Background
Hoogstraten, Hans Dirk Van was born on January 11, 1937 in 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Netherlands. Son of Jean Gustave Ulrich Van Hoogstraten and Henrietta Jacoba De Geer.
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Both true and false notions of connection exist in society and in the human imagination. In this work, economic and ecological claims of supposed connectedness are compared on a profound level. Starting with an historical analysis of the ethical and economic thought of Aristotle and Adam Smith, the two main representatives of the first and second waves of Enlightenment, this discussion clarifies the value of the term 'deep economy'. Concern about current ecological problems often confronts us with the history, theories, and experiences of natural and spiritual connectedness. This book adds an indispensable factor. It urges us to take into serious account the actual state of economic affairs. Discussion of the clash between ecology and economy has long been avoided, due to the paralysis it threatens. Dr. Van Hoogstraten, however, searched for a paramount view, and found it in religion. In his in-depth discussion of the character of both ecology and economy, the hidden religious pretensions of both fields are uncovered. A merely moral approach to the economy's devastating effects is deemed ineffective: the author offers readers a perspective beyond good and evil. The adoption of this Nietzschean approach he calls 'facing the fate'. Exposing unexplored, forgotten treasures in Jewish wisdom, Deep Economy lays out a possible way to proceed towards a new connectedness. He confronts us with the necessity of rethinking conceptions of life and death, sex and birth, wealth and work. He convincingly questions and explores hidden places, both in society as a whole and in human imagination, where basic decisions concerning living together are made. Unlike established economic thought, Deep Economy leads us through global economy's aspects of exclusion and enrichment, of curse and blessing, to the author's unique world-view presented in this book. Call it a provoking textbook for class discussion, a talking piece for politicians and political scientists, a philosophical work for economists, an interpretative study for theologians and philosophers to work with - or call it Deep Economy.
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Hoogstraten, Hans Dirk Van was born on January 11, 1937 in 's-Gravenpolder, Zeeland, Netherlands. Son of Jean Gustave Ulrich Van Hoogstraten and Henrietta Jacoba De Geer.
Master of Arts, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1973.
Minister Dutch Reformed Church, Middelharnis, Netherlands, 1967—1973. Counselor Institute Permanent Education, Oegstgeest, Netherlands, 1973—1976. Professor University Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1976—1998.
Minister Leeuwenbergh Cathedral, Utrecht, since 1999. Director Institute Deep Economy and Ethics, Amsterdam, since 2000. Chair Dutch section International Bonhoeffer Society, Utrecht, 1982—1990.
Fellow divinity school University Chicago, 1989—1989. Exchange professor Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 1994. Professor San Francisco State University, 1996—1997.
Visiting professor University Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, 1998.
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Board directors Broadcasting Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging, Hilversum, Netherlands, 1988—1998. Member of International Christian Fellowship (chair), American Academy Religion.
Married Hermine Irene Dorsman. Children: Henriette, Susanne, Diederik, Dorine.