Dieter Thomä
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Dieter Thomä

Dieter Thomä, born in 1959, is professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen.

Dieter Thomä, born in 1959, is professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen.


PUBLICATIONS

Post-
Year of Publication: 2025
Dieter ThomäYear of Publication: 2025
The prefix post- has been the most successful invention in postwar humanities and social sciences and is used around the world in key concepts such as posthistoire, postmodernity, or postcolonialism, among countless other combinations. Evidently, it has become a trend to explore the post-history of a pre-history. But not every success is founded on a good idea. Something that is also the case...
Puer robustus
Year of Publication: 2016
Dieter ThomäYear of Publication: 2016

This book delivers a great comeback to a troublemaker – possibly the troublemaker par excellence – sunk into obscurity: the puer robustus, the stout youngster who takes matters into his own hands,...

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