About Robert Pfaller
Born in 1962, Robert Pfaller studied philosophy in Vienna and Berlin and, following visiting professorships in Chicago, Berlin, Zurich and Strasbourg, became a professor of cultural science and cultural theory at the University of Art and Design Linz. He is a founding member of the Vienna research group on psychoanalysis, “Stuzzicadenti”. In 2007 he was awarded the Missing Link Prize of the Psychoanalytical Seminar Zurich (PSZ) for his book, “Die Illusion der anderen” [“The Illusion of the Others”]. His most recent work is “Erwachsenensprache. Über ihr Verschwinden aus Politik und Kultur” [“Adult Language: On its Disappearance from Politics and Culture”] (2017).
