About the Author

Bernhard Poerksen (b. 1969) studied German, journalism and biology, worked as a journalist, and is now junior professor of journalism and communication science at the University of Hamburg. He was awarded a Ph.D. for a thesis on the language of neo-Nazis (Die Konstruktion von Feindbildern), and wrote books together with Heinz von Foerster (Understanding Systems: Conversations on Epistemology and Ethics) and Humberto R. Maturana (From Being to Doing: The Origins of the Biology of Cognition).