Lorenz Jäger (born 6 June 1951 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) is a German sociologist and journalist.

Biography

Lorenz Jäger studied sociology and German literature at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. In Marburg Jäger was influenced by the four following scholars: sociologist Heinz Maus, Germanist Heinz Schlaffer, art historian Martin Warnke and the literature scientist Gert Mattenklott. Jäger did his sociology diploma at the Horkheimer-student Maus. After his doctorate in German literature he taught at the Kent State University in Ohio. From 1985 until 1988 he taught at the Hokkaido University in Sapporo (Japan). Since 1 January 1997 he is editor in the liberal arts department of the German broadsheet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Since 2009 he writes a column about religious topics in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, which was published as a book in 2010. Lorenz Jäger is married with two children.

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Literature