Thomas Hedges

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Thomas Hecken (* 1964 in Bochum ) is a German literary and cultural scientist with a research focus on pop culture .

Life and work

Hecken studied German and philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum . During his studies in the 1980s he worked as a publicist and journalist and wrote articles a. a. Written for Spex , Elaste and The Everyday Life . He received his doctorate in 1997 and completed his habilitation in 2003, before working as a private lecturer from 2004 and as a substitute professor for modern German studies at the German Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum from 2007. He is currently professor of modern German literature at the University of Siegen .

In his cultural theoretical work, he deals with the history, criticism and concepts of pop culture . He has contributed significantly to the scientific processing of theories of pop culture as well as to their conceptual analysis. Since 2006 he has published the book series "Schriften zur Popkultur", which is published by Posth Verlag. In 2012 he founded the magazine POP.Culture and Criticism , which is published by Transcript Verlag and online and analyzes and comments on the most important trends in current pop culture in the areas of music and fashion , politics and economics , internet and television , literature and art . Another important field of research is dealing with the concept of the avant-garde .

Fonts (selection)

  • Shape of Eros. The beautiful literature and the sexual act. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-531-12901-5 (At the same time: Bochum, University, dissertation, 1996).
  • Joke as a metaphor. The joke term in poetics and literary criticism of the 18th century. Francke, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-7720-8116-9 .
  • Counterculture and avant-garde 1950–1970. Situationists, beatniks, 68ers. Francke, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 3-7720-8157-6 .
  • Avant-garde and terrorism. Rhetoric of intensity and programs of revolt from the Futurists to the RAF. transcript, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89942-500-6 .
  • Popular culture (= writings on popular culture. 1). With an appendix "Girl and Pop Culture". Posth, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-9810814-1-2 .
  • Popular Culture Theories. Thirty positions from Schiller to Cultural Studies. transcript, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89942-544-4 .
  • 1968. Of texts and theories from a time of euphoric criticism. transcript, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 3-89942-741-6 .
  • Pop. History of a concept 1955–2009. transcript, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-89942-982-4 .
  • with Sara Hakemi: Ulrike Meinhof (= Suhrkamp-BasisBiographie. 33). Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-18233-8 .
  • The failure of the intellectuals. A defense of consumption against its German despisers. transcript, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-8376-1495-4 .
  • Avant-Pop. From Susan Sontag to Prada and Sonic Youth to Lady Gaga and back (= writings on pop culture. 7). Posth, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-9810814-9-7 .
  • with Marcus S. Kleiner and André Menke: Popliteratur. An introduction. Metzler, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-476-02535-7 .

Editorial activities (selection)

  • The charm of the trivial. Artists, Intellectuals, and Pop Culture. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, ISBN 3-531-12883-3 .
  • with Axel Spree: benefit and clarity. Anglo-American aesthetics in the 20th century (= Art Philosophy. 3). Mentis, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-89785-188-1 .
  • with Marcel Wrzesinski: Philosophy and Pop Culture (= writings on pop culture. 5). Posth, Bochum 2010, ISBN 978-3-9810814-6-6 .
  • with Marcus S. Kleiner: Handbuch Popkultur. Metzler, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-476-02677-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hedges, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary and cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum , Germany