Career Overview
- September 2021
Chair by special appointment, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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08/2018-07/2019
Oxford College, Emory University (USA), 'Halle Visiting Scholar'
- 07/2017–07/2020
Member of the “Committee on Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies”, American Philosophical Organization
- 10/2013–02/2014
Guest professorship, Department of Philosophy and Education, University of Vienna, Austria
- 09/2009–02/2010
Substitution of the Full Professorship for Contemporary History of South Asia, Department Head, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
- 08/2009
Appointed “außerplanmäßige Professorin”, University Konstanz
- 07/2005
Habilitation Philosophy, University Konstanz
Fields of Interest
World Philosophies, Indian Philosophy, Human Rights Theory, Constitutional Theory, Ethics of Tolerance, Philosophy of Nationalism, History of Ideas
Selected Publications
Monographs
A Practical Guide to World Philosophies: Selves, Worlds and Ways of Knowing, London etc.: Bloomsbury 2021 (with Leah Kalmanson)
Gibt es ein Menschenrecht auf Immigration? Politische und philosophische Positionen zur Einwanderungsproblematik [Is There a Human Right to Immigration? Political and Philosophical Perspectives]. Munich: Fink Verlag, 2007 (Habilitation).
Co-edited Volumes
Environmental Ethics: Cross-Cultural Explorations. Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, 2019 (with M. Diaconu).
Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies. Delhi: Oxford University Press; New York: New York University Press, 2015 (with G. Dharampal-Frick/R. Dwyer/J. Phalkey).
Die Interkulturalitätsdebatte – Leit- und Streitbegriffe/Intercultural Discourse – Key and Contested Concepts. Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, 2012 (with G. Dharampal-Frick/M. Friele).
Editorship
Journal of World Philosophies. Indiana University Press 2016-; under the name Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies, Freiburg: Verlag Karl Alber, 2014-2016.
Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies
Journal Articles
peer-review
The End of the Dream: Postmodernism and Qualitative Research. Qualitative Inquiry (November 2020a. doi:10.1177/1077800420971867).
Diversifying Philosophy: The Art of Non-Domination. Educational Philosophy and Theory, Vol. 51, no. 14, 2019a, pp. 1490-1503.
Refusing the ‘Foolish Wisdom of Resignation’: kaupapa Māori in Conversation with Adorno. European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 23, no. 4, 2019b, pp. 532-549 (with Carl Mika).
Representing Indian Philosophy Through the Nation: An Exploration of the Public Philosopher Radhakrishnan. Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions, Vol. 57, no. 3, 2018, pp. 375-387.
Wie lassen sich liberale Ideale auch auf Immigrierte ausweiten? Eine erste Skizze [How Should Liberal Ideals Be Extended to Immigrants? Some Preliminary Remarks]. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, Vol. 69, no. 3, 2015, pp. 326-346.
Toleration in Modern Liberal Discourse with Special Reference to Radhakrishnan’s Tolerant Hinduism. Journal of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 30, 2002, pp. 389-402.
Liberal Nationalism. A Critique. Trames. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 107-119.
without peer-reviews
Making Meaning of Practices in Academic Philosophy. APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian American Philosophers and Philosophies, Vol. 20, no. 3 (2020b) (https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.apaonline.org/resource/collection/2EAF6689-4B0D-4CCB-9DC6-FB926D8FF530/AsianV20n1.pdf)
Bodies and Publics in Two Discourses. On Education: Journal for Research and Debate, Vol. 3, no. 7 2020c (https://doi.org/10.17899/on_ed.2020.7.4)
Stichwort: Kontextualität in der Philosophie [Keyword: Contextualism in Philosophy], Information Philosophie, Vol. 4, 2017, pp. 52-57.
Introducing Confluence: A Thematic Essay. Confluence, Vol. 1, 2014, pp. 7-63 (with J. Maffie and G. Ramana).
Selected Book Chapters
Why Bother? Relational Knowing and the Study of World Philosophies. In L. Krings et al. (eds.), Transitions: Crossing Boundaries in Japanese Philosophy. Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy 10. Nanzan: Chisokudo Publications, 2021a, pp. 88-111.
Liberale Ideale und Care-Arbeit. In: D. Klesczewski et al. (eds.), Migration: Globale Bewegungsfreiheit oder nationale Grenzen? fundamenta iuris, Paderborn: Mentis Verlag, 2021b.
Dialoging the Vārkari-Tradition. In: B. Black and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad (eds.), In Dialogue with Classical Indian Traditions. London: Routledge 2019, pp. 145-159.
Constitution. H. Verran et al. (eds.), Decolonizing the Plan: A Keywords Manual. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (in print).
Negotiating Gender Identity in Colonial India: The Case of Ramabai Mary Dongre Medhavi. In: R. Kloeber and M. Ludwig (eds.). HerStory: Historical Scholarship between South Asia and Europe, Festschrift in Honour of Gita Dharampal-Frick. Berlin, Heidelberg: CrossAsia, 2018, pp. 161-173.
The Role of Natural Law in Gandhi’s Social Utopia. In: H.-C. Günther (ed.), Paths to Dialogue: Interactions Between Eastern and Western Cultures I, Philosophy, Ethics, Politics, Human Rights. Nordhausen: Bautz, 2016, pp. 251-288.
Humanistic Values in Indian and Chinese Traditions. In: C. Dierksmeier et al. (ed.), Humanistic Ethics in the Age of Globality, Normative Foundations for Business in Society. Basingstoke etc.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. 225-245.
Interkulturalität und Menschenrechtsbegründungen. Eine indische Perspektive [Interculturality and a Grounding of Human Rights: An Indian Perspective]. In: J. Werkner et. al (ed.), Religion, Menschenrechte und Menschenrechtspolitik, Beiträge zu Genese, Geltung und Wirkung eines aktuellen politischen Spannungsfeldes. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2010, pp. 219-235.