Robert Picht

Robert Picht ( born September 27, 1937 in Berlin, † September 24, 2008 in Hinterzarten ) was a German sociologist and linguist.

Life and work

As the son of Professor Georg Picht and his wife Edith Axenfeld he studied sociology and Romance studies at the universities of Munich, Frankfurt / Main, Hamburg, Paris, Madrid and Freiburg. In 1964 he obtained the degree of Master of Arts in the subject of French literature in Hamburg. At the Sorbonne in 1972, he passed the examination for the promotion of a Dr. phil. At the University of Hagen, he was appointed in 1990 as professor of sociology.

From 1965 to 1972 he was a member of the German Academic Exchange Service ( DAAD) in Paris the office. During this time he was also a lecturer in German language and politics at the Institut d' Etudes Politiques and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris.

From 1972 until 2002 he took over the post of Director at the German -Prussian Institute in Ludwigsburg. At the College of Europe in Natolin, Warsaw, he was vice chairman of 2004 to 2007. Moreover, he assumed the position of Vice-President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam 1976-1995 true.

Awards

  • Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1985
  • Officer of the Legion of Honor
  • Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
  • Gold Medal of the Foundation F.V.S Hamburg

Writings (selection )

  • Annotated bibliography: Germany after 1945, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, 1972
  • French German student, Bad Godesberg in 1974
  • Perspectives of France Client: approaches to interdisciplinary oriented Romance, Tübingen 1974
  • Studies II Germany, Bonn 1975
  • Case studies and didactic tests, Bad Godesberg, 1975
  • Cultural policy for Europe: European Foundation planning approaches work, Bonn 1977
  • Germany, France, Europe: balance a difficult partnership, Munich 1978
  • The Alliance in the Alliance. German - French relations in the international tension, Berlin 1982
  • German - French relations. Hagen 1984
  • The enigmatic Germans. The Federal Republic seen from the outside. With Brigitte Sauzay, Stuttgart 1985
  • Introduction to research on France. Hagen 1986
  • Esprit / Spirit: 100 key terms for German and French with Jacques Leenhardt, Munich 1989 & 1993 ISBN 3492039561 changeable. Replaced by strangers and friends. German and French prior to the 21st Century ( Essays on the importance of various core concepts in both languages, very misleading title ) Edited by Vincent Hoffmann- Martinot, René Lasserre & Peter Theiner; Piper, Munich 1997 & 2002 ISBN 3492039561
  • Französ. Version: With Jacques Leenhardt Au jardin des Malentendus. Le commerce franco- allemand des idées Actes Sud, Arles 1992 ISBN 2868694411 & ISBN 2742713778 ibid. 1997
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