# Armin Geus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Armin_Geus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Armin_Geus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Geus > Source revision: 1341256794 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German medical historian and historian of biology (born 1937)}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Armin Geus | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1937 | birth_place = [Bad Staffelstein](/source/Bad_Staffelstein) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = [History of medicine](/source/History_of_medicine),
history of [biology](/source/biology) | workplaces = [University of Marburg](/source/University_of_Marburg) | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Armin Geus''' ({{IPA|de|ˈgɔʏs|lang}}; born 1937) is a [German](/source/Germans) [medical historian](/source/medical_historian) and historian of [biology](/source/biology). == Career == Geus received his academic education in [zoology](/source/zoology) with a specialisation in [parasitology](/source/parasitology).[http://www.uni-marburg.de/aktuelles/unijournal/8/Biohistoricum ''Das Biohistoricum''], ''Marburger UniJournal'', no. 8, January 2001 In 1964, he obtained his [PhD](/source/PhD) for a work on the [gregarinasina](/source/gregarinasina) of Central European [arthropod](/source/arthropod)s.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: [http://d-nb.info/571984053/about/html ''Die Gregarinen der land- und süßwasserbewohnenden Arthropoden Mitteleuropas''], retrieved 18 January 2013 In 1973, he became professor for [history of medicine](/source/history_of_medicine) at the [University of Marburg](/source/University_of_Marburg), a post he held until his retirement.[http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news283985 ''Biohistoricum zieht von Neuburg an der Donau nach Bonn um''], ''Informationsdienst Wissenschaft'', 18 October 2008, retrieved 18 January 2013 In 1976, Geus founded the ''[Basilisken-Presse](/source/Basilisken-Presse)'', a publishing house specialized in the [history of science](/source/history_of_science), particularly the history of biology.[https://www.ssl-id.de/basilisken-presse.de/verlagsgeschichte_ ''Verlagsgeschichte''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123142828/https://www.ssl-id.de/basilisken-presse.de/verlagsgeschichte_ |date=November 23, 2012 }}, in ''Basilisken-Presse'', retrieved 18 January 2013 In 1991, he established the ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie'' ("German society for the history and theory of biology"). In 1998, the society was developed into the ''[Biohistoricum](/source/Biohistoricum)'', a biology museum with a research archive that is considered the only institution of its kind in [Germany](/source/Germany). In 2008, Geus published a collection of essays critical of [Islam](/source/Islam) entitled ''Gegen die feige Neutralität'' ("Against coward neutrality") with contributions by a number of German academics and journalists, including Karl Doehring, [Ralph Giordano](/source/Ralph_Giordano_(writer)), Michael Miersch and [Tilman Nagel](/source/Tilman_Nagel).Armin Geus; Stefan Etzel (eds.): ''Gegen die feige Neutralität: Beiträge zur Islamkritik'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-925347-98-6}} In 2011, Geus published his work ''Die Krankheit des Propheten'' ("The sickness of the prophet") which he said examined the [pathography](/source/pathography) of [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad), the founder of Islam, from a medical point of view. Geus attests Muhammad a "paranoid-hallucinatory [schizophrenia](/source/schizophrenia) with defined delusional imaginings and characteristic sensual deceptions".Armin Geus: ''Die Krankheit des Propheten'', Basilisken-Presse, Marburg an der Lahn 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-941365-15-5}}, pp. 74–75[Thomas Junker](/source/Thomas_Junker): [http://www.thomas-junker-evolution.de/Kreationismus-/-ID/1,000000216860,8,1 ''Rezension von Armin Geus: Die Krankheit des Propheten (2011)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102132609/http://www.thomas-junker-evolution.de/Kreationismus-/-ID/1%2C000000216860%2C8%2C1 |date=January 2, 2013 }}, ''Thomas Junker Website'', 2011, retrieved 18 January 2013 The book ranked in the top ten non-fiction list of the [Süddeutsche Zeitung](/source/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung) and [Norddeutscher Rundfunk](/source/Norddeutscher_Rundfunk) in June 2011, receiving a number of reviews from colleagues and in the press.[http://hpd.de/node/11816 ''Rezension. Die Krankheit des Propheten''], ''[Humanistischer Pressedienst](/source/Humanistischer_Pressedienst)'', 11 August 2011, retrieved 18 January 2013[http://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv12/2020120519paz59.htm ''Aus der Feder eines Kranken?''], ''[Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung](/source/Preu%C3%9Fische_Allgemeine_Zeitung)'', 19 May 2012, retrieved 18 January 2013 A subsequent lawsuit by the [Saudi](/source/Saudi_Arabia)-financed King Fahd Academy in [Bonn](/source/Bonn) with reference to the [German blasphemy law](/source/Blasphemy_law) was dismissed by the [Marburg](/source/Marburg) state prosecutor in October 2010,[http://www.citizentimes.eu/2012/10/14/etappensieg-fur-meinungsfreiheit/ ''Etappensieg für Meinungsfreiheit. Staatsanwaltschaft Marburg stellt Strafverfahren gegen Medizinhistoriker Prof. Dr. Armin Geus ein''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125120943/http://www.citizentimes.eu/2012/10/14/etappensieg-fur-meinungsfreiheit/ |date=2013-01-25 }}, ''[Citizen Times](/source/Citizen_Times)'', 14 October 2012, retrieved 18 January 2013[http://www.express.de/bonn-nachrichten/staatsanwaltschaft-ermittelt-fahd-akademie--anzeige-gegen-historiker,16812184,17244026.html ''Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt. Fahd-Akademie: Anzeige gegen Historiker''], ''Express'', 13 September 2012, retrieved 18 January 2013 after Geus' defence team had invoked the [academic freedom](/source/academic_freedom) guaranteed by the [German constitution](/source/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany). In September 2012, the anti-Islam organisation [Citizens' Movement Pax Europa](/source/Citizens'_Movement_Pax_Europa) had brought the case, which it said was an attempt at "silencing" critical scholars, to an [OSCE](/source/OSCE) human rights conference at Warsaw.[http://www.osce.org/odihr/94658 ''Statement by Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa. Freedom of expression – Silencing intellectuals''] (PDF S.7), ''[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe](/source/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe)'', 24 September 2012, retrieved 18 January 2013 == Selected works == * ''Festschrift der Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Bayreuth, 1889-1964'', Bayreuth: Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, 1964 * ''Krankheit und Kranksein in der Gegenwartskunst'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 1985, {{ISBN|3-9800020-9-8}} * ''Johannes Ranke (1836-1916): Physiologe, Anthropologe u. Prähistoriker'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 1987, {{ISBN|3-925347-01-1}} * ''Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft: 1890-1990'', Stuttgart: Fischer Verlag, 1990 (co-author), {{ISBN|3-437-30648-0}} * ''Miscellen zur Geschichte der Biologie'', Frankfurt am Main: Kramer, 1994 (editor), {{ISBN|3-7829-1134-2}} * ''Natur im Druck. Eine Ausstellung zur Geschichte und Technik des Naturselbstdrucks'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 1995 (co-author), {{ISBN|3-925347-36-4}} * ''Repräsentationsformen in den biologischen Wissenschaften'', Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, 1999 (editor), {{ISBN|3-86135-383-0}} * ''Evolution durch Kooperation und Integration: zur Entstehung der Endosymbiosetheorie in der Zellbiologie'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-925347-83-2}} * ''Gegen die feige Neutralität: Beiträge zur Islamkritik'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 2008 (co-editor), {{ISBN|978-3-925347-98-6}} * ''Die Krankheit des Propheten'', Marburg an der Lahn: Basilisken-Presse, 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-941365-15-5}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Geus, Armin}} Category:German medical historians Category:Academic staff of Marburg University Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:German male non-fiction writers Category:Historians of biology --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Armin Geus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Geus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Geus?action=history)). 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