Heribert Adam FRSC (born 1936) is a German-Canadian university professor and author. Adam is professor emeritus of political sociology at Simon Fraser University, specializing in human rights, comparative racisms, peace studies, Southern Africa, and ethnic conflict.[1] Originally from Frankfurt, Germany, he is a former president of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Ethnic, Minority and Race Relations.[2]
Heribert Adam | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Spouse | Kogila Moodley |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Frankfurt School |
| Thesis | (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor W. Adorno |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
| Sub-discipline | Political sociology |
| Institutions | Simon Fraser University |
| Main interests | Ethnonationalism, human rights |
Adam is noted for his work on ethnonationalism, which aims at understanding intergroup conflict and fostering a human rights culture that minimizes bigotry and communal strife.
Adam was awarded the Konrad Adenauer Research Award in 1998 for a project on how democracies deal with crimes they have committed in the past. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2000. The Society wrote of his work: "Mainly drawing upon Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa—where he has been involved in facilitating the 'negotiated revolution'—his nuanced analysis of anti-Semitism, colonial racism, and Canadian treatment of minorities goes beyond the conventional preaching of tolerance. Nelson Mandela in prison praised his work."[3]
Adams was born in Germany.[4] He is married to Kogila Moodley, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology of Education at the University of British Columbia, who is co-author of his book Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking Between Israeli and Palestinians and other works.
Selected publications
edit- with Moodley, Kogila. Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking Between Israelis and Palestinians. PA: Temple University Press, 2005.
- with van Zyl Slabbert, F & Moodley, Kogila. Comrades in Business. Post-Liberation Politics in South Africa. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1997. Third edition 1999. Also published by: International Books, Utrecht, 1998.
- with Moodley, Kogila. The Opening of the Apartheid Mind: Options for the New South Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. Published in South Africa as The Negotiated Revolution: Society and Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 1993.
- with Moodley, Kogila. South Africa Without Apartheid. Dismantling Racial Domination. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Expanded German edition: Edition Suhrkamp. NF 369, 1987. Second edition 1988.
- with Giliomee, H. Ethnic Power Mobilized. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Afrikaans edition, 1981.
- Modernizing Racial Domination. The Dynamics of South African Politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. Third edition, 1976.
- "Anti-Semitism and Anti-Black Racism: Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa". Telos 108 (Summer 1996). New York: Telos Press.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "Heribert Adam - Sociology & Anthropology - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-09-04.
- ^ "Heribert Adam" Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Simon Fraser University.
- ^ Simon Fraser University News, July 21, 2000.
- ^ "Heribert Adam - Sociology & Anthropology - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-09-04.
Further reading
edit- Pogrund, Benjamin. "Why depict Israel as a chamber of horrors like no other in the world?", The Guardian, February 8, 2006.
- Lazarus, Baila. "Lessons from South Africa", Jewish Independent, September 30, 2005.
External links
edit- Heribert Adam in the German National Library catalogue