Hasso Spode (born 1951 in Friedrichshagen) is a German

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

and sociologist.

Biography

After his childhood in

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

, Spode fled to

West Berlin West Berlin ( or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin lacked any sovereignty and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1 ...

where he studied

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

, and

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

. He is a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

in Hanover and director of the Historical Archive on Tourism at

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

. The main focus of his research is historical anthropology and

cultural history Cultural history records and interprets past events involving human beings through the social, cultural, and political milieu of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) helped found cultural history ...

, but he also works in the field of

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives fro ...

and

political history Political history is the narrative and survey of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders. It is closely related to other fields of history, including diplomatic history, constitutional history, soci ...

. He has published some 300 scientific articles in 13 languages, mostly in German, and has written or edited more than a dozen books. He was or is co-editor of '' Annals of Tourism Research'', '' Voyage. Studies on Travel & Tourism'', '' Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft'' and other journals. He was a member of the executive council of the Chinese Center of Drug Policy Studies and of the

Alcohol and Drugs History Society The Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS) is a scholarly organization whose members study the history of a variety of illegal, regulated, and unregulated drugs such as opium, alcohol (drug), alcohol, and coffee. Organized in 2004, the ADHS is ...

and he was vice-president of the Tourism Committee of the

International Sociological Association The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences. It is an international sociological body, gathering both individuals and national sociol ...

. In the 1980s Spode analysed the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

leisure Leisure (, ) has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. Free time is time spent away from business, Employment, work, job hunting, Housekeeping, domestic chores, and education, as well as necessary activities such as ...

organization

Strength Through Joy NS Gemeinschaft ; KdF) was a German NSDAP-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany. Richard Grunberger, ''The 12-Year Reich'', p. 197, It was part of the German Labour Front (), the national labour organization at that time. Set up in Nove ...

as a means of social politics in the

Third Reich Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

. In 1989 he launched the "study-group for tourism history", the first institution of its kind; in 1991 he published the worldwide first omnibus book in this field of research. In this connection, he stresses the romantic character of the tourist consumption and classifies tourist travel as "time travel aback" and, drawing on

Reinhart Koselleck Reinhart Koselleck (23 April 1923 – 4 February 2006) was a German historian. He is widely considered to be one of the most important historians of the 20th century. He occupied a distinctive position within history, working outside of any pre- ...

and

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault ( , ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French History of ideas, historian of ideas and Philosophy, philosopher who was also an author, Literary criticism, literary critic, Activism, political activist, and teacher. Fo ...

, the touristic space as a

chronotope In literary theory and philosophy of language, the chronotope is how configurations of time and space are represented in language and discourse. The term was taken up by Russian literary scholar Mikhail Bakhtin who used it as a central element in h ...

. He has also worked on the history and structures of

alcohol Alcohol may refer to: Common uses * Alcohol (chemistry), a class of compounds * Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life ** Alcohol (drug), intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages ** Alcoholic beverage, an alco ...

use and misuse, including the phenomenon of

addiction Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use can ...

, which he sees as a physical-biological process and at the same time as a

social construction Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory. The term can serve somewhat different functions in each field; however, the foundation of this theoretical framework suggests various facets of s ...

that reflects the need for self-control in modern societies, an analytic dualism comparable to the wave-particle duality of light. His book on the ''Power of Drunkenness'' is held at least in 190 libraries.''Entry in WorldCat ''
/ref> Spode has also worked on labour disputes, tobacco consumption and other historical and political topics.

Selected works

*''Alkohol und Zivilisation'' (Alcohol and Civilisation), Berlin: Tara 1991. *''Zur Sonne, zur Freiheit! Beiträge zur Tourismusgeschichte'' (Contributions to Tourism History), Berlin: Unikom 1991 (editor). *''Statistik der Arbeitskämpfe in Deutschland'' (Statistics of Labour Disputes in Germany), St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae 1992 (together with H. Volkmann et al.). *''Die Macht der Trunkenheit'' (The Power of Drunkenness), Opladen: Leske & Budrich (Springer) 1993. *''

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Berlin-Mitte, Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in ...

'', Berlin: Nocolai 1994 (co-author). *''Goldstrand und Teutonengrill. Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte des Tourismus in Deutschland. 1945 bis 1989'' (Social and Cultural History of Tourism in Germany), Berlin: Unikom 1996 (editor). *''Voyage. Studies on Travel and Tourism'', Köln/Berlin: DuMont/Metropol 1997-2014 (yearbook editor) *''Wie die Deutschen Reiseweltmeister wurden'' (How the Germans became Travel World Champions), Erfurt: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 2003. *''Die Zukunftsfähigkeit Deutschlands'' (Germany's Sustainability), Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin 2006. *''Ressource Zukunft. Die sieben Entscheidungsfelder der deutschen Reform'' (Future as a Resource), Farmington Hills: Budrich 2008. *''Urlaub - Macht - Geschichte. Reisen und Tourismus in der DDR'' (Travel and Tourism in the GDR), Berlin: BeBra 2022.

References

External links

Entry in Clio-online

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spode, Hasso 1951 births Living people 20th-century German historians German sociologists German male non-fiction writers 21st-century German historians Academic staff of Leibniz University Hannover