Allan Janik
Allan Janik (born September 18, 1941 in Chicopee ) is an Austrian and American university professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna and the University of Innsbruck .
Life
Allan Janik studied Philosophy and Classical Philology at St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, and graduated with a Masters in Philosophy from Villanova University . Ludwig Wittgenstein and Arthur Schopenhauer were particularly interested in his first work . He came to Innsbruck for the first time to find sources for his dissertation. He received his PhD in the history of philosophy from Brandeis University in Massachusetts in 1971 on the subject.
Through his work with Stephen Toulmin Wittgenstein's Vienna (1973), he became one of the most famous philosophers and historians in the field of intellectual life in Vienna around 1900. In 1989 he was appointed honorary professor for cultural philosophy at the University of Vienna . After his career in Austria and the United States, he continues to work as a research assistant at the Brenner Archive (from March 1995), as an honorary professor for cultural philosophy at the University of Vienna (from 1989) and as an adjunct professor of philosophy, skill and technology program the Royal Technical University in Stockholm . He has also studied mathematics, comparative literature and German studies at the University of Innsbruck at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , Jewish studies at the political and social sciences faculty at Stockholm University , philosophy of science at the Center Georges Canguilhem at Paris VII University and philosophy taught at the University of Graz and the University of Bergen .
He is a versatile person. At Innsbruck Kellertheater he worked from 1993 as chief dramaturge for which he an adaptation of King Lear as a game for two players under the title 1996 Cordelia Silence wrote. He publishes regularly in the journals Nexus (Netherlands), dialoger (Stockholm) and Central European History (Cleveland).
Works
- Numerous essays (also in English, French, Italian), reviews, study scripts.
- 2011 Allan Janik (eds.), Karin Gasser , Artak Grigorjan : Moments: Professional knowledge of the actor . Berlin ISBN 9783895812569
- 2007 Emmanuel Halais , Allan Janik: Wittgenstein et l'énigme de l'existence: la forme et l'expression . Presses universitaires de France
- 2006 Irene Suchy, Allan Janik, Georg A. Predota: Empty Sleeve: Paul Wittgenstein . (Volume 3 of Edition Brenner-Forum) Innsbruck. ISBN 370654296X
- 2006 Allan Janik: Assembling reminders: studies in the genesis of Wittgenstein's concept of philosophy . Stockholm. ISBN 9173350001
- 2005 Theater and Knowledge Volumes 73–74 (Volume 3 of Studies in practical knowledge). Stockholm. ISBN 9197506052
- 2003 The Use and Abuse of Metaphor . Kungliga Dramatiska teatern, Stockholm.
- 2001 Allan Janik: Wittgenstein's Vienna Revisited , New Brunswick. ISBN 1412841585
- 1999/2000 Allan Janik, Monika Seekircher , Jörg Markowitsch : The Practice of Physics: Learning and Teaching in the Laboratory. (The Practice of Physics) Vienna. ISBN 3211832963
- 1998 Allan Janik, Hans Veigl : Wittgenstein in Vienna . Vienna. ISBN 3211830766
- 1996 Kunskapsbegreppet i Praktisk Filosofi . Stockholm. ISBN 9171393196
- 1995 Närvarons dimension: essäer om Wittgenstein och språkets gränser (essays on Wittgenstein and the limits of language) . Stockholm. ISBN 9177989368
- 1993 Emil Brix , Allan Janik: Kreatives Milieu, Vienna around 1900: Results of a research talk by the Vienna Working Group around 1900 . Publishing house for history and politics. ISBN 3702803297
- 1994 Ludwig Hänsel , Ludwig Wittgenstein , Walter Methlagl , Allan Janik: Ludwig Hänsel - Ludwig Wittgenstein: a friendship . ISBN 3852181704
- 1991 Cordelias tystnad: om reflektionens kunskapsteori . Stockholm. ISBN 9177984994
- 1990 Anette Bakker, Stephen Toulmin , Allan Janik: Het Wenen van Wittgenstein . ISBN 9060098404
- 1989 Style, Politics and the Future of Philosophy (Volume 114 of the Boston studies in the philosophy of science and Volume 14 of the Theory and Decision Library), Dordrecht. ISBN 0792300564
- 1986 How Not To Interpret A Culture: Essays on the Problem of Method in the Geisteswissenschaften (Issue 73 of Stensilserie (Universitetet i Bergen. Filosofisk institutt)) University of Bergen. ISBN 8272930234
- 1986 Om Wittgenstein Och Wien: Tre Föreläsningar . (Volume 50 of the Forskningsrapport (Arbetslivscentrum (Stockholm, Sweden))). ISBN 9186158287
- 1985/1998 Wittgenstein's Vienna . 2nd German edition (Vienna: Döcker, 1998), ISBN 3851152565
- 1973 (US original edition) Allan Janik; Stephen Toulmin : Wittgenstein's Vienna . Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. ISBN 0297765302
- 1985 Essays on Wittgenstein and Weininger . (Volume 9 of Studies on Austrian Philosophy) Amsterdam. ISBN 9062036678
- 1979 Allan Janik, Stephen Toulmin and Richard D. Rieke: Introduction to Reasoning . New York: Macmillan. 2nd edition, 1984. ISBN 0024211605
- 1970 Allan Janik, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Uncle Ludwig's Book on Ethics: Wittgenstein's Tractatus Reconsidered . Brandeis University
Awards
- Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2006)
- Cross of Honor for Science and Art 1st Class (2020)
Web links
- Literature by and about Allan Janik in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Alan Janik on www.viennareview.net
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Janik, Allan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicopee |