Vittorio Hösle

Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters
Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures

Degrees

Ph.D., Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Research Profile

Hösle's specializations include philosophy (ethics, metaphysics, political philosophy, aesthetics) and intellectual history. In the field of literature he has published a book on Greek tragedy (in German 1984; Italian translation 1986) as well as one on Woody Allen (in German in 2001, in Spanish in 2002, in English in 2007) and a major study on the philosophical dialogue (in German 2006). In philosophy his major works are: Hegels System (2 volumes, Hamburg 1987, in Korean and Portuguese in 2007) and Moral und Politik (Munich, 1997; English translation Notre Dame 2004). His exchange of letters with a young girl, The Dead Philosopher's Café, has been translated into thirteen languages. He is concurrent professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the Department of Political Science.

Contact Information

638 Flanner Hall
631-5121
vhosle@nd.edu