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Rolf Peter Sieferle

Born

in Stuttgart, Germany

August 05, 1949

Died

September 17, 2016

Genre

Nonfiction, History, Nature

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Rolf Peter Sieferle was a German historian known for applying the methodology of the social sciences to contemporary topics including ecological sustainability and social capital. He was a pioneer scholar of German environmental history. His work was wide ranging, addressing German conservatism around the period of the First World War, Karl Marx, and the fall of Communism. He was an advisor on climate change to the Angela Merkel government.

Sieferle came of age with the generation of 1968 as a youthful Socialist. By the 1990s, he was increasingly critical of what he viewed as naïve idealism. During the 2015 European migrant crisis, Sieferle wrote, “A society that can no longer distinguish between itself and the forces that would dissolve it ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 189 ratings · 17 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Finis Germania 3.69 avg rating — 110 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Migrationsproblem: Über die Unvereinbarkeit von Sozialstaat und Masseneinwanderung: 1 3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Subterranean Forest 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rückblick auf die Natur: Eine Geschichte des Menschen und seiner Umwelt 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karl Marx zur Einführung really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epochenwechsel: Die Deutschen an der Schwelle zum 21. Jahrhundert it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die konservative Revolution: Funf biographische Skizzen 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fortschrittsfeinde?: Opposition gegen Technik und Industrie von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Revolution in der Theorie von Karl Marx it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krieg und Zivilisation: Eine europäische Geschichte it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Diese Umwertung wird auch in den Selbstbezeichnungen deutlich. Die neue Zivilisation erfährt sich selbst als rebellisch und andersartig. Sie möchte explizit krumm sein, schief, falsch, verdreht, also »links«. Es handelt sich um eine Kultur, die das Un-Rechte zu ihrer Signatur erhebt. Sie errichtet Gebäude, die aussehen, als stünden sie kurz vor dem Einsturz. Diese Faszination vom Schiefen und Verkehrten geht bis in Details. Jede Anmutung von Symmetrie und Ordnung erscheint dem »linken« Lebensgefühl als unerträglich.”
― Rolf Peter Sieferle

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“No society has ever known more; and no society has ever been so anti-intellectual.
No society has ever been so wealthy; and no society has ever been so obsessed with wealth.
No society has ever been so differentiated; and no society has ever been so one-dimensional.
No society has ever believed so much in politics; and no society has ever so deeply despised politicians.
No society has ever been so populous; and no society has ever held the individual in such high esteem.
No society has ever been more civilized; and none has ever been so vulgar.
No society has ever been more satiated; and none has ever been so greedy.
No society has ever been more secure; and no society has ever been more fearful.
No society has ever been more pacifist; and no society has ever been so armed.”
― Rolf Peter Sieferle

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“Die Erfahrung von Differenz wirkt unter den Deutschen skandalös. Sie können es nicht ertragen, wenn es irgendwo anders ist als bei ihnen selbst. Deshalb werden sie auch die letzten und eifrigsten Anhänger des Projekts der Modernisierung, vielleicht sogar des Projekts des Sozialismus sein. Bislang glauben sie noch, es seien grundsätzlich nur Nivellierungen nach oben möglich; vielleicht wird sie eine Wirklichkeit, die nur noch Nivellierungen nach unten gestattet, schließlich eines Besseren belehren?”
― Rolf Peter Sieferle, Finis Germania

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