Elisabeth List

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Elisabeth List (born January 4, 1946 in Sankt Veit an der Glan ; † August 21, 2019 in Graz ) was an Austrian philosopher and is considered a "classic of modern feminism". She achieved a scientific reputation in the work and research areas of philosophy of science , theory of social and cultural sciences, social theory , feminist theory , theories of the living, biotechnology and philosophical anthropology, in particular theories of corporeality and borderline experiences of corporeality (illness, disability). She was awarded the Gabriele Possanner State Prize and the Wilhelm Hartel Prize for her work, and the Graz Women's Prize for her life 's work.

Career

Elisabeth List studied philosophy, history and sociology in Graz , Konstanz and Berlin . In 1971 she received her doctorate from the Karl-Franzens University in Graz. From 1981 List taught and researched at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Graz as a lecturer. In the mid-1980s, the “Graz project group interdisciplinary women's studies” was formed around her, which established women's and gender research there, for which she has received several awards. From 1996 she was the first female feminist scientist to qualify as a professor at the University of Graz. In 1995 she headed the working group “Theory, Culture and Technology” and from 1998 the department for cultural studies. From 1995 to 2008 she was a member of the advisory board of the Coordination Office for Women and Gender Studies, from 2000 to 2008 she sat on the management committee of the interdisciplinary research center for work, technology and culture. As a visiting professor, she taught at the universities in Bergen (Norway) , Klagenfurt and Innsbruck . 2003–2007 she was a member of the board of the General Society for Philosophy in Germany (today DGPhil).

Awards and honors

The Gabriele Possanner State Prize was awarded to Elisabeth List in 2003. In 2011 List was awarded the Graz Women's Prize for her life's work, and in 2013 she received the Wilhelm Hartel Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

With the Elisabeth List Fellowship Program Gender Studies, the University of Graz honors the memory of the multiple award-winning professor of philosophy and committed feminist. The aim of the program is to promote gender research at the University of Graz and to promote networking among women scientists in this field. For this purpose, 400,000 euros annually will be made available for twelve research projects from 2020 to 2023, thereby funding guest stays for international fellows, symposia and publications as well as predoc positions.

Publications (selection)

Monographs
  • Ethics of the living . Velbrück Wissenschaft, Weilerswist 2009, ISBN 978-3-938808-70-2 .
  • From presenting to producing. A cultural history of the natural sciences . Velbrück Wissenschaft, Weilerswist 2007, ISBN 978-3-938808-24-5 .
  • Limits of availability. The technology, the subject and the living . Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 978-3-85165-467-7 .
  • The presence of the other. Theory and gender politics . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 978-3-518-11728-6 .
  • Everyday rationality and sociological discourse: epistemological and epistemological implications of ethnomethodology . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 978-3-593-33190-4 .
Editorships
  • Elisabeth List, Herlinde Studer (ed.): Thoughts: Feminism and Criticism . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 978-3-518-11407-0 .
  • Elisabeth List, Erwin Fiala (Hrsg.): Body machine image: body discourses of modernity and postmodernism . Passagen Verlag, Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3-85165-269-7 .
  • Elisabeth List, Erwin Fiala (Ed.): Basics of cultural studies: interdisciplinary cultural studies . Francke Verlag, Tübingen, Basel 2003, ISBN 978-3-7720-3339-1 .
  • Elisabeth List (Ed.): Alfred Schütz: Relevance and Action. On the phenomenology of everyday knowledge . Alfred Schütz edition, Volume VI.1, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 978-3-89669-743-1 .
  • Elisabeth List, Harald Stelzer (Ed.): Limits to Autonomy . Velbrück Wissenschaft, Weilerswist 2010, ISBN 978-3-938808-83-2 .
Essays
  • The ethics and the living. The question of the normativity of the body from the perspective of a theory of the living. In: Anne Reichold u. Pascal Delholm (Ed.): Normativity of the body. Alber Verlag, Munich 2011, pp. 56–72.
  • Neurobiology and phenomenology . An attempt to synthesize them using the example of the analysis of the self. In: Günter Altner, Markus Dederich et al. (Ed.): Limits of explaining. A plea for different approaches to cognition. 2011.
  • The limits of modernization and the persistence of patriarchy . In: Gerlinde Malli u. Susanne Sackl-Sharif (Ed.): Festschrift for Angelika Wetterer. Westphalian steam boat, Münster 2013.
  • Science. In: Ralph Konersmann (Ed.): Handbuch Kulturphilosophie . Metzler Verlag, Weinheim 2012.
  • Disability as a contingency experience. In: Gebhard Fürst, Dietmar Mieth (Hrsg.): Entrimung des Menschsein? Schöningh, Paderborn, Munich, Vienna 2012.
  • Autonomy . In: R. Gröschner, Antje Kapust, Oliver Lembke (Ed.): Dictionary of dignity . 2012.
  • Contingencies in the lifeworld. In: Jochim Renn, Gerd Sebald, Ian Weyand (Hrsg.): Lebenswelt und Lebensformen. Velbrück Wissenschaft, Weilerwist 2012, pp. 317–331.
  • Break into the obvious. Disasters as a contingency experience. In: Angelika Berlejung (Ed.): Desaster Katand Relief Management - Disasters and how to deal with them. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2012, pp. 67–84.
  • What does life mean? Biopolitics, biotechnology and the question of the living. In: Simone Wörer u. a. (Ed.): Responsibility - Sympathy - Dissidence. Criticism of patriarchy as a defense of the living . 2013.
  • From criticism of science to the transformation of knowledge. In: Barbara Redtdorff, Birgit Riegraf, Claudia Maas (eds.): 40 years of feminist debates. Beltz Verlag, Weinheim 2013.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ María Isabel Peña Aguado u. Bettina Schmitz (ed.), Classics of modern feminism . einFach Verlag, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-928089-51-7 .
  2. ↑ a b Obituary for Elisabeth List. International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh), accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Elisabeth List: citizen of the city of Graz has died. City of Graz, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Elisabeth List - first feminist scientist to qualify as a professor at the University of Graz - died. University of Graz, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b research portal . Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  6. ^ Obituary: Philosopher Elisabeth List died at the age of 73. Kleine Zeitung, August 22, 2019, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  7. ^ Elisabeth List Fellowship Program for Gender Studies. University of Graz, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Strengthening gender research. University of Graz, Coordination Office for Gender Studies and Equality, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME List, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Veit an der Glan
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 2019
Place of death Graz