”. In the practice of gender politics , a way of thinking that equates gender issues with women's politics prevails. A real men's policy must intervene in the gender dialogue as an independent representation of male interests and perspectives and can thus make a contribution to gender equality policy. The “men's rights movement directed against women and their institutions”, on the other hand, is a mistake.

Trivia

In a satirical report from 1984 on the swearing-in of the mayor of Münster, Jörg Twenhöven , Gesterkamp described a wooden cross in the town hall as a “Christian fetish ”. This triggered a discussion about the local political influence of the Catholic Church in Münster and the limits of the freedom of the press.

Publications (selection)

Books

  • Beyond feminism and anti-feminism. Plea for an independent male policy , Springer VS 2014 (= essentials), ISBN 978-3-658-04363-6
  • together with Dieter Schnack: The main thing is work. Men between work and family. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-498-06305-7 ; Paperback edition: 1998, ISBN 3-499-60429-9 .
  • Gutesleben.de. The new balance between work and love. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-608-94024-3 ( reading tip in the time ).
  • The guys' crisis. Male lifestyle and the change in the working society (=  ZASS, future of work and social security. Series of publications by the Foundation of KAB Germany , Volume 2). Lit Verlag, Münster u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-8258-8092-3 (also dissertation, University of Cologne 2004); Revised new edition: 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-8092-7 .
  • The new fathers between child and career. This is how the balance can be achieved (=  Herder spectrum , volume 5752). Herder publishing house, Freiburg im Breisgau u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-05752-6 ; 2nd, revised and updated edition, under the title: The new fathers between child and career. Publishing house Barbara Budrich, Opladen u. a. 2010, ISBN 978-3-86649-291-2 ( review by Bernd Hüttner ).

Book contributions

  • The guys' crisis. About the creeping devaluation of traditional masculinity in the world of work and private life. In: Richard Rohr , Thomas Gesterkamp, Wassilios F. Fthenakis , Albrecht Mahr , Günther Nenning u. a .: father, son and manhood. Published by: Markus Hofer . Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-7022-2365-7 , pp. 39-57 (congress document); 2nd edition: 2001; Revised new edition and at the same time paperback edition: Richard Rohr, Wassilios E. Fthenakis u. a .: father, son and manhood. How a man becomes a man (=  Topos pocket books , volume 661). Edited by: Markus Hofer. Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-8367-0661-2 , pp. 19-40; 2nd edition of the (revised) paperback edition: Verlagsgemeinschaft Topos plus, Kevelar 2011, ISBN 978-3-8367-0661-2 , pp. 19–40.
  • Fathers between laptop and changing table. In: Tanja Mühling, Harald Rost (Hrsg.): Fathers in focus. Perspectives on family research , Verlag Barbara Budrich, Opladen u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-86649-123-6 , pp. 97-114.
  • Crisis of the boys, crisis of the guys? In: Gabriele Cwik (Ed.): Promoting boys better. Food for thought, practical ideas for grades 1 to 4 (=  teacher library, elementary school ). Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-589-05144-1 , pp. 10-19.
  • Online against the »purple poodles« - men's rights activists against feminism. In: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation , Robert Claus u. a. (Ed.): "What a right man is ..." Masculinity in right-wing extremism (=  Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Texts , Volume 68). Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-320-02241-9 , pp. 221-225.
  • The ›men's movement‹ between gender dialogue and anti-feminism. In: Andreas Kemper (ed.): The masculists. Organized anti-feminism in German-speaking countries. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-89771-523-3 , pp. 12-17.
  • Beyond feminism and anti-feminism. Plea for an independent male policy. In: Markus Theunert (Ed.): Men's politics. What makes boys, men and fathers strong. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-18419-7 , pp. 59-78.

Expertise

  • Gender struggle from the right. How men's rights activists and family fundamentalists radicalize themselves against the enemy image of feminism. Expertise of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (=  Wiso discourse ). Ed .: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung , Department of Economic and Social Policy, Department of Women's and Gender Studies. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn 2010, ISBN 978-3-86872-270-3 ( online ; PDF, 185 kB).
  • Arguments on the subject of discrimination against men. In: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Department of Economic and Social Policy, Division of Women and Gender Studies; Melanie Ebenfeld, Manfred Köhnen (ed.): Gender equality policy controversial. Expertise on behalf of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (=  Wiso discourse ). Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86872-643-5 , pp. 18-22 ( online ; PDF, 440 kB).

Technical article

  • Operational and Political Obstacles to Committed Fatherhood. In: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung , Volume 17, No. 1, 2005, pp. 66–75 ( online ; PDF 49 kB).
  • Diversity of gender roles. In: Federal Agency for Political Education (Ed.): From Politics and Contemporary History (APuZ), No. 41/2009 ( online ).
  • Between crisis and reinvention. The directional discourse in the »men's movement«. In: Frankfurter Hefte , No. 1/2, 2011, pp. 33–36 ( online ; PDF, 193 kB).
  • For men, but not against women - essay. In: Federal Center for Political Education (Ed.): From Politics and Contemporary History (APuZ), No. 40/2012 ( online ).

Lectures (selection)

  • Man needs support. in men's politics. Documentation of a symposium of the Men Forum and the Heinrich Böll Foundation , June / July 2006, pp. 19–20 ( PDF; 264kb ( Memento of December 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )).
  • The man - socially and sexually an idiot? A plea for gender dialogue. Lecture at the Gender Dialogue of the Men Forum and the Gunda Werner Institute , December 2007 ( PDF; 84kb ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )).
  • Everything alright? The difficult work-life balance - what HR managers and works councils can do. Lecture at the conference Sociopolitical Responses to Demographic Change in the Education Center Oberjosbach (BZO), March 24, 2010 ( PDF; 67kb ).
  • Equality as a competitive area? How anti-feminist men's rights activists reinterpret emancipatory terms. Lecture at Ruhr University Bochum, June 25, 2010 ( PDF; 100kb ( memento from September 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )).
  • The main thing is work - what's up? Lecture at the conference Praxis der Jugendarbeit 11 at the Landschaftsverband Rheinland , Cologne , November 25, 2010 ( PDF; 50kb ).

Broadcasts on Deutschlandfunk - background

Web links

Commons : Thomas Gesterkamp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dietmar Klenke : Schwarz - Münster - Paderborn. An anti-Catholic cliché. Waxmann Verlag, Münster u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-8309-1987-2 , p. 81.
  2. ↑ a b c Gunda Werner Institute of the Heinrich Böll Foundation: Information on Dr. Thomas Gesterkamp .
  3. ^ Thomas Gesterkamp: Home advantage. After 14 years in the journalist office again "solo" - a field report ( memento of the original from November 11, 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. . In: M - Menschenmachen Medien , 49th volume, No. 10, October 2000; Retrieved May 19, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 194.245.102.185
  4. ↑ According to own information on the homepage of Thomas Gesterkamp ; Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ according to website väterzeit.de : accessed on May 21, 2013
  6. ↑ See e.g. B. Articles by and interviews with Thomas Gesterkamp in the taz ; Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  7. ↑ Die Zeit : Article about Thomas Gesterkamp
  8. ↑ Flyer of the Symposium Gender Dialogues ( Memento of February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), 7./8. December 2007, Berlin; Organizer: Gunda Werner Institute of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Forum Men in Theory and Practice of Gender Relations ; PDF, 330 kB
  9. ↑ Program of the Austrian Men's Conference 2011 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. ; Retrieved May 19, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maennertagung2011.mur.at
  10. ↑ See the program of the men's policy conference . Men's Political Contributions to a Gender Equitable Society , 22./23. October 2012, Berlin; Organizers: Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth , Germany, and Federal Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection , Austria; PDF, 461 kB; Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ Brief information on Thomas Gesterkamp . At: Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart; Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ Emmanuel Schneider: "The gentleman is completely antiquated" ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2012 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. . Interview with Thomas Gesterkamp on SR-online from November 19, 2012; Retrieved May 19, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sr-online.de
  13. ↑ Anja Dilk: Hey Boss, I need more time , taz.de May 24, 2006
  14. ↑ Gender roles. Mockery from colleagues , the Cologne male researcher Thomas Gesterkamp, ​​42, about male self-confidence in a workaholic culture, Der Spiegel 7/2000
  15. ↑ Johanna Kutsche: Precarious Masculinity , The Time March 3, 2009
  16. ↑ Comp .: 2011 published by Andreas Kemper : (R) Echt Kerle: Zur Kumpanei der MännerRECHTSbewegung.
    2012 Hinrich Rosenbrock's expertise: The anti-feminist men's rights movement. Mindset, networks and online mobilization . Ed .: Heinrich Böll Foundation (=  writings of the Gunda Werner Institute . Volume 8 ). Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86928-073-8 ( Online [PDF; 2,4 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2018]).     Women and men hostile at the same time. Anti-feminist men's rights movement in focus. RUB researcher creates expertise for the Heinrich Böll Foundation
  17. ↑ Heide Oestreich: Researcher on the men's movement: "Masculinists only dominate on the Internet". Interview with Thomas Gesterkamp. In: taz , May 24, 2012.
  18. ↑ Anti- feminism in the "middle of society". Freier Rundfunk Erfurt, April 28, 2010.
  19. ↑ Ursula Birsl: Right-wing extremism and gender. Budrich Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-86649-388-9 , p. 57.
  20. ↑ Ilse Lenz: The new anti-feminism. In: Sheets for German and International Politics , July 2011.
  21. ↑ The anti-feminist men's rights movement. Mindset, networks and online mobilization. ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Event organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, February 3, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.boell.de
  22. ↑ Johanna Kutsche: The rhetoric of right-wing men. In: Die Zeit , May 12, 2010.
  23. ↑ Walter Hollstein: Are men's rights activists "right"? In: Die Welt, May 11, 2010, accessed September 30, 2012.
  24. ^ Matthias Franz: New men - does that have to be? Risks and perspectives of today's male role. 2nd edition, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 3-525-40440-9 , p. 16
  25. ^ Ingo von Münch : Legal policy and legal culture: Comments on the state of the Federal Republic of Germany. Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2011, p. 213 f.
  26. ↑ Thomas Gesterkamp: Crisis of the guys? The diversity of masculinity . Lecture at the Austrian Men's Conference 2011 , Graz, October 21, 2011; on the conference website; PDF, 122 kB; Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  27. ↑ Thomas Gesterkamp: Beyond Feminism and Anti-Feminism. Plea for an independent male policy. In: Markus Theunert (Ed.), Men's Politics. What makes boys, men and fathers strong. Springer VS: Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-18419-7 , pp. 75f.
  28. ^ Dietmar Klenke: Schwarz - Münster - Paderborn: An anti-Catholic cliché picture. Waxmann, Münster 2008, ISBN 3830919875 , p. 81 ff.
  29. ↑ Summary in the journal 'respectively', Austrian Institute for Family Research, University of Vienna
  30. ↑ Critical of patriarchy and no literature on personal experience , review by Bernd Hüttner in the magazine Prager Frühling ; Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  31. ↑ Dr. Thomas Gesterkamp: "Fathers between laptop and changing table" , radio broadcast on ORF Vorarlberg, January 29, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Gesterkamp, ​​Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social and political scientist, journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Leverkusen