Arno Baruzzi

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Arno Baruzzi (born February 17, 1935 in Singen am Hohentwiel ; † July 20, 2016 in Munich ) was a German philosopher , political scientist and university professor .

Career

After studying at the Universities of Freiburg , Bonn and Munich , Baruzzi received his doctorate in 1965 in Munich under Max Müller with a thesis on studies of philosophy as a critique of time with regard to Martin Heidegger . In 1972, he also received his habilitation in Munich with his book Man and Machine .

As early as 1962, he was a research assistant for philosophy , and until 1974, he also took over the chair for political theory . In addition, Baruzzi was a lecturer at the University of Politics in Munich from 1968 to 2001 , where he temporarily held the position of dean of the political theory department. He acted as editor and co-editor of the Philosophical Yearbook from 1969 to 1995. In 1973 and 1974 Baruzzi was also managing director of the Geschwister Scholl Institute for Political Science .

In 1975 he accepted a professorship for philosophy at the University of Augsburg , which he held until his retirement in April 2003. During this time, from 1987 onwards, various multiple visiting professorships fell at the University of Ulm , at the Law Faculty of the University of Augsburg, and at various universities in Japan .

Research priorities

Baruzzi dealt with legal philosophy , Europe's autonomy and solidarity and already with his dissertation with philosophizing with Jaspers and Heidegger . He was fundamentally interested in the importance of the humanities and the subject of political philosophy and business ethics . His visiting professorships in Japan made it possible to expand the range of topics to include anthropology and climatology from a Japanese perspective.

Publications (selection)

  • Legal Philosophy of the Present , Darmstadt 2006.
  • Europe's autonomy , 2nd revised. and exp. Edition, Würzburg 2001 (also published in Japanese translation)
  • Philosophizing with Jaspers and Heidegger , 2nd revised. Edition, Würzburg 2001.
  • Philosophy of Lies , Darmstadt 1996.
  • Feasibility. Perspectives in our life , Freiburg-Munich 1996.
  • The future of freedom , Darmstadt 1993.
  • Freedom, justice and the common good. Basic questions of a legal philosophy , Darmstadt 1990. (also published in Japanese translation)
  • Alternative way of life? Freiburg-Munich 1985 (also published in Japanese translation)
  • Introduction to the Political Philosophy of Modern Times , Darmstadt 1983. (also published in Korean and Croatian translation)
  • Right to work and occupation? Seven philosophical-political theses , Freiburg-Munich 1983.
  • European "Human Image" and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany , Freiburg-Munich 1979.
  • What is practical philosophy? , Munich 1976. (also published in Japanese and Croatian translation)
  • Man and machine. Thinking sub specie machinae , Munich 1973.
  • Studies on philosophy as a critique of time with regard to Martin Heidegger , dissertation, Munich 1965, published with an afterword in 1974.

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personal data
SURNAME Baruzzi, Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Singing at the Hohentwiel
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2016
Place of death Munich