Lorenz Jäger (born 6 June 1951 in

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (, ) is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg ...

) is a German sociologist and

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Biography

Lorenz Jäger studied

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 ...

and

German literature German literature () comprises those literature, literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy ...

at the

Philipps-Universität Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protes ...

and the

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

. In Marburg Jäger was influenced by the four following scholars: the sociologist Heinz Maus, the Germanists

Heinz Schlaffer Heinz Schlaffer (21 June 1939 – 31 October 2023) was a German Germanist and Professor of Literary Science of the University of Stuttgart. He was best known for essays like "Die kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur" (The Short History of Germ ...

, Gert Mattenklott, and the

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

Martin Warnke Martin Warnke (12 October 1937 – 11 December 2019) was a German art historian. Life and work Warnke grew up in a German pastor's family in Brazil. He studied art history, history and German literature at the universities of Munich, Madrid and B ...

See Lorenz Jäger: ''Geheimes Marburg. Zum Tode des Literaturwissenschaftlers Gert Mattenklott''. In: ''FAZ'', October 6, 2009, p.27. After his

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in German literature Lorenz Jäger taught at

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. From 1985 until 1988 he taught at

Hokkaido University , or , is a public research university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded in 1918, it is the fifth-oldest government-authorised university in Japan and one of the former Imperial Universities. The university finds its roots in Sapporo A ...

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(

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). Since 1 January 1997 he is

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in the

liberal arts Liberal arts education () is a traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''skill, art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts. ''Liberal arts education'' can refe ...

department of the German

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The (; ''FAZ''; "Frankfurt General Newspaper") is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt and is considered a newspaper of record for Germany. Its Sunday edition is the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung'' ( ...

''. Since 2009 he writes a column ''Exerzitien'' (exercises) about religious topics in the ''

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung The (; ''FAZ''; "Frankfurt General Newspaper") is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt and is considered a newspaper of record for Germany. Its Sunday edition is the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung'' ( ...

'', which were published as books in 2010 (''Hauptsachen''), 2013 (''Fromme'' ''Übungen''). In 1999/2000 Jäger

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an edition of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's collected works in ten volumes. Lorenz Jäger is married with two children.

Monographs

* ''Messianische Kritik. Studien zu Leben und Werk von Florens Christian Rang'', Böhlau-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1983, . * ''

Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( ; ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come ...

. Eine politische Biographie'', DVA, München 2003, . * ''Das Hakenkreuz. Zeichen im Weltbürgerkrieg. Eine Kulturgeschichte'', Karolinger Verlag, Wien 2006, . * ''Die schöne Kunst, das Schicksal zu lesen. Kleines Brevier der Astrologie'', zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2009, . * ''Hinter dem großen Orient'', Karolinger Verlag, Wien 2009, . * ''Hauptsachen. Gedanken und Einsichten über den Glauben und die Kirche'', Mit einem Vorwort von

Martin Mosebach Martin Mosebach (born 31 July 1951, in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer. Biography He has published novels, stories, and collections of poems, written scripts for several films, opera libretti, theatre and radio plays. His first major non- ...

; Fe-Medienverlag, Kißlegg 2010 . *
Signaturen des Schicksals
', Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin, Berlin 2012, . * ''Prägungen''. Karolinger Verlag, Wien/Leipzig 2013, *
Walter Benjamin. Das Leben eines Unvollendeten
'. Rowohlt, Hamburg 2017

Literature

* Philipp von Wussow: ''„Eine Karikatur der Theorie“. Zur neueren Adorno-Biographik''. In: ''Naharaim. Zeitschrift für deutsch-jüdische Literatur und Kulturgeschichte'' 1/2007, pp. 131–147.

References

External links

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in the FAZ, October 5, 2011, published online October 13, 2011, visited September 21, 2013 *

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on book
by Jäger
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