Carlos Fraenkel
Carlos Fraenkel (born March 21, 1971 in Münster ) is a German-Brazilian philosopher .
Fraenkel grew up in Germany and São Paulo . His grandparents were expelled from Germany as Jews . He studied in Berlin and Jerusalem philosophy . From 2013 to 2015 he was Professor of Comparative Religion at Oxford University and since 2015 he has been James McGill Professor of Philosophy and Religion at McGill University in Montreal . In Germany he became known through his book With Plato in Palestine . His research interests include the philosophies of Maimonides and Spinoza as well as political philosophy.
As a visiting professor he gives lectures in Princeton, Jerusalem, Paris, Munich and Oxford. He also regularly writes essays for Die Zeit , the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the London Review of Books, the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement . He was the laudator at the award of the Walter Hasenclever Prize of the City of Aachen to Robert Menasse on November 18, 2018.
Main publications
- From Maimonides to Samuel ibn Tibbon: The Transformation of the Dalālat al-Ḥāʾirīn into the Moreh ha-Nevukhim (Hebrew), The Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jerusalem 2007, ISBN 978-965-493-300-1 .
- Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza. Reason, Religion, and Autonomy. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 2012, ISBN 978-1-139-85104-6 .
- Teaching Plato in Palestine. Philosophy in a Divided World. Princeton University Press , Princeton 2015, ISBN 978-1-4008-6579-6 .
- With Plato in Palestine. On the use of philosophy in a torn world. Carl Hanser Verlag , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25209-7 .
Prices
- Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction 2015 (Canada)
- William Dawson Scholarship for Outstanding Young Professors 2004-14 (McGill University)
- Shlomo Pines Prize for Outstanding Young Scholars 1999 (Israel)
Web links
- Official website
- Catherine Newmark: Carlos Fraenkel: "With Plato in Palestine". Philosophy as a discussion technique. Deutschlandradio Kultur on February 22, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carlos Fraenkel on pearl divers . Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ↑ Carlos Fraenkel: Lecture on the subject of "The benefits of philosophy in a torn world". As part of the 20th Philososphicum Lech. ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. LitEvent. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Carlos Fraenkel in Carl Hanser Verlag . Retrieved May 16, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fraenkel, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Brazilian philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |