Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. theol. h.c. Heribert Prantl
Heribert Prantl, Prof. Dr. jur., is a journalist, publicist, author, and political commentator for newspapers, radio, and television. He is an honorary professor of law at Bielefeld University and holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Erlangen.
He studied law, history, and philosophy. At the same time, he trained as a journalist. Research assistant at the Chair of Family Law under Prof. Dr. Schwab. Doctorate in copyright and media law.
Judge at Bavarian local and regional courts, public prosecutor, judicial press spokesman. From 1988, senior editor and editorial writer at the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Head of the domestic politics department for 25 years, then head of the new opinion editorial department; member of the editorial board of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since 2011. Permanent author and columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung since March 2019.
Publications, including:
- Den Frieden gewinnen. Die Gewalt verlernen. (2024)
- On resistance, big and small. Thoughts on time and untimeliness (2018)
- Die Kraft der Hoffnung. Denkanstöße in schwierigen Zeiten. München 2017.
- Instructions for populists. Wals near Salzburg, 2017.
- What one person can achieve. Contemporary political history. Munich 2016
- Despite all this, you simply have to love Europe. Munich 2016
- Childhood. First home – thoughts that dispel fear. Munich 2015
- In the name of humanity – Save the refugees. Berlin 2015
- The splendor and misery of fundamental rights. Twelve stars for the Basic Law. Munich, 2014
- Alt. Amen. Beginning. New food for thought, Munich 2013
- The world as an editorial. On the future of journalism, Vienna 2012
- The Wrath of God. Food for thought for the holidays, Munich 2011
- The terrorist as legislator. How to make politics with fear, Munich 2008
- No beautiful country. The destruction of social justice, Munich 2005
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