Friedrich Kittler is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Friedrich Kittler as literary scholar and media theorist (1943–2011).
Friedrich Kittler was born at Rochlitz in 1943. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Freiburg.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at Ruhr University Bochum, European Graduate School and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Friedrich Kittler died in 2011, aged 68. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at Ruhr University Bochum, European Graduate School and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
