Andreas Urs Sommer

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Sommer in 2012

Andreas Urs Sommer (born 14 July 1972) is a German philosopher, born in Zofingen, Switzerland. He specializes in the history of philosophy and its theory, ethics, philosophy of religion, and Skepticism. His historical studies center on the philosophy of Enlightenment and Nietzsche, but they also deal with Kant, Max Weber, Pierre Bayle, Jonathan Edwards, and others.

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Career

Andreas Urs Sommer studied philosophy, theology and German literature in Basel, Göttingen and Freiburg. He obtained his doctorate at Basel University in 1998, and received his Habilitation in Greifswald in 2004. He was a visiting research fellow at Princeton University in 1998/99 and a fellow at the University of London in 2000/01.

In 2008 Sommer became responsible for the "Nietzsche-Kommentar" of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. [1] He was also appointed the director of the Friedrich-Nietzsche-Stiftung in Naumburg (Saale). [2] In 2011 he became a professor for philosophy at the University of Freiburg.

Sommer also publishes in the field of numismatics.

Bibliography

Books in German

Articles and Books in English

Awards

References

  1. Forschungsprojekt: Nietzsche-Kommentar
  2. Establishment of the Friedrich Nietzsche foundation and Friedrich Nietzsche foundation
  3. Cf. Andreas Dorschel, 'Zum Mitspielen. Andreas Urs Sommers Kunst des Zweifelns', in: Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 57 (9 March 2006), p. 14
  4. Cf. Ludger Lütkehaus, 'Geistesgeschichte des Ungedachten. Andreas Urs Sommers fabelhaftes «Lexikon der imaginären philosophischen Werke', in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung June 5, 2012
  5. "Friedrich Nietzsche – Wucht und Wirkung eines streitbaren Denkers". Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 25 June 2017.
  6. Book review on Spektrum der Wissenschaft.de, published by Hans-Martin Schönherr-Mann on 6 Mar 2023. Accessed 13 Jul 2023. Available via the Internet Archive at .