At Tübingen… the number of students enrolled in philosophy courses has increased by nearly one-third, to 1,600, in the past three years. The philosophy departments at both Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg and Goethe University, in Frankfurt am Main, have had to impose limits on enrollments for the first time ever. Additionally, philosophy seems to be making a dent in popular culture: The boom includes several new magazines, three TV shows, several radio “philosophy cafes,” which are informal roundtables with deep thinkers, and an annual Philosophy Festival. Popular paperbacks, too, aspire to tackle the profound questions of the day by employing the ideas of Plato and Aristotle, Descartes and Spinoza, as well as contemporary practitioners like Judith Butler and Jürgen Habermas. Philosophie Magazin has a circulation of 9000 (and some interesting marketing strategies). The popular books mentioned include Who Am I?—And If So, How Many? by Richard David Precht, Why The World Does Not Exist by Markus Gabriel (Bonn), and Four Meditations on Happiness by Michael Hampe.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 01:09:56 +0000
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