Walter Weiss (Author)

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Walter Weiss (2012)

Walter Weiss (born November 27, 1942 in Vienna ) is an Austrian philosopher , geographer , pedagogue , publisher and author of non-fiction and fiction.

Life

Walter Weiss attended elementary school and high school in Floridsdorf , where he graduated in 1960. He studied philosophy , psychology , education and geography in Vienna. In 1968 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna . In 1972 he obtained a master's degree in natural sciences, also from the University of Vienna. After years of work as a freelance writer and world traveler, he took up teaching at a Viennese grammar school in 1973, where he taught geography and economics, psychology and philosophy for 28 years. In addition, he worked as an adult educator for around 40 years , mainly at the Urania in Vienna , where he mainly gave lectures on philosophy. Later he taught “Philosophy of Technology” as the first lecturer for philosophy at the Vienna University of Technology for five years . Since 2010, it bears the professional title of professor.

As a philosopher he feels obliged to constructivist , atheistic and monistic thinking. Weiss is a member of the Austrian writers ' and publishers' associations as well as the international PEN club . In 1991 he founded the Edition Va Bene publishing house .

Awards / prizes

  • Theodor Körner Prize
  • 1971 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1971 Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature 1971.
  • 1973 Austrian youth book and non-fiction award 1973.
  • 1973 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1976 Austrian children's and youth book
  • 1976 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1978 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
  • Theodor Körner Foundation Prize

Publications

Weiss has published around 80 books so far. At the beginning he wrote books for young people, some of which were awarded literary prizes. As a freelancer for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ( ORF ) and partly on its behalf, he produced television films and radio programs about the countries he visited. At the same time, non-fiction books and illustrated books with own photos were created. Political, economically oriented and religiously critical titles followed. His work as a high school teacher resulted in psychological and philosophical works. He also publishes in the "Wissenschaftliche Nachrichten" (published twice a year) of the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (nature) philosophical specialist articles and in various media analyzes on the financial sector . He also went public as an author of essays on natural philosophy . Weiss also occasionally writes for the left-wing Catholic magazine Kirche In and for the German magazine “zeitgeist” and its online edition “zeitgeist online”.

Works:

  • Africa - Europe's longing. Verlag A. Schendl, Vienna 1967, OCLC 164441946 .
  • The Death of the Tupilaks - a Greenland Book. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-7141-1444-0 .
  • The first and the third world - the misery of the poor countries. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-7141-7430-3 .
  • The revenge of the kachinas - an Indian book. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1977, ISBN 3-7141-1510-2 .
  • Dragon boats westward. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-8000-2178-1 .
  • What's the matter A guide for sons. Breitschopf, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7004-1163-4 .
  • The last paradises in Austria. 3 volumes. Edition S, Vienna 1992, 1988, ISBN 3-7046-0097-0 , ISBN 3-7046-0117-1 and ISBN 3-7046-0281-7 .
  • Strangers in the country. hpt-Verlag, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85128-053-9 .
  • with Eva Mitterbauer: Help - my child is a sect. Edition S, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-7046-0236-1 .
  • Masada - fight to the end. Edition va bene, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85167-000-0 .
  • Crime scene school - an inventory. Orac, Vienna / Munich / Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7015-0266-8 .
  • Vienna - walks through the nature and landscape protection areas in the vicinity of the federal capital. Edition S, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-7046-0290-6 .
  • Egypt. CJ Bucher, Munich / Lucerne 1993, ISBN 3-7658-0816-4 .
  • as Max von der Wien (pseudonym): Affair or Die Ferkel. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 1993, ISBN 3-85167-002-7 .
  • with Markus Weiss: Children as weapons - of divorced orphans and other victims. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2002, ISBN 3-85167-127-9 .
  • with Erwin Kohaut: Universe and Consciousness. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2004, ISBN 3-85167-147-3 .
  • with Robert Hofstetter: God. What for. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-85167-211-4 .
  • with Karl Edlinger: (In) intelligent design. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-85167-242-8 .
  • How children suffer from divorce. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-85167-249-7 .
  • with Robert Hofstetter: thought - philosophy, an introduction. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-85167-275-6 .
  • Religion is incurable. Edition va bene, Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-85167-283-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BMUKK: Merit mark and professor title to M. Maggi, H. Mayer, G. Flemmich, F. Haas, C. Madl, K. Paulhart, A. Vavrousek, W. Weiss. Press release from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture according to APA-OTS No. OTS0190, July 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Church in
  3. ↑ zeitgeist online accessed on February 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian philosopher and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna