Gerhard Donhauser

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Gerhard Donhauser (* 30th June 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian habilitated philosopher and lawyer , university lecturer and author.

Life

After studying law, philosophy and literary studies as well as history and political science at the universities of Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck , Donhauser received his doctorate in law, philosophy and history (Dr. iur., Dr. phil., Dr. phil.). In 2014 he completed his habilitation in philosophy (as a private lecturer; focus on political philosophy and legal philosophy). He teaches at the Universities of Klagenfurt and Vienna and conducts research at the Hans Kelsen Institute (Vienna), among others. Donhauser publishes and researches mainly in the areas of legal theory, epistemology, the relationship between philosophy and science, literary theory and philosophical hermeneutics, as well as feminist theory. He has published a novel under the pseudonym Oscar Spiegel.

Donhauser is married.

Research priorities

One focus of Donhauser's publication and research activities is on questions of whether and in what way the validity of legal norms can be rationally justified and how this should be thought in relation to political power. In connection with this, he asks himself epistemological and interpretative questions, not least with a view to what exactly the content of a norm is, who decides which interpretation variant can be considered legally binding and which discourse strategies played a role. Another thematic focus for him is the question of the possibilities of freedom and autonomy of the individual. Currently, these possibilities are massively threatened on the one hand by certain forms of discussion about the neurobiological determination of human existence, on the other hand by police-state developments in the context of the so-called fight against terror.

Publications (selection)

  • 2001: Art - Knowledge - Interpretation. A philosophical approach. Vienna, WUV: ISBN 978-3-85114-618-9
  • 2002: About "making" and "interpreting". Aspects of the “genesis of art” from a point of view of the philosophy of drawing and a critical concept, in: Bernard, Jeff et al. (Ed.), Form – Structure – Composition. Pragmatics & Reception (= Semiotic Reports 26, 1–4 / 2002), 15–29. ISSN  0254-9271
  • 2006: freedom of expression without borders? The most important legal regulations for freedom of belief and conscience in schools, in: Praxis der professional school management 40 , 1–30. Vienna, Raabe-ÖBV: ISBN 3-225-00101-5
  • 2012: Pre-scientific work (together with Thomas Jaretz). Vienna, ÖBV: ISBN 978-3-209-07408-9
  • 2013: doorkeeper. How right becomes what it is. Vienna, new academic press: ISBN 978-3-7003-1855-2
  • 2013: Freedom in the rule of law. Central themes, perspectives and limits of Kelsen's concept of democracy, in: Jabloner, Clemens et al. (Ed.): Commemorative publication for Robert Walter, 101–122. Vienna, Manz: ISBN 978-3-214-00453-8
  • 2013: The Concept of Atheism. Kelsen and Mauthner, in: Jabloner, Clemens / Olechowski, Thomas / Zeleny, Klaus (eds.): Secular Religion. Reception and criticism of Hans Kelsen's examination of religion and science (= vol. 34 of the series of publications by the Hans Kelsen Institute), 145-164. Vienna, Manz: ISBN 978-3-214-14755-6
  • 2013: friendships. Roman (under the pseudonym Oscar Spiegel). Münster, Monsenstein & Vannerdat: ISBN 978-3-95645-008-2
  • 2014: The modern appreciation of the causality principle. In: Olechowski, Thomas / Aliprantes, Niketas (ed.): Hans Kelsen in memory. International Congress on the 40th Anniversary of Death, 169–178. Vienna, Manz: ISBN 978-3-214-14757-0
  • 2015: fear and horror. Observations on the way from a state of emergency to a police state in Europe and the USA. Vienna, new academic press: ISBN 978-3-7003-1863-7
  • 2015: Psychology and Philosophy. Vienna, ÖBV: ISBN 978-3-209-08356-2
  • 2016: Who's Right? An introduction to the philosophy of law. Vienna, new academic press: ISBN 978-3-7003-1856-9
  • 2019: The coldest of all cold monsters From the state and its crises. Vienna, new academic press: ISBN 978-3-7003-2082-1
  • 2019: Nomos or Law? Hans Kelsen's Criticism of Carl Schmitt's Metaphysics of Law and Politics. In: Langford, Peter / Bryan, Ian / McGarry, John (eds.), Hans Kelsen and the Natural Law Tradition. 372 - 398. Leiden, Brill: ISBN 978-90-04-39038-6

Awards

  • 1998 award from the Federal Minister for Science and Transport in recognition of outstanding academic achievements
  • Completion of the diploma studies in philosophy, history / political science with distinction
  • Completion of doctoral studies in law, history and philosophy with distinction

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Donhauser, Gerhard: Law - Validity - Interpretation. Innsbruck, Univ., Diss., 2006. http://sowibib.uibk.ac.at/cgi-bin/xhs_voll.pl?UID=1&ID=78227
  2. ^ Donhauser, Gerhard: Thinking styles. Art, Knowledge, and the Shift of Meaning in Philosophical Debates. Vienna, Univ., Diss., 2000.
  3. ^ Donhauser, Gerhard: Philosophy and Theology in Medieval Texts. Historical and philosophical readings with a view to Ockham. Vienna, Univ., Diss., 2002.
  4. ↑ See information sheets for the 2014/2015 academic year of the University of Klagenfurt, 3rd item, v. November 5, 2014, p. 3, section 16.2; http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/rechtabt/downloads/mbl3_14_15.pdf (accessed on November 5, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Donhauser, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian philosopher, lawyer, university professor and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna