Stefan Gandler
Stefan Gandler is a philosopher and social scientist. He studied at Frankfurt University and has lived in Mexico since 1993
Life
Gandler studied Philosophy, Latin American studies, Romance Languages and Literatures and Political science in Frankfurt/Main, among others with Alfred Schmidt, and he was the Chairman of the Frankfurt General Students' Committee in 1989/90.1997 Stefan Gandler earned his doctorate with a study on Contemporary Social philosophy in Mexico, which has been translated in two languages. 1997 Gandler was tenured as professor for Social theory and Social Philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and has this position until today, and since 2008 he is additionally permanent invited professor for philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Gandler is also, since 2001, member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores and founded in 2012 the Research Project on Critical Theory from the Americas of the National Council of Science and Technology. Gandler is since 2007 chair of the academic group Modernity, development and region from the Mexican Federal Education Authority. In his sabbatical years he researched und taught at the Universität Frankfurt am Main, the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Tulane University, New Orleans.
The main research fields of Stefan Gandler are the Critical theory of the Frankfurt School, the critical western Marxism, philosophy in Latin America, Critique of ideology and Walter Benjamin. He worked also as translator of philosophical texts between Spanish and German and published texts on Today's Germany and the National Socialism. Gandler is working on a productive conceptual confrontation between the Critical theory of the Frankfurt School and its contemporary further developments in Latin America, for example from the Ecuadorian-Mexican philosopher Bolívar Echeverría, trying to overcome the limitations of both: the philosophical Eurocentrism in the first case, and the reduced Critique of ideology in the second. In that context he uses also the non dogmatic interpretation of the works of Karl Marx made by the Spanish-Mexican philosopher Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, and that made by the Horkheimer-successor Alfred Schmidt.
Main Works
Books
- Wolfgang Pohrt, Klaus Bittermann, Stefan Gandler et al., Gemeinsam sind wir unausstehlich. Die Wiedervereinigung und ihre Folgen. Berlin: Edition Tiamat, 1990. 159 pp. .
- Peripherer Marxismus. Kritische Theorie in Mexiko. Argument, Hamburg/ Berlin 1999,, .
- *Spanish translation: Translated by Stefan Gandler, with the collaboration of Max Rojas and Marco Aurelio García Barrios. Pref. by Michael Löwy. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2007,. .
- * English translation: Translated by George Ciccariello-Maher and Stefan Gandler. Pref. by Michael Löwy. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2015, 467 pp.. Softcover edition: Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2016..
- Materialismus und Messianismus. Zu Walter Benjamins Thesen "Über den Begriff der Geschichte". Bielefeld, Aisthesis, 2008,.
- Fragmentos de Frankfurt. Ensayos sobre la Teoría crítica. Siglo XXI Editores, México 2009,.
- * German translation: *Frankfurter Fragmente. Essays zur kritischen Theorie. Translated by Dorothea Hemmerling, Stefan Gandler. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2013,.
- Patricia Palacios Sierra, Alfonso Serna Jiménez, Stefan Gandler, Modernidad y diferencia. Reflexiones conceptuales y estudios empíricos en género y territorio. México: Porrúa, 2010,.
- El discreto encanto de la modernidad. Ideologías contemporáneas y su crítica. Siglo XXI Editores / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2013,.
- Teoría crítica: imposible resignarse. Pesadillas de represión y aventuras de emancipación. Miguel Ángel Porrúa / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2016,.
Essays
- Tesis sobre diferencia e identidad. In: Dialéctica. Revista de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Puebla, year 23, no. 32, spring 1999, pp. 109–116..
- * English translation: Difference and identity. In: Lo Straniero. Journal of IMISE, Naples, year 14, no. 29, May 1999, pp. 16–18..
- * Italian translation: Dialettica dell‘identità. Translated by Nunzia Augeri. In: Marxismo oggi. Rivista quadrimestrale di cultura e politica. Milano: Teti Editore, Jan.-April 2006, no. 1, pp. 48–57..
- * Turkish translation: Kimlik diyalektiği. Translated by Denize Kanit. In: Felsefelogos, Bulut Yayınevi, Istanbul, year 10, no. 30/31, 2006-2/3, pp. 321–326..
- Mestizaje cultural y ethos barroco. Una reflexión intercultural a partir de Bolívar Echeverría. In: Itinerarios. Revista de estudios lingüísticos, literarios, históricos y antropológicos, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, Instituto de Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos, no. 4, 2001, pp. 77-98..
- * German translation: . In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, November 2006, year 54, no. 5, pp. 767-783..
- ¿Por qué el Ángel de la Historia mira hacia atrás? In: Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana. Revista internacional de Filosofía Iberoamericana y Teoría Social, Maracaibo, Venezuela Universidad del Zulia, año 8, númº20, enero-marzo 2003, pp. 7-39..
- * French translation: Pourquoi l’ange de l’histoire regarde-t-il vers l’arrière? Translated by Marc Sagnol. In: Les Temps Modernes. Paris, year 58, no. 624, May–June–July 2003,, pp. 54–74.
- * English translation: The Concept of History in Walter Benjamin's Critical Theory. In: Radical Philosophy Association, San Francisco, CA, vol. 13, no. 1, 2010,, pp. 19–42.
- * Italian translation: In: Marxismo oggi. Rivista quadrimestrale di cultura e politica, Milano, Teti Editore, spring 2004, no. 1, pp. 111-134.
- * Czech translation: In: Filosofický časopis. Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky. Prague, Czech Republic, year 55, no. 5, fall 2007, pp. 645-671
- * Turkish translation: ,
- * Chinese translation: . In: 学 习 与 探 索 , Harbin, Province Heilongjiang, China, Academy of Social Sciences at Heilongjiang, no. 5, vol. 262, 2017.]
- In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada. México, no. 805, August 8, 2010, pp. 5–7.
- * English translation, resumed: In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, vol. 26, no. 2, March 2011,, pp. 266–267.
- Razón, sociedad y Estado en la Filosofía del Estado de Hegel. In: Carlos Oliva Mendoza, Hegel: la ciencia de la experiencia. México: UNAM, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2010, pp. 139–161..
- * English translation: In: Philosophy StudyNew York, N.Y., January 2014, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 55–67..
- In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada, México, no. 916, September 23, 2012, p. 16.
- * English translation, resumed: In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, vol. 28, no. 2, March 2013,, pp. 248–249.
- In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada, México, no. 865, October 2, 2011, pp 8–10.
- Juárez y el liberalismo político mexicano. Aportaciones emancipadoras desde las Américas. In: Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, Huelva/Sevilla: Fundación Tercer Milenio/Universidad de Huelva/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide, vol. 8, 2013, pp. 233–250..
- In: , Newark, DE: American Philosophical Association/University of Delaware, vol. 14, núm. 1, fall 2014, pp. 2–4..
- In: Interculture philosophy. Journal for Philosophy and its Cultural Context. no. 1, 2015,, pp. 25–53.
- A Critical Praxis from the Americas. Thinking about the Zapatistas in Chiapas with Herbert Marcuse, Bolivar Echeverría, and Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez. In: Funke, Lamas and Wolfson, The Great Refusal: Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2017..
- Piracicaba, SP, Brasilien, Jg. 24, Nr. 2, Mai-August 2017,, S. 33-56.
- Thousand Oaks, CA/London, Sage Publications, 2018., S. 734-749.
- Thousand Oaks, CA/London, Sage Publications, 2018., S. 448-464.
Television lectures
- Javier Laso, Stefan Gandler, ,. In: ECTV, July 14, 2010.
- Ismael Carvallo, Stefan Gandler, . In: Plaza de Armas, no. 92, Canal Capital21, México, February 15, 2012.
Secondary literature (selection)
- In: Thesis Eleven. Critical Theory and Historical Sociology. Australia, no. 71, nov. 2002, pp. 133–139.
- In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association, Sage Publications, London, vol. 23, no. 2, March 2008, p. 235..
- In: APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, vol. 14, no. 1, fall 2014, p. 1..
- In: Marx & Philosophy. Review of Books. Canterbury, 25. Nov. 2016.
- In: Lateral. Journal of the Cultural Studies Association. núm. 6.1, Chicago, IL, 2017,.
- ). In: Areté. Revista de Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Departamento de Humanidades, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 335–344..
- In: Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, Fundación Tercer Milenio/Universidad de Huelva/Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, vol. 4, 1st semester of 2009, pp. 231–233..
- . In: Desacatos. Revista de Antropología Social, Mexico City, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios en Antropología Social, no. 30, May–August 2009, pp. 178–185..
- . In: Memoria y civilización. Anuario de Historia, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España, no. 13, 2010, pp. 124–127..
- . In: La Jornada, Mexico City, Nov. 5, 2010, p. 26.
- . In: Diánoia. Revista de Filosofía. Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Vol. 57, no. 68, May 2012, pp. 220–224.
- . In: Signos Filosóficos. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, no. 33, January–June 2015, pp. 126–131. ISSN 1665-1324.
- . In: Estudios Sociológicos. Centro de Estudios Sociológicos, Colegio de México, Mexico City, year 34, no. 101, May–August 2016, pp. 432–441.
- . In: Metapolítica. Benémerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Pubela, Mexico, no. 95, Nov. 2016.
- , Berlin, 2000, no. 8. pp. 112–115.
- In: Das Argument. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften. Hamburg, Berlin, year 43, vol. 242, no. 4/5, 2001,, pp. 710–711.
- In: Polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren. Vienna, no. 7, 2001, pp. 96–97.
- . In: Das Argument. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften. Hamburg/Berlin, year 57, vol. 311, no. 1, 2015,, pp. 113–115.