Norbert Leser

Norbert Leser ( born May 31, 1933 Oberwart ) is an Austrian social philosopher, best known for his critical engagement with the Austrian Social Democracy.

Life and work

Norbert Leser was born in 1933 in Upper Waiting in the eastern Austrian province of Burgenland, whose first governor after 1945 his uncle Ludwig reader was. He studied law and sociology at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1958, Dr. iur. His habilitation was made in 1969 for Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Graz. After that, he was from 1971 to 1980 first professor of political science in Austria, namely at the University of Salzburg; from 1980 until his retirement in 2001 he taught as a professor of social philosophy at the University of Vienna. From 1984, he headed the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for newer Austrian intellectual history. He's PEN Club member and recipient of numerous awards.

Its importance, he became known for his critical examination of the Austrian Social Democracy and the Austro-Marxism. His habilitation thesis on this subject, entitled "Between reformism and Bolshevism " is recognized as a standard work. One concern him is also specifically in Austria ( for historical reasons ) difficult approach between social democracy and Christian faith. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles in magazines and anthologies. His philosophical writings include the history of political ideas, contemporary history, law and political philosophy, Marxism and social democracy, Christianity and Catholicism, the question of God, etc. The interdisciplinary breadth of his work, but also its importance and recognition is especially in the earlier of his associate Erwin Bader worried Festschrift clear that engaged 38 renowned scientists from 16 disciplines and 14 universities of different countries.

Awards

Works

Editorship

• Work and reverberations, 1964;
• Religion and Culture at time Wenden, 1984;
• Army -Show, 1985;
• Power and Violence in the politics and literature of the 20th century, 1985;
• Theodor Herzl and the Vienna of the " fin de siècle ", 1987;
• Austria's political symbols, 1994;
• 1927 - as the Republic burned, 2002.

Monographs

• Between reformism and Bolshevism, 1968;
• The Odyssey of Marxism, 1971;
• Beyond Marx and Freud, 1980;
• The intellectual life of Vienna in the interwar period, 1981;
• Commuters, 2 vols, 1981/82;
• Social Philosophy, 1984;
• Genius Austriacus, 1986;
• Salt of society, 1988;
• From reader to reader, 1992;
• Elegy on Red, 1998;
• " ... At half ways, and to half the fact ... ". Policy implications of an Austrian -being, 2000;
• God's doors and windows, 2001;
• Witness to the cross-roads, 2003;
• The fall of the Eagle 120 years of Austrian Social Democracy, 2008.
• Whimsical Encounters - mosaics to the Austrian intellectual history, Foreword William M. Johnston, 2011;