Andreas Kemper (born April 11, 1963) is a German
sociologist and author. He is an author about
Classism
Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of ...
and an analyst on anti-democratic tendencies in Germany, including those of the
AfD
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Life
He was born into a working-class family and started to study philosophy, sociology and pedagogy first at the
University of Münster
The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...
, then the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
and completed his
Master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...
at the
University of Münster
The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...
. His research interest is
classism
Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of ...
and he has published the first introduction to Classism in Germany.
Kemper conducted critical analyzes of classism and neoliberalism (klasseismus.de),
racial biology and organized anti-feminism (diskursatlas.de). He sees these developments as the basis for the emergence of the "
Alternative for Germany
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" and published the book “Right Euro-Rebellion” in July 2013 in which he identifies the AfD as a reservoir for these currents. His book was by far the first critical book publication on the AfD. Kemper not only warned against the emergence of a right-wing party, but was also the first to accurately determine the start-up financing from the
Finck Group.
He is active in the
pro-feminist
Pro-feminism refers to support of the cause of feminism without implying that the supporter is a member of the feminist movement. The term is most often used in reference to men ("male feminists") who actively support feminism and its efforts t ...
men's movement
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. Kemper is one of the contributing editors of
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His
Wikipedia
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nickname is ''Schwarze Feder''. Under his pseudonym "Doris Neujahr", the right-wing radical author Torsten Hinz criticized Kemper in 2009 for his open participation in the
German-language Wikipedia in an article in the nationalist "
Junge Freiheit
The ''Junge Freiheit'' (JF, "Young Freedom") is a German weekly newspaper on politics and culture that was established in 1986. Junge Freiheit is politically conservative, right-wing, and nationalistic; it is further described as the "ideologic ...
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Main interests
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Alternative for Germany
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Antifeminist
Antifeminism or anti-feminism is opposition to feminism. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, antifeminists opposed particular policy proposals for women's rights, such as women's suffrage, the right to vote, Female education, educat ...
men's rights movement
The men's rights movement (MRM) is a branch of the men's movement. The MRM in particular consists of a variety of groups and individuals known as men's rights activists (MRAs) who focus on social issues, such as specific government services, w ...
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Classism
Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of ...
* Educational disadvantage
Selected works
* ''Klassismus'' (2009, with Heike Weinbach)
* ''(R)echte Kerle'' (2011)
* ''Die Maskulisten'' (2012 ed.)
* ''Rechte Euro-Rebellion'' (2013)
* ''Sarrazins Correctness'' (2014)
* ''Privatstädte: Labore für einen neuen Manchesterkapitalismus'' (2022)
References
External links
Official website
1963 births
Living people
University of Münster alumni
People from Nordhorn
German sociologists
German male writers
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