Rudolph H. Weingartner
Rudolph H. Weingartner (born Rudolph Herbert Weingartner February 12, 1927 in Heidelberg ) is an American philosopher of German origin.
Life
Rudolph Herbert Weingärtner's father Jacob Weingärtner was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp after the November pogroms in 1938 . The family managed to flee to the USA in 1939, along with his brother, who later became the economist Hans Martin Weingartner . Weingartner received US citizenship in 1944. In 1952 he married Fannia Goldberg-Rudlowski from Danzig and they have two children.
Weingartner joined the US Navy in 1944. From 1947 he studied philosophy at Columbia University , where he was awarded a Ph.D. PhD . He then taught there and later at San Francisco State University . Eventually he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh . In 1965 he was a Guggenheim scholar .
Weingartner made the philosophical and sociological work of Georg Simmel known in the USA through his publications .
Fonts (selection)
- Experience and culture. The philosophy of Georg Simmel (1962)
- The Unity of the Platonic Dialogue: The Cratylus, the Protagoras, the Parmenides (1973)
- The Moral Dimensions of Academic Administration (1999)
- Mostly About Me: A Path Through Different Worlds (2003)
- A Sixty-Year Ride through the World of Education (2007)
literature
- Weingartner, Rudolph Herbert , in: Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 1224
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolph H. Weingartner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author description for Rudolph H. Weingartner
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Weingartner, Rudolph H. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weingartner, Rudolph Herbert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher of German origin |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |