Background
Deutschmann, Christoph Friedrich was born on November 15, 1946 in Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Son of Eberhard Max and Brigitte Deutschmann.
economist sociologist university professor
Deutschmann, Christoph Friedrich was born on November 15, 1946 in Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Son of Eberhard Max and Brigitte Deutschmann.
Deutschmann studied sociology as a major, with economics and law as minors, at the Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, graduating (German Diplom) in 1973 and earning his Doctor of Philosophy (German Doctor) there in 1975.
He currently holds a professorship at the University of Tübingen. In 1987, he habilitated in the Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt. Since 1989, he is professor for Social and Behavioural Sciences in Tübingen.
His research is mainly in the field of economic sociology, dealing with the role of money in modernization and for the affluent society;he criticizes money as being the new religion of the secular and capitalist society.
Deutschmann is a proponent of Keynesianism and degrowth.
From 1976 to 1984, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Social Research, home of the Frankfurt School and Critical Theory.
Member of Society for Advancement of Socio-Economics, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Soziologie (section speaker 1995-1997), International Sociological Association.
Married Claudia Maria Weber, April 12, 1976. Children: Niklas, Moritz.