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Dr. Benjamin Dober

 

 

Address:

Department of Philosophy
University of Freiburg
Platz der Universität 3
79098 Freiburg

Room 1065a

 

 

 

 

 

 

Educational Background 

 

Benjamin Dober studied German studies and philosophy at the University of Freiburg and completed both subjects with the first and second state examination. He received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation during his studies. He earned his PhD with a dissertation titled ‘Ethik des Trostes. Hans Blumenbergs Kritik des Unbegrifflichen’ (Ethics of consolation: Hans Blumenberg’s critique of nonconceptuality). His main research interests include (historical) Kant, Cassirer, Plessner, Gehlen, Blumenberg, and (systematic) philosophical anthropology, practical philosophy, philosophy of religion, theory of myth / narratology.

 

 

 

Publications

 

Monograph

      • ‘Ethik des Trostes. Hans Blumenbergs Kritik des Unbegrifflichen’. Weilerswist 2019.

 

Reviewed by:

- Niklas Bauer, in: Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Philosophie 45/3 (2020), pp. 403-408.

- Hartmut Kress, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 145 (9/2020), pp. 864-865.

- Luca Marras, in: Filosofia, anno LXV (2020), pp. 9-16.

- Benedikt Rediker, in: Theologie und Philosophie 95 (4/2020), pp. 591-593.

- Rüdiger Vaas, in: der blaue Reiter 47 (2021).

 

Articles

      • ‘Endlichkeit als Leiblichkeit’. In: ‘Davoser Dispositionen. Die Kontroverse zwischen Ernst Cassirer und Martin Heidegger aus der Sicht philosophischer Anthropologie’. Ed. by N. Bauer and O. Müller. In: problemata (in preparation).
      • ‘Ohne ein gewisses Quantum von “Mumpitz” geht es nicht’. Drei Glossen zu Fontane. In: Religion und Humor. Ed. by H.M. Dober. Göttingen 2017, pp. 193-203.
      • ‘Mythenverarbeitung – Oder: Zur Genealogie moderner Unübersichtlichkeit auf dem Felde des Heroischen’. In: helden. heroes. héros. E-Journal zu Kulturen des Heroischen, Bd. 4.2 (2016). Ed. by U. Bröckling, B. Korte, B. Studt, pp. 17-22 (with M. Striet). DOI: 10.6094/helden.heroes.heros./2016/02/02.

 

Handbook Articles

      • Art. ‘Bach’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. Zo be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).
      • Art. ‘Fontane’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. Tp be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).
      • Art. ‘Humor’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. To be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).
      • Art. ‘Nachdenklichkeit’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. To be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).
      • Art. ‘Trost und Trostbedürftigkeit’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. To be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).
      • Art. ‘Unerlaubte Fragmente und anderes’. In: Hans Blumenberg Handbuch. Ed. by O. Müller and R. Zill. To be published in 2024 by J. B. Metzler-Verlag (Stuttgart).

 

Review

      • ‘Hans Blumenbergs Arbeit am Mythos als politisches Buch. Rezension zu A. Nicholls: Myth and the Human Sciences. Hans Blumenberg’s Theory of Myth. New York 2015’. In: helden. heroes. héros. E-Journal zu Kulturen des Heroischen, Bd. 6.1 (2018). Ed. by U. Bröckling, B. Korte, U. Zimmermann (https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/data/16198). DOI: 10.6094/helden.heroes.heros./2018/01.

 

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