intercountry lectureship information of us professors

Fulbright-Kommission · Lützowufer 26 · 10787 Berlin
INTERCOUNTRY LECTURESHIP INFORMATION OF U.S. PROFESSORS
Last Name:
First Name:
Babich
Babette
German Host Institution:
Period of Residence in Germany:
Humboldt University
September 2015-July 2016
Email Address:
Website:
[email protected]
Present Position in the U.S.:
http://faculty.fordham.edu/babich/
Previous Positions:
Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University
Academic Field / Discipline:
Academic Training and Degrees:
Philosophy
Ph.D. Boston College
MA Boston College
Areas of Research:
Main Research Interests
Contemporary Continental Philosophy with special reference to aesthetics, culture,
politics, science and technology. Continenental philosophy of science.
Philosophical critique of museum culture. Media philosophy.
Hermeneutics and phenomenology. Ancient philosophy.
Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Anders, Bataille, Illich, Hölderlin.
Possible Lecture Topics:
Nota Bene -- All lectures can be given in English or in German
Music and Cultural Consciousness from Adorno to Nietzsche starting with Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
Media and Philosophy: This is Your Brain on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etcetera
Between Continental and Analytic Philosophy: Archaeology of an Invidious Division
Philosophy of Science and Homeopathy and other Pseudo-Sciences: Balancing Accounts
The Derveni Papyrus & Other Monumental Finds: What Follows for Socratic/Pre-Socratic Philosophy
Transhumanism: Ethical and Philosophical Considerations
Publications (selected):
Monographs
En ce qui concerne le souci d'autrui et sollicitude chez Heidegger. Vers une éthique de l'assistance.
Paris: L'Harmattan, 2015.
The Hallelujah Effect: Philosophical Reflections on Music, Performance Practice and Technology.
[Musicology: Popular and Folk Music Series] Surrey: Ashgate, 2013.
La fin de la pensée? Philosophie analytique contre philosophie continentale. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2012.
Nietzsches Wissenschaftsphilosophie. »Die Wissenschaft unter der Optik des Künstlers zu sehn, die
Kunst aber unter der des Lebens«. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2010. Nietzsche e la Scienza: Arte, vita,
conoscenza. Eroismo del Pensiero e seduzione della verità. [Scienza e Idee, 19] Milan: Raffaello
Cortina Editore, 1996. Nietzsche's Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Art
and Life. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.
»Eines Gottes Glück, voller Macht und Liebe«. Beiträge zu Nietzsche Hölderlin Heidegger. Weimar:
Bauhaus-Universitätsverlag, 2009.
Words in Blood, Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros in Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and
Heidegger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2006.
INTERCOUNTRY LECTURESHIP INFORMATION OF U.S. PROFESSORS