Georg Kohler (philosopher)

Georg Kohler (born in Konolfingen, Bern, Switzerland in 1945) is a Swiss Philosopher. He is a professor emeritus of Political Philosophy at University of Zurich. He is also a publicist and an author. He has written books on political philosophy and modern day Swiss politics and also collaborated with other writers including Hermann Lübbe.[1][2][3][4]

Georg Kohler
Born1945
Konolfingen, Switzerland
CitizenshipSwiss
Alma materUniversity of Zurich
Spouse(s)Dominique Rub
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical philosophy
InstitutionsLudwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Zurich

Kohler's early education was in grammar schools. He then studied philosophy at the university of Zurich. In 1978 he completed his Licentiate degree of Jurisprudenz (law) from the University of Zurich. Until 1980 he held the post of Assistant of Philosophical Seminars at the University but moved away to manage the family business in Vienna. He returned to teaching in 1992 and joined the Geschwister Scholl-Institute at the University of Munich. He left his post as the chairperson of philosophical research, and joined the University of Zurich in 1994 as a full professor after the retirement of his teacher Hermann Lübbe. He held the post until 2010, when he became a professor emeritus of Philosophy specializing in Political Philosophy.[5][6][7][8]

Since 2008 he has been a speaker and a member of the trustees with the classical liberal think tank Liberales Institut. He frequently writes and gives interviews to newspapers and online publications, such as Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Blick and Tages-Anzeiger.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Kohler was married to Tagesschau spokeswoman and journalist Dominique Rub Kohler. She died on 15 August 2013.[15][16]

Notable works
  • "Suburbia und die Stadt am Schlossberg: Über städtische Lebensgefühle im Zeitalter der Globalisierung", in Konrad Hummler, Franz Jaeger (eds.), Stadtstaat – Utopie oder realistisches Modell? Verlage Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 2011, ISBN 978-3-03823-708-2.
  • "Entscheidungszwang, Unparteilichkeit, Fairness: Über das System des Rechts und die Tugend des Richters", in NZZ, Literatur und Kunst, 17./18. Februar 2007, Nr. 40, p. 72.
  • "Über Otfried Höffe: Demokratie im Zeitalter der Globalisierung", in Manfred Brocker (ed.), Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Ein Handbuch. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a. M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-29418-5, pp. 790–805.
  • Über das Böse, das Glück und andere Rätsel. Zur Kunst des Philosophierens. Rüffer & Rub, Zürich 2005, ISBN 978-3-907625-22-4.
  • "Globale Gerechtigkeit und Weltordnung", in Studia Philosophica Vol. 64/2005, Basel, pp. 159–178.
  • With Alice Villon-Lechner, Die Schöne Kunst der Verschwendung: Fest und Feuerwerk in der europäischen Geschichte. Artemis, Zürich 1988, ISBN 3-7608-0732-1.
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References
  1. "Georg Kohler". www.philosophie.uzh.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  2. "Prof. em. Dr. Georg Kohler". NZZ Podium (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  3. Maiolino, Angelo (October 2014). Politische Kultur in Zeiten des Neoliberalismus: Eine Hegemonieanalyse (in German). transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783839427606.
  4. "Hermann Lübbe: Modernisierungsgewinner. Religion, Geschichtssinn, Direkte Demokratie und Moral" (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. "Georg Kohler". www.philosophie.uzh.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  6. "Prof. em. Dr. Georg Kohler". NZZ Podium (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  7. "rüffer & rub - Autoren - Kohler". www.ruefferundrub.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  8. Bornschier, Volker; Lengyel, Peter (1994-01-01). Conflicts and New Departures in World Society. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412820141.
  9. pansay.com. "Liberales Institut - Vergangene Veranstaltungen vor 2008". www.libinst.ch. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  10. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  11. "Seven poems /". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  12. Blick. "Georg Kohler | Suche | Blick". www.blick.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  13. "Suchresultate | NZZ". www.nzz.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  14. "tagesanzeiger.ch: Nichts verpassen". www.tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  15. Blick. "Mit 60 Jahren: Ex-Tagesschau-Sprecherin Dominique Rub ist tot" (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  16. "Ex-"Tagesschau"-Sprecherin Rub ist tot". Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 2013-08-21. ISSN 1422-9994. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
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