Hans Peter Duerr (born 6 June 1943) is a German anthropologist and author of ten books on anthropology. Duerr studied at both the University of Vienna and the University of Heidelberg, eventually gaining his doctorate in 1971 with a dissertation on consciousness theory in philosophy. From 1975 through to 1980 he worked as a lecturer and visiting professor of ethnology and cultural history at the University of Zurich, University of Kassel and University of Bern, before settling down permanently at Kassel. From 1992 to 1999 he taught as a professor of anthropology and cultural history at the University of Bremen, before moving back to Heidelberg.
He has published multiple books in German, one of which has been translated as Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary between Wilderness and Civilization. From 1988 through to 2002 he published a five volume magnum opus entitled Der Mythos vom Zivilisationsprozeß.
Bibliography Ni Dieu - ni mètre. Anarchische Bemerkungen zur Bewußtseins- und Erkenntnistheorie. 1974 Traumzeit. Über die Grenzen zwischen Wildnis und Zivilisation. 1978 Satyricon. 1982 Sedna oder Die Liebe zum Leben. 1984 Der Mythos vom Zivilisationsprozeß Band 1: Nacktheit und Scham. 1988 Band 2: Intimität. 1990 Band 3: Obszönität und Gewalt. 1993 Band 4: Der erotische Leib. 1997 Band 5: Die Tatsachen des Lebens 2002 Frühstück im Grünen. Essays und Interviews. 1995 Gänge und Untergänge. 1999 Rungholt. Die Suche nach einer versunkenen Stadt. 2005 Tränen der Göttinnen. 2008 Die Fahrt der Argonauten. 2011
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Interview with Hans Peter Duerr from 2009 (in German) Themenseite Hans Peter Duerr in the Spiegel-Online (in German) Interview aus dem Jahr 1996 (in German) Können Hexen fliegen? (in German) Kretas Hochkultur im Watt (in German)