Mike Sandbothe
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Germany
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intellectual and philosopher living in Hamburg with his wife and daughter. He is co-founder of the new branch of media philosophy and one of the main proponents of philosophical pragmatism
Pragmatism
Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice...
in Europe. He held professorships for Media Culture Studies at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) as well as for Media Philosophy at University of Fine Arts Berlin (Germany) and at Aalborg University Copenhagen (Denmark). Currently he is working as a prolific author and cultural political advisor with various cultural political organizations such as Archiv der Zukunft in Hamburg or Nomad Academy in Copenhagen. In winter semester 2011/2012 he teaches as Professor of Culture and Media at the University of Applied Science in Jena (Germany). Among his various English publications are The Temporalization of Time (2001; German 1998), The Pragmatic Turn (2004), Pragmatic Media Philosophy (2005; in German: 2001), and Form Pragmatist Philosophy to Cultural Politics (2012). His most recent work deals with the topics "Body Based Learning", "Spiritual Education", "Climate Change Culture", and "Pragmatism as Cultural Politics".
Publications
- Co-ed.: "From Pragmatist Philosophy to Cultural Politics", London und New York 2012.
- "Pragmatic Media Philosophy. Foundations of a New Discipline in the Internet Age", online publication: sandbothe.net 2005 (German original appeared as "Pragmatische Medienphilosophie. Grundlegung einer neuen Disziplin im Zeitalter des Internet", Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft 2001).
- Co-ed.: "The Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy. Contemporary Engagements Between Analytic and Continental Thought", New York: SUNY 2004.
- "The Temporalisation of Time. Basic Tendencies in Modern Debate on Time in Philosophy and Science", Lanham and New York: Rowman & Littlefield 2001.
- "Davidson and Rorty on Truth", in: A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophers, ed. by Carlos G. Prado, Amherst (N.Y.), Humanities Press, 2003, pp. 235–258.
- "Media and Knowledge. Some Pragmatist Remarks about Media Philosophy within and beyond the Limits of Epistemology", sandbothe.net 2008; printed version in: "Nordicom 4/2008"
- "Habermas, Pragmatism, and the Media. An Interview with Mike Sandbothe", sandbothe.net 2008 (German original in: Über Habermas. Gepräche mit Zeitgenossen, ed. by Michael Funken, Darmstadt: Primus 2008)
Secondary literature
- Jan Janzen: "Theories as Tools - Mike Sandbothe's Pragmatist Media Philosophy", sandbothe.net 2007 (German original: "Theorien zu Werkzeugen", in: Medientheorien. Eine philosophische Einführung, hrsg. von Alice Lagaay und David Lauer, Frankfurt a.M.: Campus 2004, S. 273-295).
- Mats Bergmann: "The New Wave of Pragmatism in Communication Research", in: Nordicom Review 2/2008 (pre-publication in: sandbothe.net 2007).
External links
- http://www.sandbothe.net
- http://www.nomad-academy.org
- http://www.bedeep.tv
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