Verena Brunschweiger

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Verena Brunschweiger (* 1980 in Passau as Verena Eleonore Maier-Eroms ) is a German publicist and anti-natalist .

Life

Brunschweiger studied German , English and philosophy . She received her doctorate in German Medieval Studies at the University of Regensburg in 2007 with a thesis on "Heroism" and "Femininity" in the Middle Ages and in modern times: using the examples of Wolframs Parzival , Gottfried's Tristan and Richard Wagner's musical dramas . Until the end of 2019 she worked as a high school teacher in Regensburg.

In 2013 she published her first non-fiction book Fuck Porn against the spread of pornography in everyday life. At the beginning of 2019, her book Kinderfrei instead of childless made her internationally known. It reached number 40 on the Spiegel bestseller list paperback non-fiction books and sparked a debate, especially in German-speaking countries, about the connection between climate change and reproduction claimed by Brunschweiger . In numerous interviews she defended the thesis of a antinatalism reasons of climate policy, ie the waiver of children to CO 2 emissions saving.

Brunschweiger is married to the teacher and author Jörg Brunschweiger.

Books

  • Heroism and femininity. Wolframs Parzival, Gottfried's Tristan and Richard Wagner's musical dramas. Dissertation 2007 as Verena Maier-Eroms. Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8288-9913-1 .
  • Fuck Porn. Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8288-3153-7 .
  • Child-free instead of childless. Büchner-Verlag, Marburg, 2019, ISBN 978-3-96317-148-2 .
  • The Childfree Rebellion: Why "too radical" is just radical enough , Büchner-Verlag, Marburg, 2020, ISBN 978-3963171963 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefanie Flamm: Mother? No way! In: The time . No. 15/2019 , April 4, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( online [accessed December 3, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Verena Eleonore Maier-Eroms: "Heroism" and "Femininity" in the Middle Ages and in modern times: using the example of Wolfram's Parzival, Gottfried's Tristan and Richard Wagner's musical dramas . November 25, 2007 ( uni-regensburg.de [accessed March 3, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Stefanie Flamm: She has time now . In: The time . December 2, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 , p. 59 ( online [accessed December 3, 2019]).
  4. ↑ a b Patrick Beckerle: Verena Brunschweiger: "Heartless" or world savior? Interview. idowa.de, October 16, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Verena Brunschweiger. Publishing website. buechner-verlag, accessed on December 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Child-free instead of childless. Book entry. Book report , 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  7. ^ Teacher writes manifesto against having children. Agency report . Der Spiegel , March 8, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Everything for my child - SWR night café. Video (89 min.). SWR , February 2, 2019, accessed on December 3, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Not having children - how far should climate protection go? Video (23 min.). ZDF today , November 14, 2019, accessed on December 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Brunschweiger, Verena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maier-Eroms, Verena Eleonore (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Passau