Rüdiger Safranski wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Rüdiger Safranski as German philosopher.
Rüdiger Safranski was born at Rottweil in 1945. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Goethe University Frankfurt and Freie Universität Berlin.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
The honours record reads: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009), Wilhelm Heinse Medal (1996), Friedrich Nietzsche Prize (2000) and Corine Literature Prize (2009).
That the work was done from Germany matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — 2009
- Wilhelm Heinse Medal — 1996
- Friedrich Nietzsche Prize — 2000
- Corine Literature Prize — 2009
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