Oliver Nachtwey
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Oliver Nachtwey

Oliver Nachtwey, born in 1975, is Professor of Social Structure Analysis at the University of Basel and an associated Scholar at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt/Main. He was awarded the Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik for his work Die Abstiegsgesellschaft.
Oliver Nachtwey, born in 1975, is Professor of Social Structure Analysis at the University of Basel and an associated Scholar at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt/Main. He was awarded the Hans-Matthöfer-Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik for his work Die Abstiegsgesellschaft.
Awards (selection)
Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023 (nomination) for Gekränkte Freiheit
Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023 (nomination) for Gekränkte Freiheit

PUBLICATIONS

Offended Freedom
Year of Publication: 2022
Carolin Amlinger, Oliver NachtweyYear of Publication: 2022

COVID deniers with flower necklaces, artists questioning scientific findings, journalists staging themselves as rebels against alleged gags: Libertarian authoritarians have found their way...

Rights sold to:

English world rights (Polity), Korea (Eco Livres)

Germany’s Hidden Crisis
Year of Publication: 2016
Oliver NachtweyYear of Publication: 2016
The possibility for upward social mobility was one of the central promises of the »old« Germany – and indeed for the most part it held true: the VW Beetle became an Audi, the children of craftsmen...
Rights sold to:

Spanish world rights (Paidos Iberica), Chinese simplex rights (East China Normal UP), France (MSH)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (Verso)


DISCOVER

News
Clemens J. Setz, Angela Steidele, Carolin Amlinger and Oliver Nachtwey have been nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023.