{"id":5291,"date":"2025-05-06T14:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/diskreter-maskulinismus"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:11:26","slug":"discreet-masculinism","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/diskreter-maskulinismus","title":{"rendered":"Discreet Masculinism?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In memory of Univ.-Prof.in<\/sup> Dr.in<\/sup> Eva Kreisky<\/h4>\n

Discreet Masculinism?
\nA discussion on the state of democracy following Eva Kreisky<\/h4>\n

Eva Kreisky (1944-2024) was a pioneer of German-speaking feminist political science. With her critical view of the state and bureaucracy as a male alliance, she showed how idealised and distorted ideas of masculinity operate as a secret cement and as an unspoken ideology in politics and the state. Her analyses and concepts are critical diagnoses of the times that offer an answer to the question of democratic blockades and the dismantling of democracy.<\/p>\n

The aim of her research was to promote democracy and democratisation at all levels.<\/p>\n

Masculinism not only describes the ideological core of the M\u00e4nnerbund, but also explains the formation of anti-democratic resistance practices against feminist successes. This is because masculinism operates discreetly, especially as it has become invisible and entrenched in the institutions. However, it also remains a political resource that can be (re-)activated at any time. Eva Kreisky's critical diagnoses of the times sensitise us to such phenomena and their excesses in the present. She has left us a research programme with which we can investigate and highlight discrete masculinism and its effects that weaken democracy.<\/p>\n

Following the presentation of Eva Kreisky's book \u201eDiscrete Masculinism\u201c, we will discuss how masculinism manifests itself in the current conjuncture of domestic and international politics. What do discrete and increasingly indiscreet masculinism mean for the future of democracy?<\/p>\n

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Together with the publisher of the book Marion L\u00f6ffler<\/strong> discuss:<\/p>\n

Univ.-Prof.in<\/sup> Dr.in<\/sup> Karin Bishop<\/strong>,
\nHead of the Department of European Politics and Democracy Research at the University for Continuing Education Krems<\/p>\n

Mag.a<\/sup> Ulrike Lunacek<\/strong>,
\nDeputy Chairwoman of Frauen*solidarit\u00e4t, former federal and European politician for the Greens<\/p>\n

MMag.a<\/sup> Dr.in<\/sup>\u00a0 Gabriele Michalitsch<\/strong>,
\nPolitical scientist and economist, numerous visiting professorships and lecturers at the Universities of Vienna and Klagenfurt<\/p>\n

Univ.-Prof.in<\/sup> Retired Dr.in<\/sup> Birgit Sauer<\/strong>,
\nPolitical scientist at the University of Vienna<\/p>\n

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Eva Kreisky\/Edited by Marion L\u00f6ffler:
\n<\/em>Discrete masculinism. Critical diagnoses of the times<\/em><\/a>
\nCampus Verlag, 2024, 404 pages, \u20ac 43.20,
\n<\/em>ISBN 978-3-593-52006-3, also available as an e-book<\/em><\/p>\n

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