Iris Marion Young

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Iris Marion Young (born January 2, 1949 in New York City , † August 1, 2006 ) was the professor of political science at the University of Chicago , which was connected to a gender studies center and a human rights program .

Life

Young received his PhD in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University in 1974 . Before she was appointed to the University of Chicago, she taught political theory at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh for nine years . Before that, she held teaching positions at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the University of Miami . In the 1995 summer semester, Young held a visiting professorship at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . Foreign scholarships have taken her to universities and institutes around the world, including Princeton University , the Human Sciences Institute in Vienna , the Australian National University and South Africa (via the Human Sciences Research Council ). Her main research interests were contemporary political theory , feminist social theory and normative policy field analysis .

Young died of esophageal cancer on August 1, 2006 .

meaning

Her numerous publications have been translated into various languages, including German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, and found in the art, lively reception . Young's contributions to academic teaching were considered broad and included a. Theory of Justice , Democratic Differentiation, Feminist Political Theory, European Political Theory ( Michel Foucault , Jürgen Habermas ), Ethnology and International Relations and Gender .

Fonts (selection)

  • Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton University Press, 1990)
  • Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays in Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory (Indiana University Press, 1990)
  • Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy, and Policy (Princeton University Press, 1997)
  • Inclusion and Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2000)
  • Global challenges. War, Self-Determination and Responsibility for Justice (Polity Press, 2007)

literature

  • Between Democracy and Global Responsibility: Iris Marion Young's Theory of Political Normativity , Peter Niesen (ed.) (Nomos, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Young, Iris Marion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2006