Harald Haarmann Explained

Harald Haarmann
Birth Date:	16.4.1946
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Linguist
Spouse:	Pirkko-Liisa Haarmann
Education:	University of Hamburg
Alma Mater:	University of Bonn

Harald Haarmann (born 16.4.1946) is a German linguist and cultural scientist who lives and works in Finland. Haarmann studied general linguistics, various philological disciplines and prehistory at the universities of Hamburg, Bonn, Coimbra and Bangor. He obtained his PhD in Bonn (1970) and his habilitation (qualification at professorship level) in Trier (1979). He taught and conducted research at a number of German and Japanese universities. He is Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (headquartered in Sebastopol, California) and director of its European branch (based in Luumäki, Finland).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Haarmann is the author of more than 80 books and more than 450 articles and essays. He has also edited and co-edited some 20 anthologies. Haarmann writes books in English and in German, and articles in various languages. Some of the books have been published in up to 17 languages. His preferred fields of study are cultural history, archaeomythology, history of writing, language evolution, contact linguistics and history of religion.^[4]

Selected bibliography

• 2023 - Die Erfindung des Rades: Als die Weltgeschichte ins Rollen kam. Beck Paperback 6497 978-3-406-79727-9
• 2023 - Kairos. Human Responses to the Flow of Time in the Dynamic Formation Process of Western Civilization, Hildesheim: Olms Verlag.
• 2022 - Von Thera nach Atlantis. Die Geschichte hinter dem mythischen Inselreich. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden. ISBN 978-3-7374-1192-9.
• 2021 - Sprache - Schrift - Kultur - Religion - Geschichte - Philosophie, Publikationen Harald Haarmann (1970-2020), Hildesheim: Olms Verlag. .
• 2020 - Platons Musen. Philosophie im Licht weiblicher Intellektualität. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zürich. ISBN 978-3-487-15922-5.
• 2019 - Die Anfänge Roms, Wiesbaden: Marix Verlag. .
• 2019 - Vergessene Kulturen der Weltgeschichte, München: C. H. Beck. .
• 2017 - Wer zivilisierte die Alten Griechen? Das Erbe der Alteuropäischen Hochkultur. Marix Verlag, Wiesbaden .
• 2016 - Plato's philosophy reaching beyond the limits of reason: contours of a contextual theory of truth. Philosophische texte und studien, 121. Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Olms-Weidmann. (376 p.) .
• 2016 - Auf den Spuren der Indoeuropäer. Von den neolithischen Steppennomaden bis zu den frühen Hochkulturen. Munich: C.H. Beck. .
• 2015 - Myth as source of knowledge in early western thought. The quest for historiography, science and philosophy in Greek antiquity. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, .
• 2014 - Roots of ancient Greek civilization. The influence of Old Europe. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. .
• 2013 - Ancient knowledge, ancient know-how, ancient reasoning. Cultural memory in transition from prehistory to classical antiquity and beyond. Amherst, New York: Cambria Press. .
• 2013 - Mythos Demokratie. Antike Herrschaftsmodelle im Spannungsfeld von Egalitätsprinzip und Eliteprinzip. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang. .
• 2012 - Indo-Europeanization - day one. Elite recruitment and the beginnings of language politics. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 978-3-447-06717-1.
• 2011 - Das Rätsel der Donauzivilisation. Die Entdeckung der ältesten Hochkultur Europas. Munich: C.H. Beck. .
• 2011 - Europe's Mosaic of Languages, European History Online, Mainz: Institute of European History, retrieved: November 2, 2011.
• 2010 - Die Indoeuropäer. Herkunft, Sprachen, Kulturen [The Indo-Europeans. Origin, languages, cultures]. C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2706.
• 2009 - Interacting with figurines. Seven dimensions in the study of imagery. West Hartford, Vermont: Full Circle Press.
• 2008 (co-author Joan Marler) - Introducing the Mythological Crescent. Ancient beliefs and imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.^[5]
• 2008 - Weltgeschichte der Zahlen [World history of numbers]. Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2450.
• 2007 - Foundations of culture: Knowledge-construction, belief systems and worldview in their dynamic interplay. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang.
• 2006 - Weltgeschichte der Sprachen. Von der Frühzeit des Menschen bis zur Gegenwart [World history of languages. From the early period of humans up to the present]. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1703.
• 2005 - Encyclopaedia of extinct peoples. From Akkader to Zimbern. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1643.
• 2005 - Schwarz: Eine kleine Kulturgeschichte [Black: A brief cultural history]. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang.
• 2004 - Small encyclopaedia of peoples. From Aborigines to Zapotecs. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1593.
• 2004 - Elementary word order in the languages of the world. Documentation and analyses of the emergence of word order patterns. Hamburg: Helmut Buske.
• 2003 - History of the deluge. In search of the early civilizations. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1536. (2nd ed. 2005)
• 2002 - Geschichte der Schrift [History of writing]. Munich: C.H. Beck knowledge, volume 2198. (2nd ed. 2004; 3rd ed. 2007)
• 2002 - Lexikon der untergegangenen Sprachen [Encyclopaedia of extinct languages]. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1456. (2nd ed. 2004)
• 2002 - Sprachen-Almanach. Zahlen und Fakten zu allen Sprachen der Welt [Language yearbook. Numbers and facts about all languages of the world]. Frankfurt, New York: Campus.
• 2001 - Small encyclopaedia of languages. From Albanian to Zulu. Munich: Becksche Reihe, volume 1432. (2nd ed. 2002)
• 2001 - Babylonian world. History and future of languages. Frankfurt, New York: Campus.
• 2001 - The small languages of the world: Existential threats and chances of survival. A comprehensive documentation. Frankfurt, Berlin, New York: Peter Lang.
• 1998 - Religion und Autorität. Der Weg des Gottes ohne Konkurrenz [Religion and authority. The way of the gods without competition]. Hildesheim: Olms.
• 1996 - Die Madonna und ihre griechischen Töchter. Rekonstruktion einer kunturhistorischen Genealogie [The Madonna and her Greek daughters. Reconstruction of a cultural-historical genealogy]. Hildesheim: Olms.
• 1995 - Early civilization and literacy in Europe. An inquiry into cultural continuity in the Mediterranean world. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
• 1993 - The world of European languages. History and future of the language nations between Atlantic and the Urals. Frankfurt, New York: Campus.
• 1990 - Universal history of writing. Frankfurt, New York: Campus. (4th ed. 1998)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dialogues and publications by HARALD HAARMANN . www.archaeomythology.org . Institute of Archaeomythology . 6 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203022555/https://www.archaeomythology.org/2017/02/08/recent-publications-by-harald-haarmann/ . 3 February 2019 . live .
2. Web site: Multilingualismus . Haarmann . Harald . 1980 . Tubinger Beitrage zur Linguistik . . Australia . 2019-05-30.
3. Web site: 2023-05-31 . Welcome . 2023-06-27 . The Institute of Archaeomythology European Branch – Arkeomytologinen instituutti Euroopan haara . en-GB.
4. Book: Haarmann, Harald . Sprache - Schrift - Kultur - Religion - Geschichte - Philosophie: Publikationen (1970-2020) . LaBGC . 2021 . Georg Olms Verlag . 978-3-487-16047-4 . Hildesheim Zürich New York.
5. Web site: The Mythological Crescent – Constituents of a mythopoetic worldview and cultural convergence: Ancient Beliefs and Imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia . ResearchGate . 2019-05-30.