Elmar Treptow

Elmar Treptow (born May 17, 1937 in Hohenseeden ) is a German philosopher and professor emeritus at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Life

After graduating from the Meldorfer School of Academics , Treptow studied philosophy and classical philology at the universities of Münster , Hamburg and Munich . After a doctorate and habilitation in 1971 with a paper on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and the Young Hegelians , Treptow taught at the Ludwig Maximilians University. Treptow has been interested in the materialist philosophy of Karl Marx and Marxist philosophy since he began teaching . In 1981 Treptow was one of the co-founders of the magazine contradiction - Munich magazine for philosophy .

Treptow has been dealing with the topic of ecological natural aesthetics for several years . His other areas of interest include the history of philosophy as well as Chinese philosophy and Indian philosophy .

Treptow has been retired since 2002 and continues to lead lectures in this capacity.

Treptow has two sons and is married.

Works (selection)

• Theory and practice with Hegel and the Young Hegelians. Habilitation thesis, [1]
• Marx-Engels glossary of terms. With Konrad Lotter and Reinhard Meiners. Beck, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-09273-X .
• The sublime nature. Design of an ecological aesthetic. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-1938-5 .
• The Marx-Engels Lexicon. With Konrad Lotter and Reinhard Meiners. PapyRossa, Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-89438-348-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Elmar Treptow in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. (i. R.) Elmar Treptow . Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich