Abstract CV

Wohlfart studied philosophy, German literature and psychoanalysis in Germany.
As a young man he taught at different German universities especially German Idealism and ancient Greek philosophy. He published books on Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Heraclitus.
His main fields of research were aesthetics and philosophy of language.

After his transcultural turn he dealt with Zen-Buddhism and philosophical Daoism.
As a guest-professor he taught in Mainland China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
He published books on Zen, Laozi and Zhuangzi.
His main fields of research were comparative philosophy and ancient Chinese thinking.

Since his retirement Wohlfart lives in his mountain cottage in Southern France.
He spends his time with travelling, writing and with garden work.
His hobby: Haiku-poetry.

Curriculum Vitae

1943

Born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1963-1970

Study of philosophy, psychoanalysis and German philology, Universities of Frankfurt and Tübingen

1970

Ph.D., Frankfurt University: doctoral thesis on Kant's aesthetics

1970-1972

Lecturer, Aachen Technical University

1972-1982

Assistant Professor, Tübingen University

1979

Venia legendi, Postdoctoral lecturing qualification, Tübingen University, Postdoctoral thesis on Hegel's philosophy of language

1983-1985

Professor, Freiburg University

1985-1986

Professor, Essen University

1987-2003

Full Professor with tenure, Chair of Philosophy, Wuppertal University

1988-2002

President of the 'Académie du Midi', France

since 2003

retired. Living in France

Publications

Seventeen books, several editions and articles translated into different languages

Lectures

More than two hundred Guest Lectures in different countries

since 1975

Married to Barbara Wohlfart

1977

Birth of son Florian

1979

Birth of daughter Anna