Bernhard Casper | |
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Born | 24 April 1931 Trier, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany |
Died | 8 June 2022(2022-06-08) (aged 91) Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Education | University of Freiburg University of Augsburg |
Occupation | Philosopher |
Bernhard Casper (24 April 1931 – 8 June 2022) was a German philosopher.
Biography
Born in Trier in 1931, Casper passed his Abitur in Aschaffenburg in 1949. From 1979 to 2000, he taught Christian philosophy at the University of Freiburg. He was a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Würzburg and lived in Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg. In 1995, he earned an honorary doctorate from the Institut Catholique de Paris. In 2012, he was named a citizen of honor of Travagliato.
Bernhard Casper died in Wittnau on 8 June 2022 at the age of 91.
Publications
- Das Dialogische Denken. Franz Rosenzweig, Ferdinand Ebner und Martin Buber (1967)
- Feuerbach, Marx, Freud (1974)
- Phänomenologie des Idols (1981)
- Gott nennen. Phänomenologische Zugänge (1981)
- Alltag und Transzendenz. Studien zur religiösen Erfahrung in der gegenwärtigen Gesellschaft (1992)
- Das Ereignis des Betens. Grundlinien einer Hermeneutik des religiösen Geschehens (1998)
- Angesichts des Anderen. Emmanuel Levinas – Elemente seines Denkens (2009)
- Grundfragen des Humanen. Studien zur Menschlichkeit des Menschen (2014)
- „Geisel für den Anderen – vielleicht nur ein harter Name für Liebe“. Emmanuel Levinas und seine Hermeneutik diachronen da-seins (2020)
- Die Rose der Barmherzigkeit - Ein Hauptwerk des Freiburger Münsters (2021)
References
- "Professor em. Dr. Bernhard Casper wird 90 Jahre alt". Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg (in German). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- Adam, Johannes (10 June 2022). "Denken im Dialog: Zum Tod des Freiburger Religionsphilosophen Bernhard Casper". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Professor em. Dr. Bernhard Casper wird 80 Jahre alt". Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg (in German). 14 April 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Morto Bernhard Casper, filosofo delle religioni". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (in Italian). Rome. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Casper (✝)". University of Freiburg (in German).
- Didierjean, C. (1970). "Bernhard Casper : Das dialogische Denken, 1967 [compte-rendu]". Persée (in German). 44 (3): 331–332.