Margarete Jäger

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Margarete Jäger (also: Margret) (born March 15, 1951 ) is a linguist and director of the Duisburg Institute for Linguistic and Social Research (DISS).

Scientific biography

After studying economics (diploma) 1972–1977 and a second degree in German studies 1985–1990, both in Duisburg, she received her doctorate in 1995 at the Faculty of Literature and Linguistics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg .

Her areas of work at DISS are studies on political, media and everyday discourses in the FRG with a focus on gender, racism, migration and right-wing extremism.

Margarete Jäger works closely with her husband, the professor of German studies Siegfried Jäger . Together at the DISS, they developed the research methodology of “critical discourse analysis ”, which, according to their approach, is also known as the “Duisburg School”. It is a further development of the discourse theories according to Michel Foucault , Jürgen Link and Siegfried Jäger.

Political biography

Together with Manfred Coppik , Karl-Heinz Hansen , Brigitte Kiechle, Herwart Achterberg, Harald Wolf , Marie Veit and others, she was a member of the 1st Federal Executive Committee (November 28, 1982 to January 14, 1984) of the Democratic Socialists Party, which was founded in 1982 . Margret Jäger was also co-editor of the magazine Revier , which appeared temporarily in the Duisburg Margret Jäger Revier Verlag , which she headed from 1977 to 1985. This political connection no longer exists since 1990.

Fonts

  • Margret Jäger, Siegfried Jäger (Ed.): Construction sites. Contributions to the history of discourse in contemporary Germany . ISBN 3-927388-56-4 .
  • Margret Jäger, Siegfried Jäger, Ina Ruth, Ernst Schulte-Holtey, Frank Wichert (eds.): Biopower and media. Paths to the organic society . ISBN 3-927388-59-9 .
  • Fatal effects. The criticism of patriarchy in the immigration discourse . ISBN 3-927388-52-1 .
  • Siegfried Jäger, Margarete Jäger: The Middle East reporting on the Second Intifada in German print media , in: Siegfried Jäger / Franz Januschek (Ed.): Felt history and struggles for identity . Edition DISS. ISBN 3-89771-730-1 .
  • Margarete Jäger, Heiko Kauffmann (ed.): Life under reserve. Institutional racism in Germany . ISBN 3-927388-83-1 .
  • Gabriele Cleve, Margret Jäger, Ina Ruth (Eds.): Slim and (k) rank. Slim bodies - slim society . ISBN 3-927388-62-9 .
  • Margret Jäger, Gabriele Cleve, Ina Ruth, Siegfried Jäger: About German lone perpetrators and foreign gangs. Media and crime . ISBN 3-927388-65-3 .
  • Margarete Jäger, Siegfried Jäger: Fights of interpretation. Theory and Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis . VS Verlag , Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-15072-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Margarete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jaeger, Margret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German linguist
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1951