Espen Hammer is a Norwegian

Norway

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 philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy at Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 and has held visiting professorships at the New School for Social Research and the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

. Between 1998 and 2007 he was a Lecturer and later Reader at the University of Essex

University of Essex

The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...

. He currently resides in Philadelphia.

Hammer's main focus is on the post-Kant

KANT

KANT is a computer algebra system for mathematicians interested in algebraic number theory, performing sophisticated computations in algebraic number fields, in global function fields, and in local fields. KASH is the associated command line interface...

ian European tradition of philosophy

Continental philosophy

Continental philosophy, in contemporary usage, refers to a set of traditions of 19th and 20th century philosophy from mainland Europe. This sense of the term originated among English-speaking philosophers in the second half of the 20th century, who used it to refer to a range of thinkers and...

. Most of his work deals with questions of ethics, politics and subjectivity.

Selected bibliography

• Philosophy and Temporality from Kant to Critical Theory Cambridge University Press, forthcoming
• Adorno and the Political (Thinking the Political) Routledge 2005 ISBN 0-415-28913-0
• Theodor W. Adorno
  Theodor W. Adorno
  Theodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society....
  
  Gyldendal 2002 ISBN 82-05-30075-5
• Inner Darkness: An Essay on Melancholy Universitetsforlaget 2004
• Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary Polity Press 2002 ISBN 0-7456-2358-1
• Editor of German Idealism: Contemporary Perspectives Routledge 2007
• Editor of Stanley Cavell: Die Unheimlichkeit des Gewohnlichen Fischer Verlag 2002