Carlos Fraenkel
Carlos Fraenkel | |
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| Born | March 21, 1971 |
| Alma mater | Freie Universität Berlin,The Hebrew University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Philosophy and Religion |
Carlos Fraenkel(born March 21, 1971, inMünster, Germany) is a German-Brazilian scholar and writer currently living inCanada.He isJames McGillProfessor of Philosophy and Religion atMcGill UniversityinMontreal[1]and was previously Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy atOxford University.[2]
Biography
[edit]Fraenkel's parents moved to Germany in 1970 as political refugees from the military dictatorship in Brazil. His paternal grandparents wereGerman Jewswho fled Nazi Germany and settled in São Paulo. His maternal grandfather is Joaquim Câmara Ferreira, a leader of Brazil's Communist Party, and, in the 1960s, of the armed resistance against Brazil's military dictatorship.[3]
Work
[edit]Fraenkel wrote his Ph.D. (summa cum laude, 2000) at theFreie Universität Berlinand theHebrew Universityin Jerusalem.[4]Fraenkel has held visiting professorships at theLudwig-Maximilians-Universitätin Munich, theÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Socialesin Paris, and theState Islamic UniversityinMakassar, Indonesia[5]
Fraenkel's work spans ancient, medieval and early modern philosophy, Jewish and Islamic thought, and political philosophy.[6]His research interests includePlato,Themistius,al-Fārābī,al-Ghazālī,Maimonides,andSpinoza,[7]as well as conducting philosophical discussions in places of conflict, for example with Palestinian students, lapsed Hasidic Jews, and members of a Native American community. He has also contributed to the discussion of religious and cultural diversity.[8]
Bibliography
[edit]- From Maimonides to Samuel ibn Tibbon: The Transformation of the Dalālat al-Ḥāʾirīn into the Moreh ha-Nevukhim(Hebrew),The Hebrew University Magnes Press,Jerusalem 2007,ISBN978-965-493-300-1.
- Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza: Reason, Religion, and Autonomy.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012,ISBN978-1-139-85104-6.
- Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World.Princeton University Press, Princeton 2015,ISBN978-1-4008-6579-6.
Awards and honors
[edit]- Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Arabic Culture in Other Languages 2016 (finalist)[9]
- Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction 2015[10]
References
[edit]- ^"Carlos Fraenkel".Philosophy.Retrieved2018-02-25.
- ^Oxford, University of."Notices, Oxford University Gazette".www.ox.ac.uk.Retrieved2018-02-25.
- ^"Dodging Dictators - PEN America".PEN America.2015-04-16.Retrieved2018-02-26.
- ^"Carlos Fraenkel".Philosophy.Retrieved2018-02-26.
- ^"Carlos Fraenkel"(PDF).
- ^"Carlos Fraenkel".Philosophy.Retrieved2018-02-25.
- ^"Carlos Fraenkel | McGill University - Academia.edu".mcgill.academia.edu.Retrieved2018-02-25.
- ^Fraenkel, Carlos (6 December 2016).Teaching Plato in Palestine.Princeton University Press.ISBN9780691173368.Retrieved2018-02-25.
- ^"Carlos Fraenkel".Sheikh Zayed Book Award.Retrieved2018-02-26.
- ^"QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors: Books: View".quebecbooks.qwf.org.Retrieved2018-02-26.
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