Stephan Gunzel

Stephan Günzel (* 1971 in Coburg ) is a German philosopher and media theorist who specializes in research in the areas of spatial, image and media theory. He is a recognized expert in spatial theory and has published relevant anthologies and reference works on the subject; he also wrote numerous writings in the field of game studies .

biography

Stephan Günzel studied philosophy, sociology and psychology at the universities of Bamberg , Manchester and Magdeburg and graduated in 1997 with a master's degree. In 2000 he received his doctorate from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena on Nietzsche's writing as philosophical geography and completed his habilitation in 2011 at the University of Potsdam with the text Das Bild des Computerspiels. Space in the first person shooter . Günzel held several visiting professorships at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin , at the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Klagenfurt and at the Historical and Cultural Research Center of the University of Trier . He is currently professor of media theory at the Berlin Technical Art College .

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• Stephan Günzel: Space. An introduction to cultural studies . transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8376-3972-8
• Stephan Günzel: 8-bit: Art Book . Edel Verlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-9435-7328-2
• Stephan Günzel: Push Start. The Art of Video Games . Edel Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-9435-7309-1
• Stephan Günzel: first person shooter. The spatial image of the computer game . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York 2012, ISBN 978-3-5933-9755-9
• Stephan Günzel: space | image. On the logic of the media . Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8659-9132-4
• Stephan Günzel: Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Work and Effect: An Introduction . Turia + Kant Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8513-2464-8
• Stephan Günzel: Shares. Analytics, hermeneutics, politics . Publishing house and database for the humanities, Weimar 2002, ISBN 978-3-89739-297-7
• Stephan Günzel: Geophilosophy. Nietzsche's philosophical geography . Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-05-003622-9
• Stephan Günzel: Immanence. On Gilles Deleuze's concept of philosophy . Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen 1998, ISBN 978-3-89206-899-0

Editions

• Stephan Günzel (ed.): Medial spaces . Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86599-378-6
• Stephan Günzel (Ed.): Space. An introduction to cultural studies. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2017, ISBN 978-3-8394-3972-2
• Stephan Günzel, Dieter Mersch (Ed.): Image. An interdisciplinary manual . Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart / Weimar 2013, ISBN 978-3-4760-2302-5
• Stephan Günzel (ed.): Texts on the theory of space . Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-15-018953-5
• Stephan Günzel (ed.): Lexicon of spatial philosophy. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-21931-5
• Stephan Günzel, Michael Liebe, Dieter Mersch (Eds.): DIGAREC Keynote Lectures 2009/10 , with contributions by Espen Aarseth, Lev Manovich, Frans Mäyrä, Katie Salen and Mark JP Wolf, University Press, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 978-3- 86956-115-8
• Stephan Günzel, Lars Nowak (Ed.): KartenWissen. Territorial spaces between image and diagram . Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8950-0816-0
• Stephan Günzel, Michael Liebe, Dieter Mersch (Eds.): Logic and Structure of the Computer Game , University Press, Potsdam 2010 ISBN 978-3-86956-064-9
• Stephan Günzel (Ed.): Space. An interdisciplinary manual . Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart / Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3-476-02302-5
• Stephan Günzel, Michael Liebe, Dieter Mersch (Eds.): DIGAREC Lectures 2008/09 , University Press, Potsdam 2009, ISBN
• Stephan Günzel (Hrsg.): Raumwissenschaften . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-29491-8
• Stephan Günzel, Michaela Ott, Walter Seitter (eds.): Baudrillard fassen , Alpheus Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-9811214-9-0
• Stephan Günzel, Michael Liebe, Dieter Mersch (Eds.): The Philosophy of Computer Games 2008 , with contributions by Ian Bogost, Richard Bartle and Jesper Juul, University Press, Potsdam 2008, ISBN 978-3-940793-49-2
• Stephan Günzel (Ed.): Topology. For the description of space in cultural and media studies. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89942-710-3
• Stephan Günzel, Knut Ebeling (ed.): Archivology. Theories of the Archive in Science, Media, and the Arts . Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-8659-9028-0
• Stephan Günzel, Jörg Dünne (ed.): Space theory. Basic texts from philosophy and cultural studies . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-518-29400-0
• Stephan Günzel (Ed.): Friedrich Nietzsche: Von Wille und Macht , with a preface by Gianni Vattimo, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag 2004, ISBN 978-3-458-34684-5
• Stephan Günzel, Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (Hrsg.): Friedrich Nietzsche: Typewriter Texts , with an afterword by Friedrich Kittler, Weimar: Verlag der Bauhaus-Universität 2003, ISBN 978-3-86068-396-5

Essays

• Epilogue . In: Matthias AK Zimmermann , KRYONIUM. The experiments of memory . Novel. Kulturverlag Kadmos , Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86599-444-8 .
• The level mixer. In the aggregate room of the computer game. In: N. Adamowsky (Ed.): Digitale Moderne. The model worlds by Matthias AK Zimmermann , pp. 110–125. Published by Hirmer, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7774-2388-3
• The aesthetics of the border in computer games. In: H. Engelke et al. (Ed.): Film as spatial art. Historical perspectives and current methods , pp. 331–350. Published by Schüren, Marburg 2012
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty. In: I. Därmann et al. (Ed.): Image theories from France. A Handbook , pp. 299-311. Published by Wilhelm Fink, Munich 2011
• Space-body-medium. On the visual variants of body perception and control using the example of computer games. In: G. Kilger et al. (Ed.): Scenography in exhibitions and museums IV , pp. 38–45. Published by Klartext, Essen 2010
• Simulation and perspective. The image-theoretical approach in computer game research. In: M. Bopp et al. (Ed.): Shooter. A Multidisciplinary Introduction , pp. 331–352. Published by LIT, Münster 2009

Web links

• Literature by and about Stephan Günzel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stephan Günzel's website
• Author portrait Suhrkamp Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internet presence of Prof. Dr. Stephan Günzel at the btk