Hans Peter Duerr (born 6 June 1943) is a German

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and author of ten books on anthropology. Duerr studied at both the

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and the

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, eventually gaining his doctorate in 1971 with a dissertation on consciousness theory in philosophy. From 1975 through to 1980 he worked as a lecturer and visiting professor of ethnology and cultural history at the

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and

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, before settling down permanently at Kassel. From 1992 to 1999 he taught as a professor of anthropology and cultural history at the

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, before moving back to Heidelberg. He has published multiple books in German, one of which has been translated as '' Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary between Wilderness and Civilization''. From 1988 through to 2002 he published a five volume magnum opus entitled ''Der

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vom Zivilisationsprozeß''.

Bibliography

*''Ni Dieu - ni mètre. Anarchische Bemerkungen zur Bewußtseins- und Erkenntnistheorie''. 1974 *''Traumzeit. Über die Grenzen zwischen Wildnis und Zivilisation''. 1978 *''Satyricon''. 1982 *''Sedna oder Die Liebe zum Leben''. 1984 *''Der Mythos vom Zivilisationsprozeß'' **Band 1: ''Nacktheit und Scham''. 1988 **Band 2: ''Intimität''. 1990 **Band 3: ''Obszönität und Gewalt''. 1993 **Band 4: ''Der erotische Leib''. 1997 **Band 5: ''Die Tatsachen des Lebens'' 2002 *''Frühstück im Grünen. Essays und Interviews''. 1995 *''Gänge und Untergänge''. 1999 *''Rungholt. Die Suche nach einer versunkenen Stadt''. 2005 *''Tränen der Göttinnen''. 2008 *''Die Fahrt der Argonauten''. 2011

External links

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Interview with Hans Peter Duerr from 2009 (in German)

Themenseite Hans Peter Duerr in the Spiegel-Online (in German)

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