Rahel Sophia Sweet

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Rahel Sophia Süß (2020)

Rahel Sophia Süß (born April 17, 1987 in Bissendorf ) is a German political scientist and co-editor of the journal Engagée .

Career

From 2009, Süß studied political science at the University of Vienna and Charles University in Prague . She finished her studies with a thesis on the concept of collective capacity to act, published in 2015 under the title Collective capacity to act, Gramsci, Holzkamp, ​​Mouffe / Laclau by Turia + Kant.

In 2020, Rahel Süß started working for Oliver Marchart with her dissertation Provoked Democracy. PhD in elements of a radical democratic theory of experimental action . Reviewers were Martin Nonhoff and Oliver Flügel-Martinsen. She received a scholarship from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation for her master’s and doctorate .

Süß has researched at numerous institutes in Germany, Great Britain and the USA, including the Center for Humanities and Social Change at the Humboldt University in Berlin and Goldsmiths, University of London , Queen Mary University of London , in the Center for the Study of Democracy from the University of Westminster , London , (at the invitation of Chantal Mouffe ) and Duke University (at the invitation of Michael Hardt ). The stays were supported by scholarships, including a. through the Marietta Blau grant from the Austrian Exchange Service Society .

Since 2015, Süß has been a lecturer in political theory at the University of Vienna . She has lived and worked in London since 2017.

Rahel Süß founded the international magazine Engagée in 2012 . The first print edition was published in May 2015. Süß is one of the editors and she is responsible for the design of the magazine - together with Alessio Kolioulis.

Research areas

Rahel Süß's research areas are political theory , contemporary democratic theory and the history of political ideas . Her work focuses on radical democracy , digital politics and social movement research. Her publications aim to develop a democratic theory of experimental action based on post-structuralism , critical theory and pragmatism .

Social and political fields of activity

From 2006 to 2008, Süß did volunteer work for Romanian street children in the Bucharest social center St. Lazar of the Concordia association. The Austrian Jesuit Georg Sporschill founded the association for social projects .

During her studies, Süß took part in the student protests in Austria in 2009/2010 . She was also active in the economy for the common good , at Attac and in the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 .

Quote

"The point of experiments with democracy must be to test our ability to act."

- Rahel Süß : Democracy and the future. What is at stake. Edition Konturen, Vienna 2020, p. 50

Publications

Monographs

Editing

  • together with Collectif engagée (editorial team engagée): Villes Radicales. You droit à la ville à la democratie radicale. Eterotopia, Paris 2019, ISBN 979-10-93250-32-8 .
  • together with Viola Mark, Stefan Heissenberger, Susanne Schramm, Peter Sniesko: Uni brennt: Fundamental - critical - atmospheric. Second expanded edition. Turia + Kant, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85132-612-3 .

Contributions

  • Elements of a radical democratic theory of experiment. Using the example of the experimental horizontality of municipalist movements. In: Judith Vey, Johanna Leinius, Ingmar Hagemann (eds.): Handbook of post-structuralist perspectives on social movements. Approaches, methods and research practice. Transcript, Bielefeld 2019, ISBN 978-3-8376-4879-9 , pp. 250-263.
  • Theory and practice. In: Dagmar Comtesse, Oliver Flügel-Martinsen, Franziska Martinsen, Martin Nonhoff (eds.): Radical Democracy Theory - A Handbook. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-518-29848-0 , pp. 793-806.
  • Democracy is radical experimentalism. In: Elke Rajal, trafo.K, Oliver Marchart, Nora Landkammer, Carina Maier (eds.): Making Democracy - Negotiations of freedom, equality and solidarity in everyday life. Transcript, Bielefeld 2020, ISBN 978-3-8376-5016-7 , pp. 193-204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rahel Süß, University of Vienna.
  2. ↑ Social Center Sf. Lazar.
  3. ^ History of Concordia.
  4. ↑ Book presentation on March 18, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Sweet, Rachel Sophia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Bissendorf