Recent

I’ve written an article on the influence of migration patterns on Swiss philosophy for philosophie.ch. Also, I’ve written the entry on the Barcan formulas for the German Wikipedia. I was featured as an expert on Swiss Radio for a piece on Marx’ concept of fetish.

Contributions

I focus on issues related to political and social philosophy, and I make an effort to relate the history of philosophy to contemporary issues.

    • ‘Schweizer Philosophie und Migration’ [Swiss Philosophy and Migration], philosophie.ch

    • ‘Wir sind Fetischisten!’ [We are Fetishists!], universitas 1 (2018) and online

    • ‘Ein Anfall von Ideologie’ [A Fit of Ideology], NZZ, available online

    • ‘Zappelt das Ich im Netz?’ [Is the I Floundering in the Net?] NZZ, available online

    • ‘Politischer Philosoph’ [Political Philosopher], NZZ

    • ‘Am Anfang war das Bild’ [In the Beginning was the Picture], TagesWoche

      ‘Im Anfang war das Bild’ [In the Beginning was the Picture], NZZ, available online

    • ‘Das Tier namens Mensch’ [An Animal Called Human], NZZ, available online

    • ‘Keine Frage ungestellt lassen’ [Leaving no Question Unasked], NZZ, available online

    • ‘Das Schöne ist nichts Idyllisches’ [The Beautiful is nothing Idyllic], interview with Günter Figal, BaZ

    • ‘Gegen die “Diktatur der Mehrheit”’ [Against the ‘Dictatorship of the Majority’], BaZ

    • ‘Warum Öffentlichkeit politisch ist’ [Why the Public Sphere is Political], BaZ

    • of Maja Wicki-Vogt, Erbschaften ohne Testament [Inheritances without Testament], NZZ

    • of Georges Canguilhem, Schriften zur Medizin [Writings on Medicine], NZZ, available online

    • 2013 of Christoph Menke, Die Kraft der Kunst [The Power of Art], NZZ, available online

    • of Michael Sandel, Gerechtigkeit [Justice], NZZ, available online

    • of Ursula Wolf, Ethik der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung [Ethics of the Human-Animal Relationship], NZZ, available online

    • of Wolfgang Welsch, Homo mundanus, NZZ, available online

    • 2012 of Bernadette Straessle: Freude am Denken [Enjoying Thinking], NZZ

    • of Juliane Rebentisch, Die Kunst der Freiheit [The Art of Freedom], NZZ, available online

    • of A. U. Sommer: Lexikon der imaginären philosophischen Werke [Lexicon of Imaginary Philosophical Works], Basler Zeitung

    • of Jürgen Habermas, Zur Verfassung Europas. Ein Essay [On Europe’s Constitution. An Essay], Basler Zeitung

    • 2011 of Hans Bernhard Schmid, Moralische Integrität [Moral Integrity], NZZ, available online

    • ‘Die Kulturgeschichte des Fetisch-Begriffs’ [The Cultural History of the Concept of Fetish], Radio Interview SRF2

    • ‘Die Qual der Wahl – Konsum und Freiheit’ [The Agony of Choice – Consumption and Freedom], lecture and discussion, Solothurn

    • ‘Zeitpfeil und Zukunftsreise’ [The Arrow of Time and Time-Travel], talk and discussion with Prof. Dr. R. Simon; literary festival on time, Basle

    • ‘Gerechter Krieg, Terrorismus und humanitäre Intervention’ [Just War, Terrorism, and Humanitarian Intervention], Workshop at Gymnasium Oberwil (grammar school)

    • ‘Freiheit – Verantwortung’ [Freedom – Responsibility], lecture series on the French Revolution, Solothurn

    • ‘Was bedeutet Dir die Gegenwart?’ [What Does the Present Mean to You?], lecture series on time, Solothurn

    • ‘Strategisches Handeln’ [Strategic Action], student workshop, University of Basle

    • ‘Die politischen Rechte’ [The Political Rights], lecture series on the universal declaration of human rights, Solothurn