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 Dieter Thomä

Dieter Thomä, born in 1959, studied philosophy, German and Romance languages in Freiburg and Berlin. After earning his Ph.D., he taught at universities in Paderborn, Rostock, New York, Berlin, and Essen. He has been a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Gallen since 2000. He writes regularly for magazines and newspapers (Literaturen, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and has written numerous scripts for TV programs on philosophical subjects.

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Daddy's Coming Home
A Story of Modern-Day Heroes


Awards:

  • 1996 Essay Prize at the International Joseph Roth Journalism Contest in Klagenfurt
  • 1997-1999 Fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, New York
  • 2002-2003 Fellow at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
  • 2007-2008 Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt

 
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