Julian Young
Julian Padraic Young (born June 19, 1943) is an American philosopher and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University. He is known for his expertise on post-Kantian philosophy.[1]
Julian Padraic Young | |
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| Born | June 19, 1943 |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Awards | The Association of American Publishers 2010 PROSE Award for Philosophy |
| Era | 20th century German philosophy 19th century German philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Auckland Wake Forest University |
Main interests | meaning of life, philosophy of art, post-Kantian philosophy |
Career
He specializes in Continental (nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and French) philosophy, philosophy of art, environmental philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Prior to moving to the United States, Professor Young taught at all levels at the universities of Auckland, Pittsburgh, Calgary and Tasmania, the following: Introduction to Ethics, Introduction to Metaphysics and Theory of Knowledge, Introduction to Theories of Human Nature, British Empiricism, Quine and Sellars, Wittgenstein, Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Sartre and Camus. He has supervised and examined numerous MA and PhD theses at Auckland and throughout Australasia. He is the author of ten books, mostly on nineteenth- and twentieth-century German philosophy. He has appeared on radio and television in Ireland, New Zealand and the US, and has written for the Guardian, the New York Times and Harper's Magazine.[2]
Accusations of Plagiarism
In 2011, Mark Anderson, a professor at Belmont University, discovered that sections of Young's Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2010) were plagiarized.[3] A group of scholars led by Mohan Matthen (Professor of Philosophy and senior Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Perception at the University of Toronto) suggested that Young admit publicly that the Nietzsche book "contains a number of passages that are copied from an earlier biography by Curtis Cate."[4] Young responded several times, but never admitted to the charges.
Books
- The Philosophies of Richard Wagner (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014)
- Individual and Community in Nietzsche's Philosophy (Editor) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
- The Death of God and the Meaning of Life (Second edition) (London: Routledge, 2014)
- The Philosophy of Tragedy: from Plato to Žižek (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013)
- Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)
- Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
- Schopenhauer (London: Routledge, 2005)
- Heidegger's Philosophy of Art (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004)
- Heidegger: Off the Beaten Track (Editor and translator along with Kenneth Haynes of Martin Heidegger's Holzwege) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002)
- Heidegger's Later Philosophy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001)
- Heidegger, Philosophy, Nazism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998)
- Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994)
References
- Horton, Scott (15 September 2010). "Reconsidering Nietzsche: Six Questions for Julian Young". The Stream - Harper's Magazine Blog. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- "Interview with Julian Young". Figure/Ground. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- Anderson, Mark. "Telling the Same Story of Nietzsche's Life." Journal of Nietzsche Studies, The 42.1 (2011): 105-120.
- What Julian Young Must Do, New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
