Keith Ansell-Pearson
| Keith Ansell-Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 November 1960 |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions |
University of Warwick University of London |
Keith Ansell-Pearson is a British philosopher specializing in the work of Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and Friedrich Nietzsche. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University.[1]
Ansell-Pearson is the author of numerous books including Germinal Life, Viroid Life and Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual.
Career
Ansell-Pearson graduated from the University of Sussex and taught at the University of Malawi in southern Africa and Queen Mary College in London. He joined the Philosophy Department of the University of Warwick in 1993 and has held a Personal Chair since 1998.[2]
He is on the editorial boards of Cosmos and History, Deleuze Studies, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Nietzsche-Studien, and the new book series Nietzsche Now. He serves on the scientific committee of Nietzscheana.[2]
Work
Ansell-Pearson is known for his work on Nietzsche, Bergson, and Deleuze, and for exploring their work in the context of modern biophilosophy.[3] Lately he has been focusing on Nietzsche's neglected middle period texts, especially The Dawn.
Selected bibliography
- Nietzsche and Modern German Thought. London: Routledge. 1991. ISBN 978-0-415-04442-4.
- Nietzsche Contra Rousseau: A Study of Nietzsche's Moral and Political Thought. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-521-41173-8.
- An Introduction to Nietzsche as Political Thinker: The Perfect Nihilist. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-521-42721-0.
- Nietzsche Contra Rousseau: A Study of Nietzsche's Moral and Political Thought. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-521-57569-0.
- Deleuze and Philosophy: The Difference Engineer. London: Routledge. 1997. ISBN 978-0-415-14269-4.
- Viroid Life: Perspectives on Nietzsche and the Transhuman Condition. London: Routledge. 1997. ISBN 978-0-415-15435-2.
- Germinal Life: The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze. London: Routledge. 1998. ISBN 978-0-415-18351-2.
- Nietzsche and Modern German Thought. London: Routledge. 1991. ISBN 978-0-415-04442-4.
- A Companion to Nietzsche. Oxford: Blackwell. 2006. ISBN 978-1-4051-1622-0.
References
- ↑ "Keith Ansell-Pearson". grantabooks.com. Granta Books. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Keith Ansell-Pearson". warwick.ac.uk. University of Warwick. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Ansell-Pearson, Keith (2012). Germinal Life: The Difference and Repetition of Deleuze. London: Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-1134671199.
External links
- "Bergson", in Dean Moyar (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy (Routledge, 2010), pp. 403-33.
- "Responses to Evolution: Spencer's Evolutionism, Bergsonism, and Contemporary Biology" (with Paul-Antoine Miquel & Michael Vaughan), The History of Continental Philosophy, volume three (Acumen/University of Chicago Press, 2010), pp. 347-79.
- "Bergson and Ethics", in Hugh LaFollette, The International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), pp. 513-520.
- Beyond the Human State: Bergson, Education and the Art of Life
- The future is subhuman. Review of Malcolm Bull's Anti-Nietzsche (2011)
- Philosophy of the Acrobat: On Peter Sloterdijk. On Sloterdijk's You Must Change your Life and The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice