David Farrell Krell (born 1944) VIAF
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philosopher 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 ...

. He is professor emeritus 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 ...

DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from ...

. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( ; also known as Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a Private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of ...

, where he wrote his dissertation on

Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art, and language. In April ...

and

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche became the youngest pro ...

. He has taught at many universities in Germany, France, and England. Specializing in

Continental Philosophy Continental philosophy is a group of philosophies prominent in 20th-century continental Europe that derive from a broadly Kantianism, Kantian tradition.Continental philosophers usually identify such conditions with the transcendental subject or ...

, he has written many books on

and

, including ''Daimon Life: Heidegger and Life Philosophy'' (1992), ''Intimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of Being'' (1986), ''The Good European: Nietzsche's Work Sites in Word and Image'' (1997), and ''Infectious Nietzsche'' (1996). Additionally, Krell has written extensively about

German Idealism German idealism is a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It developed out of the work of Immanuel Kant in the 1780s and 1790s, and was closely linked both with Romanticism and the revolutionary ...

, his books in this area include ''The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God'' (2005), and ''Contagion: Sexuality, Disease, and Death in German Idealism and Romanticism'' (Indiana, 1998). Krell has also translated Heidegger's lectures on Nietzsche, and was the editor of Heidegger's ''Basic Writings'' (1977). In a 2005 interview, Krell cited

Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida;Peeters (2013), pp. 12–13. See also 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French Algerian philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, ...

as a major influence on his work on Nietzsche.

Major works

*''Cudgel and the Caress, The: Reflections on Cruelty and Tenderness'' (SUNY, 2019) *''The Sea: A Philosophical Encounter'' (Bloomsbury, 2018) *''Ecstasy, Catastrophe: Heidegger from'' Being and Time ''to the'' Black Notebooks (SUNY, 2015) *''Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida's Geschlecht'' (SUNY, 2015) *''Derrida and Our Animal Others: Derrida's Final Seminar, the Beast and the Sovereign'' (Indiana, U.P., 2013) *''The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God'' (Indiana, 2005) *''The Purest of Bastards: Works on Mourning, Art, and Affirmation in the Thought of Jacques Derrida'' (Pennsylvania, 2000) *''Contagion: Sexuality, Disease, and Death in German Idealism and Romanticism'' (Indiana, 1998) *''Archeticture ic Ecstasies of Space, Time, and the Human Body'' (SUNY, 1997) *''Son of Spirit: A Novel'' (SUNY, 1997) *''The Good European: Nietzsche's Work Sites in Word and Image'', with Donald Bates (Chicago, 1997) *''Infectious Nietzsche'' (Indiana, 1996) *''Nietzsche: A Novel'', (SUNY, 1996) *''Lunar Voices: Of Tragedy, Poetry, Fiction, and Thought'' (Chicago, 1995) *''Daimon Life: Heidegger and Life-Philosophy'' (Indiana, 1992) *''Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing: On the Verge'' (Indiana, 1990) *''Postponements: Woman, Sensuality, and Death in Nietzsche'' (Indiana 1986) *''Intimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of Being'' (Pennsylvania UP, 1986) As Editor and Translator * Friedrich Hölderlin, ''The Death of Empedocles'' (Ed., Introduction) (SUNY Press, 2008) * Martin Heidegger, ''Nietzsche: Volumes Three and Four''. (Trans.) (New York HarperOne, 1991) * Martin Heidegger, ''Nietzsche: Volumes One and Two''. (Trans.) (New York HarperOne, 1991) * Martin Heidegger, ''Basic Writings'' (Ed.) (HarperCollins, 1977)

References

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