Stefan Gandler

Stefan Gandler (2018)

Stefan Josef Gandler (born January 1964 in Munich ) is a philosopher and social scientist . He grew up in Germany, studied in Frankfurt and has lived in Mexico since 1993 . He indicates his citizenship as nationally undecided .

Life

Gandler studied Philosophy , Latin American Studies , Romance Philology and Politics in Frankfurt am Main, a. a. with Alfred Schmidt , and was chairman of the Frankfurt AStA (1989/90).

In 1997, Stefan Gandler received his doctorate for a thesis on contemporary social philosophy in Mexico , which was translated into two languages. In 1997 Gandler became Professor of Social Theory and Philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and has also been a permanent visiting professor of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México since 2008 . Gandler has been a full member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (category 3) since 2001 and founded the research project on critical theory of the National Research Fund of Mexico (CONACYT) in 2012. In his university sabbaticals, he researched and taught at the University of Frankfurt am Main (2001/2002), at the University of California, Santa Cruz (2009/2010) and at Tulane University, New Orleans (2015/2016).

The main research areas of Stefan Gandler are the critical theory of the Frankfurt School , critical ( western ) Marxism , philosophy in Latin America, ideology criticism and Walter Benjamin . He also worked as a translator of Spanish scripts. Gandler is working on a productive conceptual confrontation of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School with contemporary developments in Latin America, e.g. B. by the Ecuadorian-Mexican philosopher Bolívar Echeverría , with which their respective limitations are to be lifted: the philosophical Eurocentrism in the first, and the diminished ideological criticism in the second. He also falls back on the undogmatic reinterpretation of Marx's work by the Spanish-Mexican philosopher Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez , as well as by the Horkheimer successor Alfred Schmidt .

Fonts (selection)

In German

• Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. Argument Verlag, Hamburg / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88619-270-9 .
• Materialism and messianism. On Walter Benjamin's theses "On the Concept of History" . Bielefeld, Aisthesis, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89528-695-7 .
• Frankfurt fragments. Essays on Critical Theory. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-631-63400-4 .

Essays

• 'Reification' versus 'Ethos of Capitalist Modernity'. To the Lukács reception in Latin America. In: Frank Benseler, Werner Jung (Ed.): Yearbook of the International Georg Lukács Society. Volume 4/2000. Aisthesis, Berlin 2000, ISSN  1421-8208 , pp. 95-114.
• Marx in Mexico. In: Z. Journal of Marxist Renewal. Frankfurt am Main, No. 47, Sept. 2001, ISSN  0940-0648 , pp. 167-180.
• Why does the angel of history look back? In: Journal of Critical Theory. To Klampen, Lüneburg, vol. 9, no. 16, spring 2003, ISSN  0945-7313 , pp. 47-79.
• Everyday life in capitalist modernity from a peripheral perspective. Non-Eurocentric theoretical contributions from Mexico. In: Review. A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center. Binghamton, NY, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, Fall 2003, ISSN  0147-9032 , pp. 407-422.
• About the concept of ethos in today's Latin American philosophy. In: German magazine for philosophy. Bimonthly publication of international philosophical research. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin November 2006, Vol. 54, No. 5, ISSN  0012-1045 , pp. 767-783.
• Modernism and Capitalism from a Eurocentric Critical Perspective. Current contributions from Mexico to the interpretation of Marx. In: Contributions to Marx-Engels research. New episode 2007, Argument-Verlag, Hamburg / Berlin 2007, ISSN  0232-8577 , pp. 281–294.
• The Frankfurt School in the mainstream. The third generation wants to know. In: Concordia. International journal of philosophy . Wissenschaftsverlag Mainz, Aachen, No. 55, 2009, ISSN  0179-0846 , pp. 25-36.
• Bolívar Echeverría (1941-2010). In: The argument. Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Berlin Institute for Critical Theory, Berlin, Vol. 52, Vol. 288, No. 4–5, October 2010, ISBN 978-3-88619-674-6 .
• Obituary for Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez. In: ADLAF-Info. Working Group on German Latin American Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, 2/2011, August 2011, pp. 12–15.
• Materialism today. Alfred Schmidt and Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez. In: Journal of Critical Theory. On Klampen, Lüneburg, vol. 19, no. 36/37, 2013, ISSN  0945-7313 , pp. 144-159.

In Spanish (books)

• Marxismo crítico en México. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. (Preface: Michael Löwy.) México, Fondo de Cultura Económica / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2007, ISBN 978-968-16-8404-4 .
• Fragmentos de Frankfurt. Ensayos sobre la Teoría crítica. Siglo XXI Editores, México 2009, ISBN 978-607-03-0070-7 .
• with Patricia Palacios Sierra and Alfonso Serna Jiménez: Modernidad y diferencia. Reflections conceptuales y estudios empíricos en género y territorio. Porrúa, México 2010, ISBN 978-6-07-401243-9 .
• El discreto encanto de la modernidad. Ideologías contemporáneas y su crítica. Siglo XXI Editores / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2013, ISBN 978-607-03-0479-8 .
• Teoría crítica: imposable resignarse. Pesadillas dereprión y aventuras de emancipación. (Ed.) Miguel Ángel Porrúa / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2016, ISBN 978-607-524-029-9 .

In English

• Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. (Historical Materialism Book Series). Brill Academic Press, Leiden / Boston, 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-22428-5 . Reprinted as paperback: Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2016. ISBN 978-1-60846-633-7 .

Essays

• The Concept of History in Walter Benjamin's Critical Theory. In: Radical Philosophy Review. Radical Philosophy Association, San Francisco, CA, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2010, ISSN  1388-4441 , pp. 19-42.
• In Memoriam - Bolívar Echeverría. In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, Vol. 26, No. 2, March 2011, ISSN  0268-5809 , pp. 266-267.
• In memoriam Alfred Schmidt. In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, Vol. 28, No. 2, March 2013, ISSN  0268-5809 , pp. 248-249.
• A Critical Practice from the Americas. Thinking about the Zapatistas in Chiapas with Herbert Marcuse, Bolivar Echeverría, and Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez. In: Peter Funke, Andrew Lamas y Todd Wolfson (eds.) The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Temple University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4399-1303-1 , pp. 329-342.
• Etnocentrism and Critical Theory. Two cases: United States and Mexico. In: Comunicações. Revista do Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação da Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, Vol. 24, No. 2, May-August 2017, ISSN  0104-8481 , pp. 33-56. doi : 10.15600 / 2238-121X / comunicacoes.v24n2p33-56
• Practice, Nature, Labor. In: Beverley Best, Werner Bonefeld, Chris O'Kane, Neil Larsen (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA / London, Sage Publications, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4739-5334-5 , pp. 734-749.
• Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez: Philosophy of Praxis as Critical Theory. In: Beverley Best, Werner Bonefeld, Chris O'Kane, Neil Larsen (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA / London, Sage Publications, 2018. ISBN 978-1-4739-5334-5 , pp. 448-464.

In French

• Pourquoi l'ange de l'histoire regarde-t-il vers l'arrière? Translated from Marc Sagnol. In: Les Temps Modernes. Paris, Vol. 58, No. 624, May-June-July 2003, ISSN  0040-3075 , pp. 54-74.
• Bolívar Echeverría pour les débutants: Entretien avec Stefan Gandler. Interview by Mario Rodas. In: Semillasdelsur. Théorie et discours critique en Amérique latine. Paris, November 24, 2017.

In Chinese

• Ｗ. 本雅明 批判 理论 中 的 历史 概念 [W. Běn yǎmíng pīpàn lǐlùn zhōng de lìshǐ gàiniàn .] In:学 习 与 探 索 [Xuéxí yǔ tànsuǒ] [Study & Exploration] , Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5, Vol. 262, 2017 .

Literature (in German and English)

• Christoph Görg: Gandler, Stefan: Peripheral Marxism. In: Periphery. Journal of Politics and Economics in the Third World. Berlin, 2000, No. 8, pp. 112-115.
• Jörg Nowak: Gandler, Stefan: Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. In: The argument. Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Hamburg, Berlin, Vol. 43, Vol. 242, No. 4/5, 2001, ISSN  0004-1157 , pp. 710-711.
• Hans Schelkshorn: Undogmatic Marxism in Mexico. To: Stefan Gandler: Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. In: Polylog. Journal for intercultural philosophizing. Vienna, No. 7, 2001, pp. 96-97.
• Willem Assies: Gandler, Stefan: Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. In: Thesis Eleven. Critical Theory and Historical Sociology. Australia, No. 71, Nov. 2002, pp. 133-139.
• Matthias Middell: Stefan Gandler, Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. In: Comparativ. Journal for Global History and Comparative Society Research. Leipzig, No. 5-6, 2002, p. 233.
• Stephan Martin Scheuzger: Stefan Gandler: Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. In: Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal. new series, Vol. IV, No. 16, Dec. 2004, pp. 278–280.
• Jan Hoff: Marx global. On the development of the international Marx discourse since 1965. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-05-004611-2 , especially pp. 8, 47–48, 168–169.
• Heinz Krumpel: On the appropriation and transformation of philosophical thinking from the German-speaking cultural area. In: Peter Birle, Friedhelm Schmidt-Welle: Mutual perceptions: Germany - Latin America in the 20th century. Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 2007, pp. 15–46.
• Dick Boer: Gandler, Stefan, Materialism and Messianism. On Walter Benjamin's theses on the concept of history. In: The argument. Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Hamburg / Berlin, Jg. 51, Vol. 283, No. 5, 2009, ISSN  0004-1157 , pp. 819-820.
• Carlos Alberto Sánchez: From the editor. In: APA Newsletter on Hispanic / Lantino Issues in Philosophy. American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Vol. 14, No. 1, Fall 2014, ISSN  2155-9708 , p. 1.
• Jörg Nowak: Gandler, Stefan, Frankfurter Fragments. Essays on Critical Theory, Peter Lang, Frankfurt / M 2013. In: Das Argument. Journal of Philosophy and Social Sciences. Hamburg / Berlin, Vol. 57, Vol. 311, No. 1, 2015, ISSN  0004-1157 , pp. 113–115.
• Javier Sethness, Stefan Gandler: Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. In: Marx & Philosophy. Review of Books. Canterbury, Nov 25, 2016.
• Arnold L. Farr , Review of Critical Marxism in Mexico: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolivar Echeverría (Haymarket). In: Lateral. Journal of the Cultural Studies Association. núm. 6.1, Chicago, IL, 2017, ISSN  2469-4053 .

Web links

Commons : Stefan Gandler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Stefan Gandler in the catalog of the German National Library
• WorldCat
• Homepage
• Video recordings of book presentations and lectures, as well as philosophical TV reports (YouTube)
• fcps.uaq.mx
• paginaspersonales.unam.mx
• Audio of the lecture: Development and Topicality of Critical Theory in Latin America , Goethe University Frankfurt / Main, May 3, 2017.
• Audio of the lecture: progressism, historicism and opportunism. Ad Walter Benjamin's theses on the concept of history , Goethe University Frankfurt / Main, November 25, 2014.
• Audio of the book presentation by: Frankfurter Frage. Essays on Critical Theory , Goethe University Frankfurt / Main, December 9, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Citizenship cannot be determined; Self-description: nationally undecided. ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2014 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. 
2. Jump up ↑ Arturo Jiménez: Stefan Gandler publica en español libro que amplía su tesis doctoral contra el eurocentrismo. Reivindica estudioso el marxismo crítico de Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: La Jornada. México, Sept. 28, 2007, p. 6a.
3. ↑ Stefan Gandler: marxismo crítico en México. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México 2007, ISBN 978-968-16-8404-4 ; Stefan Gandler: Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. (Historical Materialism Book Series). Brill Academic Press, Leiden 2015.
4. ↑ Sistema Nacional de Investigadores homepage
5. ↑ Sistema Nacional de Investigadores: Padrón de Benificiarios , Sistema Nacional de Investigadores: Resultados de la Convocatoria 2016, Ingreso o Permanencia
6. ^ Javier Laso: Palabra Suelta. Entrevista con Stefan Gandler. ( Memento of the original from January 5, 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. TV interview on Ecuador’s public broadcaster ECTV (Ecuador TV), July 14, 2010, 9:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. 
7. ↑ Stefan Gandler: ¿Quién es Bolívar Echeverría? In: La Jornada Semanal. Weekend supplement from La Jornada. México, No. 805, Aug 8, 2010, pp. 5-7.
8. ↑ Julio Boltvinik: Gandler critica a Bolívar Echeverría. Se present in the FCE Marxismo crítico en México . In: La Jornada. México, Sept. 28, 2007, p. 32.
9. ^ Stefan Gandler: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez: rebelión, antifascismo y enseñanza. In: La Jornada Semanal. Weekend supplement from La Jornada. México, No. 865, October 2, 2011, pp. 8-10.
10. ^ Stefan Gandler: Alfred Schmidt, filósofo, albacea de la teoría crítica. Discípulo y sucesor de Max Horkheimer en su cátedra, what representante de un marxismo no dogmático. In: El País. Madrid, 22 Sept. 2012, p. 46.