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Marc Jongen

Marc Jongen

German politician (born 1968)

Marc Stephan Jongen (born 23 May 1968) is a German politician (AfD). From 2003 to 2017 he was a research assistant for philosophy at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe.

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Jongen is regarded as a "party philosopher" of the right-wing AfD, having been called "chief ideologue" or "thought leader".[1] He was the chairman of AfD Baden-Württemberg from March 2017 to February 2019 and has been its Deputy State leader ever since. In the 2017 federal election he got elected to the Bundestag.

Biography

Origins

Jongen grew up in Lana, South Tyrol.[2] He had Dutch nationality through his father and the Italian one through his mother.[3]

Education

He studied economics from 1987 to 1988 at the University of Vienna. Subsequently and until 1995, he studied philosophy, indology, German history, and philosophy of science. After three months in India, he writes a master's thesis in 1996 entitled The essence of spiritual knowledge from the Advaita Vedanta Shri Shakaracharyas, which was published by Eugen Diederichs in 1998.[4]

Between 1996 and 1999, he wrote for the Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung in Bolzano, and worked on a "Philosophy of Astrology".[5] In 1999, he started a PhD at the State University for Design (HfG) of Karlsruhe under Peter Sloterdijk, supported by the Leopold Ziegler [de] foundation. From 2001 to 2003, he was supported by the state of Baden-Württemberg. In 2009, he obtained his PhD in philosophy and in 2011, received German citizenship.

Ideology

Stuttgarter Zeitung noted that Jongen has failed to adequately distance himself from the far-right Flügel faction of the party, led by Björn Höcke. Jongen also said that there are "differences in mentality between East and West Germany".[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Germany, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart. "Marc Jongen: Der Vordenker der AfD". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    "Bundestag: Südtiroler für AfD dabei".
  3. [3]
    Rebhan, Christiane (24 August 2017). "Kandidaten-Frühstück: Sein Sitz ist ihm sicher" [Candidate Breakfast: His seat is secure]. Südwest Presse Online (in German). Archived from the original on 25 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  5. [5]
    Marc Jongen, Das Wesen spiritueller Erkenntnis. Eine Reise ins Innere des Geistes, Diederichs, p.29, ISBN 3-424-01392-7
  6. [6]
    "Philosophen debattieren die Flüchtlingsfrage: Wohin zeigt der moralische Kompass?". Stuttgarter Nachrichten.


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