Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen

Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen	Gender: M
Birthname	Eugen Moritz Friedrich Rosenstock
born on	6 July 1888 at 00:45 (= 12:45 AM )
Place	Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21
Timezone	LMT m13e21 (is local mean time)
	Rodden Rating AA
	Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	14°17' 07°20 Asc. 24°31'

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German-American historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyond. Born into a non-observant Jewish family, the son of a prosperous banker, he converted to Christianity in his late teens, and thereafter the interpretation and reinterpretation of Christianity was a consistent theme in his writings. He met and married Margrit Hüssy in 1914. In 1925, the couple legally combined their names. They had a son, Hans, in 1921.

Rosenstock-Huessy served as an officer in the German army during World War I. His experience caused him to reexamine the foundations of liberal Western culture. He then pursued an academic career in Germany as a specialist in medieval law, which was disrupted by the rise of Nazism. In 1933, after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, he emigrated to the United States where he began a new academic career, initially at Harvard University and then at Dartmouth College, where he taught from 1935 to 1957.

Although never part of the mainstream of intellectual discussion during his lifetime, his work drew the attention of W. H. Auden, Harold Berman, Martin Marty, Lewis Mumford, Page Smith, and others. Rosenstock-Huessy may be best known as the close friend of and correspondent with Franz Rosenzweig. Their exchange of letters is considered by scholars of religion and theology to be indispensable in the study of the modern encounter of Jews with Christianity. In his work, Rosenstock-Huessy discussed speech and language as the dominant shaper of human character and abilities in every social context. He is viewed as belonging to a group of thinkers who revived post-Nietzschean religious thought.

Rosenstock-Huessy's wife, Margrit, died in 1959. In 1960, Freya von Moltke became Rosenstock-Huessy's companion. She was the widow of Helmuth James von Moltke, who had opposed National Socialism and was executed by the Nazis.

After World War II and continuing through his retirement from Dartmouth, Rosenstock-Huessy was a frequent guest professor at many universities in Germany and the United States. He remained active in lecturing and writing until his final years. His output comprises more than 500 essays, articles, and monographs, as well as 40 books. He was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in 1958 at the University of Münster. Rosenstock-Huessy died on 24 February 1973, aged 84, in Norwich, Vermont, USA.

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associate relationship with Rosenzweig, Franz (born 25 December 1886)

associate relationship with Wittig, Joseph (born 22 January 1879)

friend relationship with Ehrenberg, Hans (born 4 June 1883)

Events

Relationship : Marriage 1914 (Margrit Hüssy)

Death of Mate 1959 (Margrit Hüssy)

Death, Cause unspecified 24 February 1973 (Age 84)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Berlin Archives.

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