Arnold Gehlen (January 29, 1904 - January 30, 1976) was an influential conservative German philosopher and sociologist. January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ...

His major influences while studying philosophy were Hans Driesch, Nicolai Hartmann and especially Max Scheler. Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch (October 28, 1867 - April 16, 1941) was a German biologist and philosopher. ... Nicolai Hartmann (February 20, 1882 – October 9, 1950) was a German philosopher. ... Max Scheler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

He joined the NSDAP in 1933 and had a shining career as a member of the 'Leipzig School' under Hans Freyer. He replaced Paul Tillich, who emigrated to the USA, at the University of Frankfurt. In 1938 he accepted a teaching position at the University of Königsberg (today's Kaliningrad) and then taught at the University of Vienna in 1940 until he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1943. After his 'denazification' he taught at the administrative college in Speyer. He went on to teach at the Aachen University of Technology between 1962 and 1969. Gehlen became a sharp critic of the protest movements that developed in the late 1960s. The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Leipzig school was a branch of sociology developed by a group of academics led by philosopher and sociologist Hans Freyer at the University of Leipzig, Germany in the 1930s. ... Hans Freyer, born July 31, 1887 in Leipzig, died January 18, 1969 in Ebersteinburg near Wiesbaden, was an important, controversial conservative German sociologist and philosopher. ... Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. ... University of Frankfurt may refer to two (or three) German universities: the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) in Frankfurt am Main the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) in Frankfurt (Oder), or its historical predecessor which existed... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius) is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania with access to the Baltic Sea. ... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wehrmacht listen â–¶(?) was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Denazification (German: Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary and politics of any remnants of the Nazi regime. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ... The RWTH Aachen University is a large university located in Aachen (Germany). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

Gehlen's philosophy has been influential for many contemporary neoconservative German thinkers. Many terms from his work, like Reizüberflütung ("overabundance of stimuli"), deinstitutionalization or post-history, have gained popular currency in Germany. Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... This article is about institutions as social mechanisms. ... One of the most famous quotations about history and the value of studying history by Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, reads: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ...

Selected Writings

• Der Mensch. Seine Natur und seine Stellung in der Welt. (1940)
• Urmensch und Spätkultur. Philosophische Ergebnisse und Aussagen. (1956)
• Moral und Hypermoral. Eine pluralistische Ethik. (1969)