Johann Dvorák

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Johann Dvorák (* 1946 in Vienna ) is an Austrian political scientist .

Life

Johann Dvorák studied political science and history at the University of Vienna and completed his habilitation at the University of Klagenfurt . He held teaching positions at the University of Vienna, the University of Graz and the University of Linz in the fields of political science and education .

Research priorities

Johann Dvorák's main research areas are the formation and development of the modern state, the politics and culture of modernity, political education, the history and social functions of science.

Works (selection)

Monographs

  • Theodor W. Adorno and Viennese Modernism. Aesthetic Theory, Politics and Society. Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna: Peter Lang 2005
  • Self-organized intellect: Enlightenment, education and politics in modern England, Vienna: Studien Verlag 2001.
  • Politics and the culture of modernity in the late Habsburg monarchy, Vienna: Studien Verlag 1997.

Editorships

  • together with Hermann Mückler: State - Migration - Globalization, Vienna: Facultas Universitätsverlag 2011.
  • The genius religion. A critical attempt on the modern personality ideal with a historical justification, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag 1990.

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