Heide Gerstenberger (born 21 July 1940) is a German political scientist and economist. She has been Professor of Theory of Civil Society at the State at the University of Bremen since 1974. She was awarded emeritus status in 2005. [1]
Gerstenberger studied social sciences in Wilhelmshaven, Stellenbosch and Göttingen from 1960 to 1964. Following her studies, she initially worked as a contract teacher at the vocational school in Reutlingen and later as a member of staff at the adult education center in Düsseldorf.[ citation needed ]
In 1966, she received a doctoral scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and returned to the University of Göttingen. In 1968, Gerstenberger received her doctorate (Dr. disc. pol.) on the subject of revolutionary conservatism. From 1966 to 1974, she was a research assistant at the Department of Political Science at the University of Göttingen. [2]
In 1968, Gerstenberger was delegated by the Federal Assistants' Conference to the founding senate for the University of Bremen, which began its work on September 19. Gerstenberger chaired the founding senate from April 13, 1970, until the founding rector Thomas von der Vring was elected on June 29, 1970. [2]
In 1972, Gerstenberger habilitated with her thesis Die politische Ökonomie der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Its constitution in the USA. In 1974, Gerstenberger was appointed to the position of Theory of Bourgeois Society and the State at the University of Bremen. [2]
Gerstenberger was a member of the scientific advisory board of Attac.
At the Historical Materialism Conference 2023, she was honored for the English-language version of her book Markt und Gewalt. Die Funktionsweise des historischen Kapitalismus with the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize . [3]
Gerstenberger works on a broad spectrum of social theory and social history topics. These range from works on local social history to works on poverty and social policy to research on the functioning of National Socialist rule. The focus is always on the analysis of the historical development and current structures of modern states. [2]
Gerstenberger is currently working on problems of globalization, different forms of capitalist societies and processes of impoverishment on a global scale. She has also researched and published on the historical connection between the market and violence. [2]
Since 1992, Gerstenberger has also been involved in research on the historical and current practice of merchant shipping. [2]
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