Klaus Taschwer
Klaus Taschwer (born 1967 ) is an Austrian sociologist , journalist and book author .
life and work
Taschwer studied social science , political science and philosophy at the University of Vienna . In 1995 he started his journalistic work for the city magazine Falter , he also wrote for the taz , the Freitag and the Universum magazine . From 1997 to 2009 he published the science magazine “heureka!”. Parallel to his journalistic activities, he was a lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy of Science and Science Research at the University of Vienna, taught at the University of Klagenfurt and the University of Applied Sciences Eisenstadt , was co-founder and co-director of the university course “SciMedia” for science communication and in 2013 was the first journalist-in-residence at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Two of his work areas attracted considerable attention: On the one hand - together with Benedict Föger - authored writings on Konrad Lorenz and its proximity to Nazi ideology, on the other hand, the 2015 signature submitted stronghold of anti-Semitism , in which he continuity anti-Semitic thought and action at the Vienna University of traced the 1920s to the 1960s.
Taschwer now works as a science editor for the daily newspaper Der Standard . In this medium and elsewhere, some of his contributions on the topic appeared before the book was published on the anti-Semitic currents at the University of Vienna.
Publications
Book publications
- with Ulrike Felt and Helga Nowotny : Science Research. An introduction. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-593-35366-0 .
- with Martha Craven Nussbaum : The use of moral theory for life. Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85165-412-9 .
- with Benedikt Föger : The other side of the mirror. Konrad Lorenz and National Socialism. Czernin, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7076-0124-2 .
- Science for many. To impart knowledge in the Viennese popular education movement around 1900. Czernin, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7076-0069-6 .
- with Benedikt Föger: Konrad Lorenz - biography. Zsolnay, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-552-05282-8 . Also: dtv, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-34527-9 .
- Stronghold of anti-Semitism. The decline of the University of Vienna in the 20th century. Czernin, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-7076-0533-4 .
- The Paul Kammerer case: the adventurous life of the most controversial biologist of his time. Carl Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-44878-0 .
- with Linda Erker and Andreas Huber : The German Club. Austro-Nazis in the Hofburg. Czernin, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-7076-0651-5 .
Scientific contributions (selection)
- University crisis and popular scientific education. About the situation of the sciences in Vienna around 1900 and their interactions with the university expansion movement. In: Spurensuche , NF., 12 (1-4), pp. 4-23.
- Bear's cave is a secret . How an anti-Semitic professor cartel from the University of Vienna expelled Jewish and left-wing researchers after 1918. 2013 ( online ). Also abbreviated to:
- Alma Mater Antisemitica . Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , June 2012.
Award
- 1997: Austrian Promotion Prize for Science Journalism
- 2008 Cardinal Innitzer Prize (appreciation prize for scientifically founded journalism)
- 2016: Austrian State Prize for Science Journalism
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Taschwer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Klaus Taschwer at perlentaucher.de
- Christa Eder: Klaus Taschwer on the spectacular "Case Kammerer" , Ö1 Leporello , October 14, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald Pichlhöfer: Der Führer der Graugänse , archive of the online newspaper of the University of Vienna, October 9, 2001
- ↑ ORF Science: Reason was driven out earlier , interview with Klaus Taschwer [in which he already lecture on the main thesis of his book, which was published later], June 13, 2012
- ↑ Der Standard : Stronghold of Anti-Semitism , June 12, 2012
- ↑ Der Standard : Othenio Abel, Fighter against the "Judaization" of the university , October 9, 2012
- ↑ Bärenhöhle, a secret matter: How an anti-Semitic professor cartel from the University of Vienna expelled Jewish and left-wing researchers after 1918 . 2013 ( online ).
- ↑ orf.at - Klaus Taschwer receives state award . Article dated June 30, 2016, accessed September 10, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Taschwer, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sociologist, journalist and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |