Anselm Jappe (born 3 May 1962,

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

) is a German professor of

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. Jappe currently resides in Italy. Jappe has authored several works in German, French, and Italian. Jappe has lectured at several institutions in within higher education.

Biography

He grew up in

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and in the

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. He studied in

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and

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

where he obtained, respectively, a

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

and then a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

degree in philosophy. His advisor was Mario Perniola. A member of the Krisis Group, he has published numerous articles in different journals and reviews, including ''Iride'' (Florence), ''Il Manifesto'' (Rome), ''L'Indice'' (Milan), and ''Mania'' (Barcelona). In his writings, he has attempted to revive

critical theory Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical perspective which centers on analyzing and challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are ...

through a new interpretation of the work of

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

. He is currently teaching

aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Since 2002/2003, he was teaching at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone:Anselm Jappe

Books

*1992: ''Debord'', Pescara: Tracce - about

Guy Debord Guy-Ernest Debord (; ; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situat ...

*1999
English translation
by Donald Nicholson-Smith, Berkeley:

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, 1999 *2004
An Imbecile's Guide to Guy Debord's concept of the Spectacle
first published as "Part 1: The Concept of the Spectacle" in ''Guy Debord'' *2003: ''Les Habits neufs de l'empire : remarques sur Negri, Hardt et Rufin'' (with Robert Kurz) (Editions Lignes) *2004: ''L'avant-garde inacceptable - réflexions sur

'' (Editions lignes-Léo Sheer) *2005: ''Adventures of the commodity: for a new criticism of value'' (Munich) *2017: ''The Writing on the Wall: On the Decomposition of Capitalism and Its Critics'', - a collection of revised essays

External links

We Gotta Get Out of This Place - Interview with Aselm Jappe by Alastair Hemmens

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1962 births Writers from Bonn Living people German Marxists German male writers {{Germany-philosopher-stub

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