Alexander Görlach Explained

Alexander Görlach
Birth Date:28 December 1976
Birth Place:Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Occupation:professor Columnist, book author, speaker
Nationality:German
Genre:geo-politics, academia, journalism, entrepreneurship
Subject:Politics, democratic theory, religion, geo-politics, China, Taiwan

Alexander Görlach is a German academic, author and columnist. He currently serves as visiting scholar at the philosophy department of New York University and adjunct professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory.[1] [2] Prior to that he was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs [3] and a visiting scholar at Harvard University.[4]

Görlach is member of the Liberal Party in Germany.[5]

Personal life

Görlach was born as the child of a Turkish mother and a German father in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Shortly afterwards, he was adopted and raised by a German family.[6]

Studies

After graduating from High School in 1996, Görlach received a scholarship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and subsequently studied Catholic theology and philosophy at University of Mainz, Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome as well as Al-Azhar University in Cairo and the Faculty of Theology in Ankara.[7] He also studied German studies, Political Science and Musicology at the University of Mainz. He received his ThD in comparative religion from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 2006 and in linguistics, in the field of language and politics, from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2009.[8]

Political affiliation

Alexander Görlach is a member of the German Liberal Party (FDP), joining in September 2016 after having been a member of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) for ten years.[9]

Professional life

Görlach has been working and publishing for several German media outlets, such as ZDF, German Television. He has been and is published in several German media outlets such as Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung,[10] Die Zeit and Focus magazine. From 2007 to 2009 he was executive editor of the online part of Cicero magazine.[11] Today he is focused on international publications: He is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times,[12] the South China Morning Post,[13] the Taipei Times,[14] the Korea Times,[15] and to The World Post.[16]

He had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University[17] in the United States, and Cambridge University[18] and Oxford University[19] in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs[20] [21] in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute[22] in Los Angeles. Alexander holds a ThD in comparative religion and a PhD in linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and theories of secularism, pluralism and cosmopolitanism.[23] In the academic year 2017-18 he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University[24] and City University Hongkong.[25] Since then he focuses on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia.[26] Alexander Görlach is an honorary professor of ethics and theology[27] at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. Alexander Görlach is the founder of the debate-magazine The European, that he also ran as its editor in chief from 2009 to 2015.[28] Today he serves as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times,[29] Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[30] [31] and the South China Morning Post.[32] He is a columnist to the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche,[33] Deutsche Welle[34] and Focus Online.[35] He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WeLT TV.[36] [37]

Publications

Homo Empathicus: On Scapegoats, Populists & Saving Democracy (Brookings Press, 2021)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexander Görlach > Faculty > People > NYU Gallatin. N. Y. U.. Gallatin. gallatin.nyu.edu. 15 April 2023.
  2. Web site: G20-GIPFEL AUF BALI: "Es steht und fällt alles hier mit China" - Alexander Görlach I WELT Interview. 15 April 2023. www.youtube.com.
  3. Web site: Alexander Görlach .
  4. Web site: Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies | Alexander Görlach .
  5. Web site: Deswegen war der Wechsel zur FDP überfällig . liberale.de . 2016-10-04 . 2024-05-09.
  6. Web site: Görlach. Alexander. The European. Berlin. 20 May 2014. I, Firat Kaya. 26 May 2014.
  7. Web site: 10.05.2005, Vortrag: Frankreich, der Islam und Europa. 9 May 2005. Politisches Bildungsforum Hamburg. 15 April 2023.
  8. Personal Homepage: http://www.a-goerlach.com/
  9. Web site: Deswegen war der Wechsel zur FDP überfällig.
  10. Web site: Taiwan: Woher rührt der Konflikt mit China?. Süddeutsche. Zeitung. Süddeutsche.de. 8 August 2022 . 15 April 2023.
  11. Web site: Dr. Alexander Görlach. 4 May 2011. Kress. Berlin.
  12. News: Germany's Retrograde Record on Gay Rights. 28 September 2016. The New York Times. Görlach. Alexander.
  13. Web site: What Russia – and China – should learn about the limits of ideology. 5 March 2022. South China Morning Post. 15 April 2023.
  14. Web site: Taiwan, China: the European view - Taipei Times. 21 October 2017. www.taipeitimes.com. 15 April 2023.
  15. Web site: Putin and Xi: brethren of the same spirit. 31 March 2022. koreatimes. 15 April 2023.
  16. Web site: Austria Is Just the Beginning of a More Polarized World. Alex . Gorlach. HuffPost. 26 May 2016.
  17. Web site: Alexander Görlach . 15 April 2023 . Harvard University.
  18. Web site: 4 October 2017 . Alexander Görlach - CRASSH . 15 April 2023 . CRASSH - CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES.
  19. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/dr-alexander-gorlach/ Oxford University
  20. Web site: Alexander Görlach . 15 April 2023 . www.carnegiecouncil.org.
  21. Web site: Liberal Democracy, Empathy, & AI, with Alexander Görlach . 15 April 2023 . www.youtube.com.
  22. Web site: 15 June 2018 . Alexander Görlach - People - Berggruen Institute . 15 April 2023 . www.berggruen.org.
  23. Web site: About . 15 April 2023 . Alexander Görlach.
  24. Web site: 8 October 2017 . Lecturing at the College of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University . 15 April 2023 . Alexander Görlach.
  25. Web site: 23 October 2017 . Lecture at City University of Hong Kong on November 14th . 15 April 2023 . Alexander Görlach.
  26. Web site: Görlach Global: A new world order in the Asia-Pacific region – DW – 01/24/2023 . 15 April 2023 . dw.com.
  27. Web site: Alexander Görlach . 15 April 2023 . Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.
  28. Web site: Alexander Görlach – The European . 2019-07-31 . en-US.
  29. News: Görlach . Alexander . 2018-07-03 . Opinion The Political Earthquake About to Hit Germany . 2019-07-31 . The New York Times . 0362-4331.
  30. News: Görlach . Alexander . 2017-12-18 . Eine liberale Demokratie fällt nicht vom Himmel NZZ . 2019-07-31 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . de-CH . 0376-6829.
  31. News: Görlach . Alexander . 10 January 2023 . Weder ehrlich noch empathisch – Chinas Umgang mit Covid-19 . 15 April 2023 . Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  32. Web site: Alexander Görlach . 15 April 2023 . South China Morning Post.
  33. Web site: Alexander Görlach Aktuelle Beiträge WiWo . 2019-07-31 . www.wiwo.de . de.
  34. Web site: Opinion: Facing China, Manila cozies up to US – DW – 03/18/2023 . 15 April 2023 . dw.com.
  35. Web site: 15 April 2023 . Der China versteher . 15 April 2023 . FOCUS online . de.
  36. Web site: XI BESUCHT PUTIN: "Das ist leider die tragische Wahrheit!" Gnadenlose Analyse eines China-Fachmanns . 15 April 2023 . www.youtube.com.
  37. Web site: PELOSIS TAIWAN-BESUCH: Prof. Alexander Görlach - "China hat niemals über Taiwan geherrscht" . 15 April 2023 . www.youtube.com.

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