Hans Heinz Holz
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Hans Heinz Holz is a German
Marxist
philosopher.
He was professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg (from 1971 to 1979) and from 1979 to 1993 at the University of Groningen
. Holz lives in Switzerland
and thanks to his good health has been up to this date rather productive. He is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of philosophy on one hand and for his openly expressed ideological
viewpoints on the other. Influenced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's monadology
, he regards Widerspiegelung (reflection) not only as an epistemological but also as an ontological
category. Some critics spot here a hazard of deviating from materialism. Though Holz sees himself as in footsteps of Lenin, his vision is disputed among the leftist circles. He has contributed to far-left publications like Marxistische Blätter and Weißenseer Blätter. He joined the German Communist Party
in 1994.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Marxist
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
philosopher.
He was professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg (from 1971 to 1979) and from 1979 to 1993 at the University of Groningen
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...
. Holz lives in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and thanks to his good health has been up to this date rather productive. He is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the history of philosophy on one hand and for his openly expressed ideological
Ideology
An ideology is a set of ideas that constitutes one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things , as in common sense and several philosophical tendencies , or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to...
viewpoints on the other. Influenced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's monadology
Monadology
The Monadology is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text which sketches in some 90 paragraphs a metaphysics of simple substances, or monads.- Text :...
, he regards Widerspiegelung (reflection) not only as an epistemological but also as an ontological
Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality as such, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations...
category. Some critics spot here a hazard of deviating from materialism. Though Holz sees himself as in footsteps of Lenin, his vision is disputed among the leftist circles. He has contributed to far-left publications like Marxistische Blätter and Weißenseer Blätter. He joined the German Communist Party
German Communist Party
The German Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist party in Germany.-History:The DKP was formed in West Germany in 1968, in order to fill the place of the Communist Party of Germany , which had been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956...
in 1994.
Works
- Dialektik und Widerspiegelung, Köln: Pahl Rugenstein 1983
- Dialectische constructie van de totaliteit, Groningen: Uitgeverij Konstapel 1983 (co-authors Jeroen Bartels, Detlev Pätzold and Jos Lensink)
- Dialectiek als open systeem, Groningen: Uitgeverij Konstapel 1985 (co-authors Jeroen Bartels, Detlev Pätzold and Jos Lensink)
- De actualiteit van de metafysica, Kampen: Kok-Agora 1991
- Niederlage und Zukunft des Sozialismus, Essen: Neue Impulse Verlag 1991
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Eine Einführung, Frankfurt/M. / New York: Campus 1992
- Philosophische Theorie der bildenden Künste
- Band I, Der ästhetische Gegenstand. Die Präsenz des Wirklichen, Bielefeld: Aiesthesis Verlag 1996,
- Band II, Strukturen der Darstellung. Über Konstanten der ästhetischen Konfigurationen, Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag 1997
- Band III, Der Zerfall der Bedeutungen. Zur Funktion des ästhetischen Gegenstandes im Spätkapitalismus, Bielefeld: Aiesthesis Verlag 1997
- Einheit und Widerspruch. Problemgeschichte der Dialektik in der Neuzeit
- Band I: Die Signatur der Neuzeit, Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler 1997
- Band II: Pluralität und Einheit, Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler 1997
- Band III: Die Ausarbeitung der Dialektik, Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler 1997
- Gesammelte Aufsätze aus 50 Jahren
- Band I: Der Kampf um Demokratie und Frieden Essen: Neue Impulse Verlag 2003
- Band II: Deutsche Ideologie nach 1945, Essen: Neue Impulse Verlag 2003
- Weltentwurf und Reflexion. Versuch einer Grundlegung der Dialektik. Stuttgart/Weimar: J. B. Metzler 2005