Kai Hammermeister, Associate Professor
Office Information
330 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Phone: 614-688-4391
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
Autumn Quarter
MWF, 11-11.30 and by appointment
Personal URL(s):
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hammermeister2/
330 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Phone: 614-688-4391
Fax: 614-292-8510
Office Hours:
Autumn Quarter
MWF, 11-11.30 and by appointment
Personal URL(s):
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hammermeister2/
Education:
Kai Hammermeister studied philosophy, German literature and rhetoric at the University of Tübingen, Germany and at the University of Virginia. M.A. in German literature (1992, University of Virginia), Ph.D. in philosophy/German literature (1995, University of Virginia. Adviser Richard Rorty).
Areas of specialization: Continental philosophy, aesthetics, hermeneutics, German idealism, intellectual history. Monographs: Hans-Georg Gadamer (C.H. Beck, 1999/2006; Korean translation 2001; Dutch translation 2002); The German Aesthetic Tradition (Cambridge UP, 2002); Kleine Systematik der Kunstfeindschaft. Zur Geschichte und Theorie der Ästhetik (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2006); Jacques Lacan (C.H. Beck, 2008). Evolutionsästhetik (in preparation).


