Ariadne von Schirach
Ariadne von Schirach (born 1978 in Munich) is a German philosopher, writer, journalist and critic. She is known as a literary critic for Deutschlandradio Kultur, and as an essayist and columnist for newspapers such as Die Welt and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
She studied philosophy, psychology and sociology at LMU, the Free University of Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin. She has taught philosophy at the Berlin University of the Arts since 2012.[1] In 2007 she published the book Der Tanz um die Lust, about the consequences of an increasingly sexualized society, which became a bestseller. In 2014 she published her second book, Du sollst nicht funktionieren: Für eine neue Lebenskunst.[2][3]
Schirach is a member of the noble Sorbian Schirach family and is a daughter of the sinologist Richard von Schirach and a granddaughter of the Nazi youth leader Baldur von Schirach. She is a cousin of the lawyer and bestselling crime writer Ferdinand von Schirach and the sister of the novelist Benedict Wells.[1]
Books
- Der Tanz um die Lust, Goldmann, Munich, 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-31115-6
- Du sollst nicht funktionieren: Für eine neue Lebenskunst, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-50313-5
References
- ^ a b Interview mit Ariadne von Schirach: Spross einer bekannten Familie, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 2 May 2014
- ^ Julia Schaaf: Sex als Gebet. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 27 February 2007
- ^ Björn Trautwein: Ariadne im Wunderland. Der Tagesspiegel, 3 March 2007