Fabian Freyenhagen (born 1 September 1978) is a British philosopher and Professor of
Philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at the
University of Essex.
He is known for his expertise on
critical theory
A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...
and
Kantian ethics.
Books
* ''
Adorno's Practical Philosophy: Living Less Wrongly'', Cambridge University Press, 2013
* ''Habermas and Rawls: Disputing the Political'', Fabian Freyenhagen and
Gordon Finlayson, Routledge, 2010
* ''
The Legacy of John Rawls'', edited by Fabian Freyenhagen and
Thom Brooks, London: Continuum, 2005
See also
*
Instrumental and value-rational action
References
External links
Fabian Freyenhagen at the University of Essex
21st-century British philosophers
Philosophy academics
Living people
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Kant scholars
Alumni of the University of Sheffield
Academics of the University of Essex
Critical theorists
Political philosophers
Habermas scholars
1978 births
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