Arno Peters

Arno Peters ( May 22nd, 1916 in Berlin -Charlottenburg, † December 2, 2002 in Bremen ) was a German historian and cartographer.

Biography

Peters studied after high school history, culture, history and journalism studies in Berlin.

He created the Synchronous Optical world history, the equal, the European history alongside the history of the great Asian and African cultures, as well as the pre-Columbian Americas.

Likewise, targeted Peters in his geographical work on overcoming the Eurocentric worldview in his view. In 1973 he presented a map projection of the earth before (Peters projection), which was the basis of the published 1989 Peters Atlas. The cards contained therein do all countries and regions of the world dar. equal area

Furthermore, Peters dealt with the concept of equivalence economy as an economic system which he viewed as an alternative to the dominant capitalist mode of production. Trading through free pricing by the market mechanism in capitalism will give way to the principle of equivalence in accordance with an exchange of equivalent values ​​. The basis of these values ​​in the products materialized labor (see also in relative wages). Thus, this mode of production can work to meet human needs in accordance with, a global planning of the economy continues to be necessary, which is now realistically feasible through the use of advanced data processing technology. He created in this context, the model of Peters - Rose.

Politically, Peters known to the left and he was therefore attacked repeatedly. In 1994 he was awarded the Peace Prize of Culture and the Villa Ichon in Bremen. He was awarded the PhD and the title honorary professor for his significant and critical scientific achievements.

Publication selection

• Peters World Atlas. Academic Publishing Company 1990. Completeness. revised. , aktual. Revision. Ullmann, Potsdam, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8331-5559-8
• Peters Synchronous Optical World History, Contemporary atlas with index volume. In 1970, first publication in 1952, many other issues to 2000. ISBN 3-86150-370-0. Digital output as: " The Digital Peters ". Updated by Andreas Kaiser. In an electronic edition of Thomas Burch, Hans Rudolf Behrendt and Martin Weinmann. Office W. GmbH. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 2000 Edition 2012 for PC. XP, Vista, Win 7, Mac: Intel processor, OS from 10.5. Minimum screen resolution: 1280x1024. 1 DVD -ROM. ISBN 978-3-86150-833-5