Andreas Leopold Hofbauer

Andreas Leopold Hofbauer, 2014

Andreas L. Hofbauer (* 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian philosopher , writer , psychohistorian and translator .

Live and act

Andreas L. Hofbauer completed a degree in philosophy at the University of Vienna . 1994 Prize of the Federal Minister for Science and Research Erhard Busek . Two-year DAAD scholarship and funding for research stays in Berlin and Oxford. He received his doctorate in 1997 in the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences I at the Free University of Berlin under Dietmar Kamper and Georg Christoph Tholen .

His philosophical works deal with the linguistic, political and gender-related constructional relationships of community and society. The main influences are ancient Greek philosophy, the thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche , deconstruction and post-structuralism . In numerous essays, references are repeatedly made to literary texts by authors as diverse as Albert Drach , Thomas De Quincey or Herman Melville .

Hofbauer himself sometimes works with visual artists for very long periods of time. The result is artist books that go beyond the conventional format of catalogs. Hofbauer exercises curatorial and advisory curatorial activities, for example for the CTM in Berlin. In addition, there are his own installation-artistic works, which mostly make use of various sound and sound media. He wrote the text track for Katharina Copy's essay film Moghen paris - and they move with you (2016). He collaborated with Ivan Stanev for the theatrical installation Place Fantôme (2018).

Andreas L. Hofbauer is co-editor of the publications on transport science .

Book publications (selection)

As an author:

• Economies of Language. Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85165-147-2 .
• Various liabilities. Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85165-286-X .
• Detachment attempts. Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85165-472-2 .
• Two November nights. (Play), 2010, premier 2012 in the small water reservoir Berlin Prenzlauer Berg directed by Bodo Sperr
• with René Luckhardt: HER. Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-9503749-8-8 .
• with Ivan Stanev: Place Fantôme. Berlin / Paris 2018, ISBN 978-3-00-059498-4 .

As editor:

• with Renate Bauer and Bernd Ternes: Simple solutions. Marburg 2000, ISBN 3-8288-8084-3 .
• with Hartmut Fischer : Theater peripheries. Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-88769-235-7 .
• Lasting stone age. Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85449-481-2 .

As translator:

• A German picturesque. by Jason Schwartz. Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-0358-0292-4 .
• John the Posthumous. by Jason Schwartz. Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-0358-0132-3 .
• The West's Image of Man - A Misunderstanding? by Marshall Sahlins . Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-88221-565-6 .
• Popppappp. from Momus. Berlin 2015, e-book (fiktion.cc) * Dandy in the underworld. by Sebastian Horsley . Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-936738-48-3 .
• Mr. F. from Momus . Berlin 2014, e-book (fiktion.cc) ; Print edition: Bern 2019, ISBN 978-3-905846-54-6 .
• The panopticon. by Jeremy Bentham . Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88221-613-4 .
• Violence. by Slavoj Žižek. Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-942281-91-1 .
• Tim & Struppi and the secret of literature. by Tom McCarthy . Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-936738-61-2 .
• The discomfort in the subject. by Slavoj Žižek. Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85165-933-3 .
• A plea for intolerance. by Slavoj Žižek . Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85165-893-0 .

Artist books:

• Niko Sturm: Pictures / Paintings. Salzburg 2004, ISBN 3-902144-73-4 . (bilingual)
• Niko Sturm: October 21 - November 18, 2004. Poslovni center Mercator, Ljubljana 2004.
• Niko Sturm, Josef Zekoff: Moć / Kraft. Klagenfurt / Celovec 2007, ISBN 978-3-85435-514-4 . (four languages)
• Niko Sturm: Gojko Mitić and his brothers. Klagenfurt / Celovec 2013, ISBN 978-3-85435-726-1 . (trilingual)
• Niko Sturm: Чорнозем. Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-903131-99-6 . (trilingual)
• Niko Sturm: PS4. Klagenfurt / Celovec 2017, ISBN 978-3-85435-855-8 .
• Tobias Hantmann , Andreas L. Hofbauer, René Luckhardt: Ossa carpi, mannerly. Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-89770-541-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Andreas Leopold Hofbauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Blog presence by Andreas L. Hofbauer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.moghenparis.eu/de/
2. ↑ https://fantome.ivanstanev.com/
3. ↑ feel.bodosperr.de
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Art design by toledoidertschei 
5. ↑ Catalog entry at Cobiss
6. ↑ Catalog entry at Cobiss
7. ↑ Catalog entry at Cobiss