Christoph Deutschmann

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Christoph Deutschmann, born 15 November 1946 in Stuttgart, is a German sociologist and professor at the University of Tübingen. He studied sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt, with economics and law as minors, earning his Diplom in 1973 and his PhD in 1975. From 1976 to 1984 he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Social Research (the Frankfurt School). He completed his habilitation in social sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt in 1987. Since 1989 he has been a professor for Social and Behavioural Sciences in Tübingen. Deutschmann’s work is in economic sociology; he studies how money shapes modernization and wealthy societies and argues that money acts as a new religion in secular, capitalist life. He supports Keynesian ideas and believes we should overcome the drive for constant growth.