Wolfgang Sofsky

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Wolfgang Sofsky, geboren 1952, lehrte als Professor für Soziologie an den Universitäten Göttingen und Erfurt. Seit 2001 arbeitet er als Privatgelehrter, Autor und politischer Kommentator. 1993 erhielt er den Geschwister-Scholl-Preis für »Die Ordnung des Terrors. Seine Essays sind regelmäßig in der deutschsprachigen Presse zu lesen und im Rundfunk zu hören.

Average rating: 3.96 · 189 ratings · 17 reviews · 26 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Order of Terror

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4.21 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Traktat über die Gewalt

3.92 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions
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Privacy: A Manifesto

3.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Dehşetli Zamanlar: Amok, Te...

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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Einzelgänger

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Il paradiso della crudeltà ...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001
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Das Buch der Laster

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Weisenfels

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Operation Freiheit: Der Kri...

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Figurationen sozialer Macht...

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“Je größer de Angst in der Gesellschaft, desto energischer der Zugriff des Staates und desto geringer die Chancen der Freiheit. Für die Elite ist die Beschränkung des Privaten ein Gebot des Überlebens”
Wolfgang Sofsky, Verteidigung des Privaten

“Daß Menschen glauben, ihrem Gott beispringen zu müssen, hat mit wahrer Frömmigkeit nichts zu tun. Im Gegenteil: Es ist eine Anmaßung ohnegleichen. Götter oder Propheten können durch Bilder unmöglich verunglimpft werden.”
Wolfgang Sofsky, Verteidigung des Privaten
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“Even the most sacred things are not to be honored before the Devil has had his say against them. But since the evil advocate is always able to think of further objections, absolute certainty can never be achieved. He is also allowed to go to extremes, to make use of polemics, mockery or slander. A sentimental plea for tolerance and decorum is merely an attempt to protect one's own cowardice.”
Wolfgang Sofsky, Privacy: A Manifesto



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