Brian Manning Delaney
Brian Manning Delaney is a philosopher, author, and translator, based primarily in Stockholm, Sweden. His ventures include English Proper, a translation company; The Infinite Faculty, an online university, web design firm, and rock band; and Die Grosse Liebe, an exhibition and film based on the principle that love is "a powerful force".
Delaney is also one of the founding members of the Swedish Hegel Society, and is on the editorial board of Site Magazine. His articles for Site have focused on German philosophy as well as on European attitudes towards the U.S.
His and Sven-Olov Wallenstein's Swedish translation of Hegel's Phänomenologie des Geistes was published in September, 2008. His translation of Den andra födan, by Daniel Birnbaum and Anders Olsson, was published by Sternberg Press in October, 2008.
In April 2009, the Swedish Academy awarded him a special honor for his work on the translation of the Phenomenology of Spirit.
His earliest research was in artificial intelligence, working first with Paul Cohen at the University of Massachusetts, then as an undergraduate with Eugene Charniak at Brown University.Delaney founded the Usenet group sci.life-extension, and cofounded, with Lisa Walford, Roy Walford, and others, the CR Society International. He recently co-authored a popular science book on modulating the aging process, The Longevity Diet.
