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Richard Wolin
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Wolin during an event at CUNY Graduate Center
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| Born | 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| Education | Reed College (BA) York University, Toronto (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Criticism of left fascism |
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| Fields | Intellectual history, political philosophy, cultural theory |
| Institutions | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
Richard Wolin (born in 1952) is an American historian who studies ideas. He writes about important thinkers and ideas from Europe in the 1900s. He is especially interested in the German philosopher Martin Heidegger and a group of thinkers called the Frankfurt School.
About Richard Wolin
Richard Wolin was born in 1952. He earned his first college degree, a bachelor of arts, from Reed College. Later, he received both his master's degree and his PhD from York University, Toronto.
After finishing his studies, he taught at Reed College. He also taught at Rice University in Houston. Since the year 2000, he has been a special professor of history and political science. He teaches at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
Books by Richard Wolin
Richard Wolin has written many books about history and philosophy. These books help us understand important ideas and thinkers from the past. Here are some of his well-known books:
- Walter Benjamin: An Aesthetic of Redemption (1982)
- The Politics of Being: The Political Thought of Martin Heidegger (1990)
- The Heidegger Controversy: A Critical Reader. He was the editor of this book (1991).
- The Terms of Cultural Criticism: The Frankfurt School, Existentialism, Poststructuralism (1992)
- Karl Löwith, Martin Heidegger and European Nihilism (1995); he was the editor.
- Labyrinths: Explorations in the Critical History of Ideas (1995)
- Herbert Marcuse, Heideggerian Marxism He was a co-editor of this book (2005).
- The Frankfurt School Revisited (2006)
- The Wind from the East: French Intellectuals, the Cultural Revolution, and the Legacy of the 1960s (2010)
- Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology (2023)
Articles by Richard Wolin
Besides his books, Richard Wolin has also written many articles. These articles have appeared in different journals and publications. They cover a wide range of topics related to European philosophy and history.
- Telos 41, The De-Aestheticization of Art: On Adorno's Aesthetische Theorie. (1979)
- Telos 43, An Aesthetic of Redemption: Benjamin's Path to Trauerspiel. (1980)
- Telos 67, Foucault's Aesthetic Decisionism. (1987)
- “Carl Schmitt, Political Existentialism, and the Total State.” Theory and Society (1990).
- "Carl Schmitt: The Conservative Revolutionary Habitus and the Aesthetics of Horror." Political Theory (1992).
- "Paul Ricoeur as Another: how a great philosopher wrestled with his younger self", The Chronicle of Higher Education (2005).
