Wolfgang Rother (philosopher)

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Wolfgang Rother (born May 23, 1955 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German philosopher and historian of philosophy living in Switzerland .

Life

After graduating from high school at Engelbert-von-Berg-Gymnasium , Wipperfürth , Wolfgang Rother studied Protestant theology, philosophy and German linguistics and literature as well as general didactics, specialist didactics and educational psychology at the universities of Marburg , Tübingen and Zurich . In 1978 he graduated with a licentiate in Zurich, obtained the grammar school teacher diploma in the same year and received his doctorate in 1980 in Zurich. From 1978 to 1983 he was a research assistant at the Philosophical Department of the University of Zurich; In 1981/82 he taught philosophy at the Lucerne Cantonal School. From 1982 to 2011 he was lecturer for philosophy, from 2012 to 2016 publishing director for the philosophy, antiquity, literature and musicology program at Schwabe Verlag .

In 1999/2000 he headed the research project “The Philosophy of the Enlightenment in Northern Italy” and from 2006 to 2008 the research project “Political Philosophy in the German Enlightenment”. In 2004 he completed his habilitation in Zurich and in 2011 was appointed titular professorship for philosophy with a special focus on the history of philosophy. In 2016 he taught as professor invitato at the Istituto di Studi Filosofici of the Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano . Since 2016 he has been a project partner in the research project “Metaphysics and Ontology in Switzerland in the Age of the Reformation (1519-1648)” at the University of Lucerne .

Rother is also a scientific advisor to the Swiss Association of Publishers for the Humanities and Social Sciences / Association suisse des éditeurs de sciences humaines et sociales and President of the Philosophical Society Zurich.

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In addition to his research on the history of philosophy and ideas in the modern era, in particular on the Italian and German Enlightenment, hedonism and the philosophy of criminal law, Rother is known as co-editor of the Outline of the History of Philosophy . To this work he contributed essential parts of the philosophy of the 18th century. He founded several scientific book series and is a member of the scientific advisory board of various editions and journals.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Philosophical reflections on the seventh chapter “De interpretatione Scripturae” in Spinoza's “Tractatus theologico-politicus”. Licentiate thesis, Zurich 1977.
  • Philosophy at the University of Basel in the 17th century. Sources and Analysis. Dissertation Zurich 1980. Juris, Zurich 1981.
  • La maggiore felicità possibile. Studies on the philosophy of the Enlightenment in northern and central Italy (= Schwabe Philosophica VI). Schwabe, Basel 2005, ISBN 978-3-7965-2106-5 .
  • Crime, Torture and the Death Penalty. Philosophical arguments of the Enlightenment. With a preface by Carla Del Ponte (= Schwabe reflexe 5). Schwabe, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7965-2661-9 .
  • Lust. Philosophical perspectives from Plato to Freud (= Schwabe reflexe 8). Schwabe, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7965-2691-6 .

Published works

  • The Influence of Petrus Ramus. Studies in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Philosophy and Sciences (= Schwabe Philosophica I). Schwabe, Basel 2001, zs. with Mordechai Feingold and Joseph S. Freedman, ISBN 978-3-7965-1560-6 .
  • Outline of the history of philosophy, The philosophy of the 18th century, Vol. 3: Italy. Schwabe, Basel 2011, zs. with Johannes Rohbeck , ISBN 978-3-7965-2599-5 .
  • Isaak Iselin and the philosophy of history of the European Enlightenment (= studies on the history of science in Basel. New part 6) . Schwabe, Basel 2011, zs. with Lucas Marco Gisi, ISBN 978-3-7965-2597-1 .
  • Philosophy in Basel. Prominent thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries (= Studies on the History of Science in Basel. New Part 7). Schwabe, Basel 2011, zs. with Emil Angehrn , ISBN 978-3-7965-2602-2 .
  • Philosophy of pleasure. Studies on hedonism (= Schwabe Epicurea III). Schwabe, Basel 2012, zs. with Michael Erler , ISBN 978-3-7965-2765-4 .
  • Body. Aspects of physicality in medicine and cultural studies (= Schwabe interdisciplinary 1). Schwabe, Basel 2012, zs. with Josette Baer, ISBN 978-3-7965-2826-2 .
  • Money. Philosophical, literary and economic perspectives (= Schwabe interdisciplinary 2). Schwabe, Basel 2013, zs. with Josette Baer, ISBN 978-3-7965-2913-9 .
  • Job. Philosophical, legal and cultural studies (= Schwabe interdisciplinary 4). Schwabe, zs. with Josette Baer, ​​Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7965-3336-5 .
  • Trust (= Schwabe interdisciplinary 7). Schwabe, Basel 2015, zs. with Josette Baer, ISBN 978-3-7965-3451-5 .
  • Outline of the History of Philosophy, The Philosophy of the 18th Century, Vol. 4: Spain, Portugal, Latin America. Schwabe, Basel 2016, zs. with Johannes Rohbeck , ISBN 978-3-7965-2630-5 .
  • Philosophus orator. Rhetorical strategies and structures in philosophical literature (= Schwabe interdisciplinary 10). Schwabe, Basel 2016, zs. with Irmgard Männlein-Robert , Stefan Schorn and Christian Tornau , ISBN 978-3-7965-3337-2 .
  • Crime and punishment (= Colmena Perspektiven 1). Colmena, Basel 2017, zs. with Josette Baer, ISBN 978-3-906896-02-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Research database of the University of Zurich. Retrieved February 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ UniluAKTUELL 58. Retrieved on February 24, 2017 .
  3. ^ Website of the Swiss Association of Publishers for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved February 24, 2017 .
  4. ^ Website of the Philosophical Society Zurich. Retrieved February 24, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Rother, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and historian of philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen , Germany