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Karl-Heinz Kohl

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Karl-Heinz Kohl

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性別
男性
生誕
1948-11-24 （Fürth, Germany）
国籍
Germany
言語
German
居住地歴
Erlangen (student period) → Berlin (research & employment) → Mainz (faculty) → Frankfurt am Main (professor, Frobenius Institute) → New York (2001/02, The New School visiting)

経歴

職業
Ethnologist, Religious studies scholar, University professor, Exhibition curator
活動期間
1975年〜2016年
所属
Frobenius Institute, Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, University of Mainz, Freie Universität Berlin
所属団体
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (humanities class)
影響を受けた人物
Bronisław Malinowski, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Claude Lévi-Strauss

学歴

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen
Religious studies, History, Philosophy, Ethnology
学位: Magister
期間: 1968–1975
卒業年: 1975
国: Germany
Studied at Erlangen and Berlin; magister degree completed 1975
Freie Universität Berlin
Religious studies & Ethnology
学位: Dr. (Promotion)
期間: 1975–1980
卒業年: 1980
国: Germany
PhD awarded 1980 (thesis on the image of the 'good savage' and experiences of civilization)
Freie Universität Berlin (Habilitation)
Religious studies
学位: Habilitation
期間: 1986
卒業年: 1986
国: Germany
Habilitated at Freie Universität Berlin in 1986

受賞歴

Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose
2024
主催: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Exotik als Beruf

1979年 Ethnography / scholarly monograph 123ページ

An early major work examining ethnographic experience and the Western concept of exoticism.

exoticismethnographic theoryfieldwork experience

Entzauberter Blick

1981年 Ethnology / Religious studies

Critically examines Western perceptions of the 'good savage' and experiences of civilization.

images of the othercritique of civilizationreligious perspectives

Der Tod der Reisjungfrau

1998年 Religious ethnography

Detailed account of myths, cults, and alliances in an East Flores local culture in eastern Indonesia.

mythrituallocal culture

Die Macht der Dinge

2003年 Material culture / religious anthropology

A comparative study on the power of objects, their history and theory, across sacred and secular contexts.

material culturesacralitysymbolism
翻訳
  • Powerful Things. History and Theory of Sacred Objects

Neun Stämme

2024年 Indigenous studies / modernity

A recent work reassessing the relationship between indigenous heritage and the roots of modernity.

indigenous peoplesmodernityheritage

全著作

  • Exotik als Beruf. (1979)
  • Entzauberter Blick. (1981)
  • Abwehr und Verlangen. (1987)
  • Ethnologie – die Wissenschaft vom kulturell Fremden. (1993; 3rd ed. 2012)
  • Der Tod der Reisjungfrau. (1998)
  • Die Macht der Dinge. (2003)
  • Raran Tonu Wujo. (2009)
  • Das Humboldt Forum und die Ethnologie. (2019)
  • Powerful Things. (2020)
  • Neun Stämme. (2024)

作品の翻訳

  • Powerful Things (English translation, 2020)

作風・主題

文体
clear scholarly prosecomparative-historical and theoretical approachexhibition-text suited explanatory style
頻出モチーフ
power of objects and sacralityrepresentations of the other and exoticismmuseum and collection theory

評価・遺産

Kohl has made wide-ranging contributions to ethnology and religious studies, leading the Frobenius Institute and promoting research and exhibitions. Through his work on material culture and exhibition texts he bridged academia and the public; in 2024 he received the Sigmund Freud Prize for his scholarly prose.

記念館・博物館

  • Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Germany 1881年開館
  • Frobenius Institute Frankfurt am Main, Germany

関連学会

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde
  • Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (humanities class)

資料所蔵先

  • Frobenius Institute archives (Frankfurt)

豆知識

  • Served as director of the Frobenius Institute from 1996 to 2016.
  • Involved as editor of the journal Paideuma.
  • Held the Theodor Heuss Professorship at The New School, New York, in 2001/02.
  • Recipient of the Sigmund Freud Prize for Scientific Prose in 2024.