Loewenstein Bedřich

Prof., PhDr., CSc.
Born June 20, 1929 in Prague, † 2017 

• Honorary member of Learned Society since 2000

Educational and professional preparation:

• 1949, graduate, academic secondary school, Prague 7;
• 1949-1951 and 1953-1956, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University (FP CU);
• 1957-1960; post-graduate student; Institute of History (IH), Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CSAS);
• 1961 CSc.

Employment and academic positions:

• 1956-1957, Pedagogical Publishing House, Prague; then scientific worker at IH CSAS;
• 1970-1978, translator, Embassy of FRG, Prague;
• 1979, Professor of recent history, Free University, West Berlin;
• 1994-present, pensioner

Membership and positions in international organizations and societies:

• Corresponding member, Berliner Wissenschaft-Gesellschaft (Berlin)
• Member, Collegium Carolinum (Munich)

Notable awards:

• 1999, František Palacký Medal, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR)

Selected publications:

• Otto von Bismarck. Prague, 1968
• Středověk dvacátého století (Middle ages in the twentieth century). Prague, 1970 (destroyed)
• Plädoyer für die Zivilisation. Hamburg, 1973
• Der Entwurf der Moderne. Vom Geist der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft u. Zivilisation. Essen, 1987, 2. vyd. Darmstadt, 1990
• 6mal Prag (pseud. Fritz Böhm). Munich, 1988. 2. vyd. 1990
• Problemfelder der Moderne. Elemente politischer Kultur. Darmstadt, 1990
• O nacionalismu a revolucích (On nationalism and revolutions). Prague, 1991
• Projekt moderny (Project of modern times). O duchu občanské společnosti a civilizace (On the spirit of a civic society and civilization). Prague, 1995
• Annäherungsversuche: Geschichte und Psychologie. Pfaffenweiler, 1992
• My a ti druzí: Dějiny, psychologie, antropologie (Us and the Others: History, Psychology, Anthropology). Brno, 1997
• Wier und die anderen. Historische und kultursoziologische Betrachtungen. Dresden, 2003
• Civilizace a fašismus (Civilization and Fascism). Studie z let 1969/71 (Study from the years 1969/1971). Prague, 2003