Joachim Radkau

Joachim Radkau ( born October 4, 1943 in Oberlübbe in Minden ) is a German historian.

Life

The son of a Lutheran pastor from 1963 to 1968 studied history in Münster, Berlin and Hamburg, among others, Fritz Fischer, who impressed him greatly. 1970 Radkau received his doctorate at Fischer on the role of German-speaking emigrants from 1933 to 1945 in the context of the then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. From 1971 he taught at the Pedagogical University in Bielefeld.

From 1972 to 1974 Radkau wrote with George WF Hall garden, this overview factory German industry and politics of Bismarck to the present day. He took over in the representation of the period from 1933 to about 1968. The German bank sat across from the publisher through that several passages Radkaus about their role in the history of World War II and in the controversy from 1952 to the Luxembourg Agreement the government of Konrad Adenauer were blackened with Israel. In the latter, it was mainly about the role of Hermann Josef paragraph

1980 Habilitation Radkau with a study of the rise and crisis of the German nuclear industry. In 1981 he became Professor of Modern History at the University of Bielefeld. Then Radkau turned to mainly the history of technology and environmental history. He conducted research on the history of the German forest and the (after Radkau alleged ) wood shortage in the 18th and 19th centuries, the history of nature protection ( including any of its role in the German National Socialism ), on the relationship between nervousness and history of technology in Wilhelmine Empire. In this context, he also began with biographical studies of Thomas Mann and Max Weber.

A wider public Radkau became known when he published a history of the environment in 2000. Followed in 2005 by a highly acclaimed biography of Max Weber. For his life's work he received the 2012 Environmental Media Award.

Writings (selection )

Monographs

  • The German emigration to the United States. Their influence on American policy on Europe from 1933 to 1945. Thesis. Bertelsmann University Press, Dusseldorf 1971, ISBN 3-571-09190-6
  • With Orlinde Radkau: practice the science of history. The disorientation of historical interest. Bertelsmann University Press, Dusseldorf 1972, ISBN 3-571-09057-8
  • George WF Hall Garden: German industry and politics of Bismarck until today. European publishing house, Frankfurt / Köln 1974, ISBN 3-499-17450-2; Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-17450-2; revised edition: German industry and politics of Bismarck to the present day. Athenaeum, Frankfurt 1986, ISBN 3-434-46081-0
  • With Bernd Hey: Nazism and fascism. Political World II customer Klett, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-12-407500-5
  • With Jochim Varchmin: power, energy and labor. Energy and society. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-17701-3
  • Rise and Crisis of the German nuclear industry. From 1945 to 1975. Repressed alternatives in nuclear technology and the origin of the nuclear controversy. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983, ISBN 3-499-17756-0
  • War and peace. Political World II customer Klett, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-12-408300-8
  • Ingrid Schaefer: wood. A natural substance in the history of technology. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-499-17728-5
  • Technology in Germany. From the 18th century to the present. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-518-11536-7; expanded new edition: Technology in Germany. From the 18th century until today. Campus -Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38689-8
  • The age of nervousness. Germany between Bismarck and Hitler. Hanser, Munich / Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-446-19310-3; Propyläen Paperback, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-612-26710-8
  • Nature and power. A world history of the environment. Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-48655- X
  • Man and nature in history. Historical- Political World customer. Klett, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-12-456190-2
  • Max Weber. The passion of thought. Hanser, Munich / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-446-20675-2
  • Wood. As a natural material made ​​history. Oekom -Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-86581-049-6
  • The era of ecology. A World History. Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61372-2
  • With Lothar Hahn: The Rise and Fall of the German nuclear industry. Oekom -Verlag, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86581-315-2.
  • Theodor Heuss. Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24355-2.

Editorial Boards

  • Imanuel Geiss with (eds.): Imperialism in the 20th century. In memory of George W. F. Hall garden. Beck, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-406-06464-7
  • Frank Uekötter (eds.): Conservation and National Socialism. Frankfurt / New York, Campus 2002, ISBN 3-593-37354-8
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