Manuel Andreas Knoll (born 19 November 1964 in
Munich
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) is a contemporary German scholar and Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy. After three full professorship awards in Istanbul (2011-2023), in January 2024 he moved back to Munich University (
LMU) where he is a Privatdozent.
Knoll studied Philosophy, Political Science and History at the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: link=no, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of ...
, where he also received his doctorate in 2000 for a work on
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer.
He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical ...
.
In 2008 he acquired his
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including ...
and venia legendi for Political Theory and Philosophy. His Habilitationsschrift examined Aristotle's views on social and political justice and includes an extensive critique of
Martha Nussbaum
Martha Craven Nussbaum (; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philoso ...
's social democratic interpretation of Aristotle. He currently lives and teaches in Istanbul and Munich.
His 2011 essay defending the unity of Aristotle's Politics sparked a controversy with
Eckart Schütrumpf Eckart Schütrumpf (born 3 February 1939) is a professor of classics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and former professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town. He is known for his work on political, ethical, rhetorical and poetic iss ...
, a scholar supporting developmentalist views. The contentious essays debating the topic were published in
Zeitschrift für Politik.
[ ie "Politik" des Aristoteles - Aufsatzsammlung oder einheitliches Werk? Replik auf Eckart Schütrumpfs Erwiderung, in: Zeitschrift für Politik (ZfP), 4/2011, pp. 410-423./ref>]
Since 2013 he is a member of th
Research Institute "Lucio Anneo Séneca"
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
June 18 2016 he received the Colletti Award (Premio Lucio Colletti) for outstanding work in the field of philosophy on Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy.
Since 2021 he is an associate editor of the Journal
"Polis. The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought"
Writings
* ''New Perspectives on Distributive Justice. Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus'', ed. together with Stephen Snyder and Nurdane Şimşek, Walter De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2019.
* Textbook Ancient Greek Philosophy (De Gruyter Studienbuch ''Antike Griechische Philosophie''), published by Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2017.
* ''Platons Nomoi. Die politische Herrschaft von Vernunft und Gesetz'', ed. together with Francisco L. Lisi, Vol. 100 of series ''Staatsverständnisse'' ed. by Rüdiger Voigt, Nomos Verlag Baden Baden 2017.
* ''Michael Walzer. Sphären der Gerechtigkeit. Ein kooperativer Kommentar'' (with a preface by Michael Walzer). Ed. together with Michael Spieker. (Series ''Staatsdiskurse''). Stuttgart, Franz Steiner 2014. In 248 libraries According to WorldCat
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* ''Nietzsche as Political Philosopher''. Ed. together with Barry Stocker. (Series ''Nietzsche Today''). Berlin/Boston, De Gruyter 2014.
* ''Das Staatsdenken der Renaissance – Vom gedachten zum erlebten Staat''. Ed. together with Stefano Saracino. (Series ''Staatsverständnisse''). Baden Baden, Nomos 2013.
* ''Niccolò Machiavelli – Die Geburt des Staates''. Ed. together with Stefano Saracino. Series ''Staatsdiskurse''. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner 2010.
* ''Aristokratische oder demokratische Gerechtigkeit? Die politische Philosophie des Aristoteles und Martha Nussbaums egalitaristische Rezeption''. Munich, Fink 2009.
* ''Theodor W. Adorno. Ethik als erste Philosophie''. Munich, Fink 2002.
References
External links
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Manuel Knoll at the LMU Munich
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Living people
1964 births