Reiner Grundmann
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Born | Science and Technology Studies | 29 September 1955
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Thesis | Marxism and Ecology (1991) |
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Website | nottingham |
Reiner Grundmann (born 29 September 1955 near
Life and academic career
Grundmann took his A-levels at Schelztor Gymnasium in
Grundmann's interest in the role of expertise in modern society is influenced by frameworks such as
Social theory
Marxist view on Ecology
Grundmann started his academic career with an analysis of the legacy of Marx's theory for the understanding of environmental problems. This work was a direct product of his PhD research at the EUI in Florence, in the late 1980s under the supervision of
Grundmann saw orthodox Мarxist thinking being caught between Marx's disrespect for the idiocy of rural life and his belief in a resurrection of nature. He attempted to identify problems which could be still dealt with convincingly with Marx's thought and approach. Grundmann dealt in detail with Marx and Engels' discourse on the 'domination over nature', which he claims of being of value. Grundmanns explicit advocacy of the term is exemptional [11] and his introduction into the topic has been quoted as late as 2010 by leading Chinese Scholars as being wonderful.[12] Grundmann avoided depicting the domination as being a precondition of destruction, but allowed for interpretations as mastery or stewardship.[12] Grundmann's defence of 'mastery over nature' as a metaphor in ecologically informed socialism was however not in line with Ted Benton's interpretation of the domination term used by Marx. Benton was positive about Grundmann cutting through a lot of sloppy thinking in the 'ecocentric' camp. [7] He furthermore acknowledged that Grundmann's interpretation of Marx view of our relation to nature is insofar specific compared to e.g. Francis Bacon and Nietzsche, since in Marx's view that 'man should make an impact on the world'. Such mastery, according to Grundmann, would be better interpreted as in mastering a musical instrument.[7] Grundmann concluded "that the pursuit of productivity and the development of a healthy environment need not be mutually exclusive," arguing that only specific technologies, not technology as such, lead to environmental degradation.[13]
Whilst the book received some praise and critical attention at the time, it was published at a difficult historical juncture—after the fall of communism there was little enthusiasm for theoretical frameworks inspired by Marx. This has changed, and the forthcoming Chinese translation and recent reviews and papers about Grundmann's marxist ecology published in China[14][15][16][17] indicate an ongoing interest in the topic.[18]
Sustainability and Werner Sombart
In the years that followed, he moved away from social theory and started engaging with issues about environmental sustainability from the viewpoint of science and technology studies. This move was inspired by the insight of Karl Marx that technology reveals the active transformation of nature, performed by humans and their social forms of organization.[19]
A partial return to social theory was prompted by the co-operation with Nico Stehr with whom Grundmann worked since the late 1990s. Their common work on Werner Sombart led to a re-evaluation of the legacy of this pioneering German sociologist, examining in particular his low salience in the postwar period.[20] Reviewer Lutz Kaelber from the University of Vermont referred to Stehrs and Grundmanns edition of Werner Sombart's Economic Life in the Modern Age as a valuable and accessible addition to the Anglo-American literature on Werner Sombart.[21]
Sustainability and large technical systems
The study of science and technology related issues led him to research large technical systems, which he did during his time at the
Science and technology Studies
Grundmann contributed to
Role of Experts
In their book on expert knowledge (English translation in 2011: Experts: The knowledge and power of expertise),[28] Grundmann and Stehr develop a specific concept of expertise. Contrary to common definitions that stress the centrality of scientists as experts, expertise is defined as mediating between knowledge production and knowledge application. With the expansion of knowledge intensive professions, ever more persons move into positions of experts—for some issues, some of the time. The rise of the knowledge society leads to a proliferation of knowledge sources which has not been sufficiently acknowledged by some dominant theories of expertise. A review in the Canadian Journal of Sociology pointed out that the book was published as part of Routledge's "Key Ideas" series and was among the best books in this series, which attempt to both critically review the field and present arguments that reach beyond existing works.[28]
Experts: The knowledge and power of expertise got positive reviews e.g. in socialnet.de.
Climate change
He wrote about the legacy of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy and whether it revitalized or undermined climate science and climate policy.[38] His own experiences with peer review of another paper about the issue are described in an interview with Hans von Storch on Storch's Klimazwiebel blog.[39] According von Storch's intro, Grundmann's paper Climategate and The Scientific Ethos[40] faced severe resistance from social science journals before it was published in Science, Technology, & Human Values.[39]
Grundmann and Stehr had themselves a controversy in the peer reviewed literature, when they clashed with Constance Lever-Tracy about the role of sociology in climate affairs. Grundmann stated a politicization of climate science which makes
Mike Hulme noted that Grundmann (2007) pointed out some of the problems, with the circulation of IPCC knowledge or that he suggested that improvements need to be made, for example in form of improved communication.[42] Grundmann wrote that besides the IPCC knowledge, it resulted in inaction in the United States, and that political agenda and high visibility of sceptical scientists in the media based on 'balanced reporting' led to a bias in climate change coverage in advantage of sceptical arguments. In Germany instead, science messaging and warnings from well known scientists prevailed and resulted in climate action.[43]
Publications and books
- (1991) Marxism and Ecology. Oxford: ISBN 0198273142
- Korean (Dongnyok, Seoul 1995), Chinese translation is forthcoming
- (1999) Transnationale Umweltpolitik zum Schutz der Ozonschicht. USA und Deutschland im Vergleich. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus. ISBN 3-593-36222-8
- (2001) Transnational Environmental Policy: Reconstructing Ozone. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415224233
- (2001) Transnational Environmental Policy: Reconstructing Ozone. London: Routledge.
- (2001) Werner Sombart. Economic Life in the Modern Age, edited and introduced by Nico Stehr and Reiner Grundmann, New Brunswick, N.J.; Oxford: ISBN 0765800306.
- (2011) Die Macht der Erkenntnis. Berlin: ISBN 978-3-518-29590-8(with Nico Stehr).
- In English (2012) The Power of Scientific Knowledge. From Research to Public Policy. Cambridge: ISBN 978-1-107022-72-0(with Nico Stehr).
- In Russian: Власть научного знания, Aletheia Publishers, Sankt Petersburg, ISBN 978-5-9905769-3-3.[44]
- In English (2012) The Power of Scientific Knowledge. From Research to Public Policy. Cambridge:
- (2010) Expertenwissen: Die Kultur und die Macht von Experten, Beratern und Ratgebern. Frankfurt am Main: ISBN 978-3-938808-82-5(with Nico Stehr).
- In English: Experts: The knowledge and power of expertise. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60803-9 (with Nico Stehr).[45]
- In English: Experts: The knowledge and power of expertise. London: Routledge.
- (2008) Society: Critical Concepts (4 vols.) London: ISBN 0415426561(edited with Nico Stehr).
- (2005) Knowledge: Critical Concepts (5 vols). London: Routledge. ISBN 0415317363(edited with Nico Stehr).
References
- ^ STS. "STS Priority Group". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Reiner Grundmann - The University of Nottingham". nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- ^ von Storch, H., Meinke, I., Stehr, N., Ratter, B., Krauß, W., Pielke, R., Grundmann, R., Reckermann, M., & Weisse, R. (2011): Regional Climate Services illustrated with experiences from Northern Europe. Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht, 34(1), 1-15.
- ^ S2CID 57559809.
- ^ a b "Walter Rösch: Review of Reiner Grundmann: Transnationale Umweltpolitik zum Schutz der Ozonschicht. Frankfurt a. M./New York: 1999, in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft (political science portal), http://pw-portal.de/rezension/9996-transnationale-umweltpolitik-zum-schutz-der-ozonschicht_11820, published on 01.01.2006". www.pw-portal.de. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
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- ^ Grundmann, Reiner (May–June 1991). "The ecological challenge to Marxism". New Left Review. I (194): 103–120. Available online.
- ^ a b c Benton, Ted (July–August 1992). "Ecology, socialism and the mastery of nature: a reply to Reiner Grundmann". New Left Review. I (194): 62–64.
- ^ A Contribution to the Critique of Political Ecology, the title being a pun on a famous Marx study
- ^ Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1973), Zur Kritik der politischen Ökologie', Kursbuch, 33 I
- ^ Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1973): A Critique of Political Ecology, in: T. Benton (Hg.), The Greening of Marxism, New York, 1996, S. 17-49.
- ^ The Political Economy of Development and Environment in Korea, A new framework for environmental analysis, Jae-Yong Chung, Richard J. Kirkby, Routledge, 25.07.2005, p. 10.
- ^ ISBN 9789048137442.
- Online as: Han, Lixin (2010). "Marxism and Ecology: Marx's Theory of Labour Process Revisited". Eco-socialism as Politics. )
- ^ Entry of the doctorate at Cadmus Reiner Grundmann: Marxism and Ecology
Oxford, Clarendon Press/New York, Oxford University Press, 1991, Marxist introductions URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/24716 ISBN 0198273142
- ^ 控制自然与历史唯物主义的重构——格伦德曼的生态马克思主义思想述评 Cai Huajie, Lin Meiping: Reconstruction of nature control and historical materialism:a review of Reiner Grundmann's ecological Marxist thought, Journal of Wuhan University of Science and Technology (Social Science Edition), 2010(03), in Chinese
- ^ 格伦德曼对马克思自然观的阐释——兼论马克思主义和生态学 Xiong Min (School of Marxism, Zhongnan University of Economics & Law, Wuhan 430073, Hubei, China) Grundmann's Interpretation of Marxist Nature-view Wuhan University Journal (2009/06)
- ^ 英国生态学马克思主义关于马克思的"自然极限"理论的阐释 [1] Ni Ruihua (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) British Eco-Marxism Interpreting Marx's Theory of Natural Limits, Conference, The National Research Base for World Marxism and Thought Trends at Fudan University, China 2010-11-18, in Chinese
- ^ "知识搜索". search.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ "国外社会科学杂志-2010年06期-中国知网 Marx defended anthropocentrism - On Reiner Grundmann's Ecological Marxist Theory CNKI entry about a 国外社会科学 (Social Sciences abroad journal) 2010 06". mall.cnki.net. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 'Technology reveals the active relation of man to nature, the direct process of the production of his life, and thereby it also lays bare the process of the production of the social relations of his life and of the mental conceptions that flow from these relations.' Footnote 4 in Karl Marx, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1, trans. Ben Fowkes, Penguin Classics (London, New York: Penguin Books, 1990), p. 493.
- '^ 'Why is Werner Sombart not part of the core of classical sociologists? From fame to (near) oblivion Journal of Classical Sociology 1 (2): 257–287.
- ^ "Book Review: Sombart, Economic Life in the Modern Age". www.cjsonline.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- ^ Grundmann, Reiner; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH (Ed.): Kommunikation und technische Infrastruktur: über Schienen, Straßen, Sand und Perlen. Berlin, 1993 (Schriftenreihe der Forschungsgruppe "Große technische Systeme" des Forschungsschwerpunkts Technik - Arbeit - Umwelt am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung 93-501). URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-30922.
- ^ (2005) Ozone and Climate: Scientific consensus and leadership, Science, Technology, and Human Values 31(1): 73-101 [2].
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- ^ "Mark B. Brown: Review of The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics by Roger S. Pielke, Jr., in Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy 46:4 (2008): 485-489" (PDF). www.csus.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ "Marc Brown: Review of Knowledge and Democracy: A 21st Century Perspective, edited by Nico Stehr, in Contemporary Sociology 38:5 (2009): 452-453" (PDF). www.csus.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ a b Young, Nathan (2011). "Book Review/Compte rendu: Nico Stehr and Reiner Grundmann. Experts: The Know-ledge and Power of Expertise. Key Ideas. New York: Rout-ledge, 2011, 148 pp. $110.00 hardcover (978-0-415-60803-9)". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 36 (3). Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ Thorsten Benkel University of Passau) 10.15.2010 review of: Nico Stehr, Reiner Grundmann: Expertenwissen. Velbrück Wissenschaft (Weilerswist) 2010. In: socialnet Rezensionen, ISSN 2190-9245, http://www.socialnet.de/rezensionen/10190.php, access 09.05.2015.
- ^ "Reiner Grundmann / Nico Stehr: Expertenwissen. Die Kultur und die Macht von Experten, Beratern und Ratgebern - Perlentaucher". www.perlentaucher.de. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature [3]
- S2CID 145135881
- ISBN 9780198293330
- S2CID 145249396.
- ISBN 9780226910659
- ^ Reiner Grundmann (2005) Ozone and Climate: Scientific consensus and leadership, Science, Technology, and Human Values 31(1): 73-101.
- ^ Schwarz, Susanne (13 April 2014). "IPCC Working group III". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- S2CID 142862122.
- ^ a b c d e Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Interview with Reiner Grundmann by Hans von Storch
- S2CID 146731260.
- ^ S2CID 143371210.
- ^ Mike Hulme (2010). "Climate Change: what do we know about the IPCC?" (PDF).
- S2CID 153866225. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Publikation auf Russisch erschienen!". Zeppelin university.
- ^ Nathan Young (2011). "BOOK REVIEW/COMPTE RENDU. Nico Stehr and Reiner Grundmann. Experts: The Know- ledge and Power of Expertise". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 36 (3).