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Obituaries on Ulrich Beck
(15 May 1944 – 1 January 2015)

 

Ulrich Beck

Born 15.05.1944
Died 01.01.2015
 

In English

  • Condolences of LSE, LSE Director Professor Craig Calhoun, 2 January 2015
  • Anthony Giddens, 5 January, Süddeutsche Zeitung, English original is here
  • International Social Science Council, Anthony Giddens, 9 January 2015: “Remembering Ulrich Beck”
  • Bruno Latour, 5 January, Süddeutsche Zeitung, English version, 13 January 2015, in: Artforum
  • New York Times, 4 January 2015, Allison Smale: “Ulrich Beck, Sociologist Who Warned of Dangers of Technology, Is Dead at 70”
  • Slugger o’toole, 4 January 2015, Robin Wilson, editor OpenSecurity: “Ulrich Beck and developing the art of co-existence and constitutional tolerance…”
  • openDemocracy, 5 January 2015, Robin Wilson “Ulrich Beck – an appreciation”
  • Financial Times, 5 January 2015, Jeevan Vasagar: “Ulrich Beck, visionary theorist of globalisation and its risks”
  • The Guardian, 5 January 2015, Mary Kaldor and Sabine Selchow: “Ulrich Beck obituary - German sociologist who pointed to the risks that come from technological change”
  • Goethe Institute, 6 January 2015: “On the Death of Ulrich Beck Optimist Despite Predicting a Gloomy Outlook”
  • Additional obituaries, at Habermas-Rawls blogshot
  • Best Education News, 6 January 2015
  • European Alternatives, 8 January 2015: “Ulrich Beck: The Necessity of a Cosmopolitan Outlook”
  • Global Dialogue - Newsletter for the International Sociological Association, 8 January 2015: Sang-Jin Han, “In Memory of Professor Ulrich Beck”
  • Spiked, 9 January 2015, James Heartfield, “Ulrich Back and the turn against Modernity”
  • openDemocracy, 13 January 2015: Slawomir Sierakowski “Ulrich Beck - a memorial from a student to a teacher”
  • Scott Lash, 16 January 2015, in: Artforum

In German

  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 January 2015, Andreas Zielcke: “Der Kosmopolit”, <>
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 January 2015
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 January 2015, Armin Nassehi <http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/wuerdigung-was-die-soziologie-ulrich-beck-zu-verdanken-hat-1.1962775>
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5 January 2015, Anthony Giddens
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5 January 2015, Bruno Latour
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 January 2015, “Zum Tod von Ulrich Beck Der Freihandsegler der Theorie”, by Jürgen Kaube
  • Spiegel Online Kultur, 3 January 2015, Romain Leick: „Zum Tode Ulrich Becks: Die Zukunft ist offen“
  • Spiegel Online Kultur, 3 January 2015, "Kollegen erinnern an Ulrich Beck: Er wollte wirken - und das auch politisch" - Richard Sennett, Angela McRobbie, Claus Leggewie, Ronald Hitzler, Cornelia Koppetsch, Saskia Sassen, Paul Gilroy, Sighard Neckel
  • Die Zeit Online¸3 January 2015, Gunter Hofmann: „Er lebte, was er lehrte“
  • TAZ, 3 January 2015, Stefan Reinecke: „Zum Tod von Ulrich Beck. Der Bundesrepublikaner“
  • Der Tagespiegel, 3 January 2015, Peter von Becker: „Ulrich Beck gestorben Der demokratische Existentialist“
  • Berliner Zeitung: „Autor der „Risikogesellschaft“ Soziologe Ulrich Beck ist tot
  • Berliner Zeitung, 4 January 2015, Arno Widmann: „Katastrophale Metamorphosen“
  • Die Welt, 3 January 2015, Alan Posener: „Der Mann, der uns das Chaos aushalten lehrte
  • Der Standard, 3 January 2015, Klaus Taschwer: Deutscher Soziologe Ulrich Beck ist tot“
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 4 January 2015, Joachim Güntner: „Nachruf auf Ulrich Beck: Die Katastrophe denken, um sie zu vermeiden
  • Tages Anzeiger, 4 January 2015, Rudolf Walther „Er traf den Nerv der Zeit“
  • Buchmarkt, 5 January 2015: „UMGEBLÄTTERT: Bücher und Autoren heute in den Feuilletons – und Nachrufe auf Ulrich Beck“
  • Deutschlandradio Kultur, 6 January 2015, Adelheid Wedel: „Aus den Feuilletons ‚Der größte Soziologe seiner Generation‘"
  • Tageswoche, 6 January 2015: „Nachruf. Zum Tod des Soziologen Ulrich Beck“
  • For additional obituaries at Rivva
  • Focus, 10 January 2015, Claus Leggewie: “NACHRUFE Ulrich Beck, + 70”
  • Universität Bamberg, 12 January 2015, Laszlo Vaskovics: “Abschied von Ulrich Beck: Weltbekannter Soziologe und ehemaliger Bamberger Professor ist verstorben”

In French

  • Le Monde, 3 and 4 January 2015, Frédéric Lemaître, “ Le sociologue allemand Ulrich Beck est mort!»
  • Liberation, 3 January 2015, Roberet Maggiori «Mort du sociologue Ulrich Beck, théoricien du «risque»
  • Liberation, 5 January 2015, Michel Wieviorka «Hommage à Ulrich Beck»
  • La Croix, 5 January 2015, Rémi Carlier: «Mort de Ulrich Beck, grand intellectuel allemand»

In Spanish

  • Clarin, 3 January 2015, “Murió el presitigioso sociólogo alemán Ulrich Beck”
  • Clarin, 4 January 2015, Marcelo Canelmi, “Murió Ulrich Beck, un gran observador de nuestro tiempo”
  • El Pais, Cultura, 3 Janaury 2015, ”OBITUARIO: Ulrich Beck, teórico de la sociedad del riesgo”
  • El Pais, Cultura, 4 Janaury 2015, “Ulrich Beck, uno de los nuestros“
  • La Journada, Mexico, 3 January 2015, “Muere el sociólogo Ulrich Beck, uno de los más prestigiosos de Europa”
  • Aristegui Noticias, 7 January 2015, “Murió el sociólogo alemán Ulrich Beck”
  • AIM, Argentina, 8 January 2015, “Ulrich Beck, una pérdida capital para la sociología moderna”
  • El Diario (Bolivia), 5 Januay 2015, « Muere Ulrich Beck, autor de “Sociedad del riesgo”
  • El Universal, Mexico, 5 January 2015, «Muere el sociólogo Ulrich Beck, critico de la modernidad»
  • La Vanguardia, 18 January 2015, «Muere Ulrich Beck, el sociólogo de las grietas de la modernidad»
  • La Nacion, Argentina, 4 January 2015, «Ulrich Beck: un analista crucial de la sociedad actual»
  • Uma (in)certa antropologia, 16 January 2015, John McCreery, “R.I.P. Ulrich Beck(PopAnth)”

In Italian

  • il manifesto, 3 January 2015, Giuseppe Allegri, “Ulrich Beck, visionario europeo”
  • La Repubblica, 4 January 2015, Zygmunt Bauman “Ci mancherà il suo contributo alla nostra coscienza”

In Polish

  • Polityka, 9 January 2015, Adam Krzemiński: “Ulrich Beck (1944–2015) – w jakiś sposób „nasz”

In Bulgarian

  • Култура, 9 January 2015, Svetla Marinova: “Улрих Бек (1944 –2015)”
  • Площад Славейков, 18 January 2015, Svetla Marinova: “Сбогуване с Улрих Бек: човек, интелектуалец, социолог”

In Swedish

  • Svenska Dagbladet, 13 January 2015, Rolf Lidskog: “Becks riskanalys ett rop på samarbete”

In Danish

  • Politiken, 4 January 2015, Peter Wivel “En mestertænker er død”

 

Scientific Memorials in Different Parts of the World

Mexico City, UNAM, Faculty of Political Science, 18 February 2015

All photos were taken from Ulrich Beck’s personal photo collection and were published in this book on the occasion of his 70th birthday:

Ulrich Beck: A Pioneer in Cosmopolitan Sociology and Risk Society – Presented by John Urry. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice No. 18 (Cham – Heidelberg – New York – Dordrecht – London: Springer-Verlag, 2014).

SpringerBrief Title PSP18