Jacques Taminiaux
Encyclopedia
Jacques Taminiaux is a Belgian
philosopher, since 1989 Professor at Boston College
in Chestnut Hill
, Massachusetts
(United States
). He studied philosophy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain
(Leuven
, Belgium
). His research interests are on phenomenology, aesthetics
, political philosophy
, and contemporary continental philosophy
.
Together with Herman Van Breda
, he worked on the Husserl-Archives Leuven at the Higher Institute of Philosophy
of the Catholic University of Leuven
. In 1977, he was awarded the Francqui Prize
on Human Sciences for his work on the history of philosophy.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
philosopher, since 1989 Professor at Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
in Chestnut Hill
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill is a wealthy New England village located six miles west of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Like all Massachusetts villages, Chestnut Hill is not an incorporated municipal entity, but unlike most of them, it encompasses parts of three separate municipalities, each of...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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(United States
United States
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). He studied philosophy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain
Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
(Leuven
Leuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
). His research interests are on phenomenology, aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
, political philosophy
Political philosophy
Political philosophy is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it...
, and contemporary continental 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...
.
Together with Herman Van Breda
Herman Van Breda
Herman Leo Van Breda was a Franciscan, philosopher and founder of the Husserl archives at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium....
, he worked on the Husserl-Archives Leuven at the Higher Institute of Philosophy
Higher Institute of Philosophy
The Higher Institute of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Leuven was founded in 1889 by Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier to be a beacon of Neo-Thomist philosophy...
of the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
. In 1977, he was awarded the Francqui Prize
Francqui Prize
The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
on Human Sciences for his work on the history of philosophy.
Books
- La Nostalgie de la Grèce à l’aube de 1‘idéalisme allemand: Kant et les Grecs dans l’itinéraire de Schiller, de Hölderlin et de Hegel. La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1967, 274 p.
- Le regard et l’excédent. La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff (Phaenomenologica, 75), 1977, 182 p.
- Recoupements. Bruxelles: Ousia, 1982, 212 p.
- Naissance de la philosophie hégélienne de l’Etat. Commentaire et traduction de la Realphilosophie d’Iéna (1805-1806). Paris: Payot (Critique de la politique), 1984.
- Dialectic and Difference. Finitude in Modern Thought. Translated by James Decker and Robert Crease, Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press, 1985, 177 p. (Paperback edition, 1990).
- Lectures de l’ontologie fondamentale. Essais sur Heidegger. Grenoble: Millon (Krisis), 1989, 300 p.
- Heidegger and the Project of Fundamental Ontology. Translated and edited in English by Michael Gendre, Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy), 1991, 233 p.
- La fille de Thrace et le penseur professionnel. Arendt et Heidegger. Paris: Payot (Critique de la politique), 1992, 247 p.
- Poetics, Speculation, and Judgment. The Shadow of the Work of Art from Kant to Phenomenology. Translated and edited by Michael Gendre, Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy), 1993, 191 p.
- Le Théâtre des philosophes. Grenoble: Millon, 1995, 303 p.
- Lectures de l’ontologie fondamentale. Grenoble: Millon, 1995 (2d, revised ed.)
- The Thracian Maid and the Professional Thinker: Arendt and Heidegger. New York: SUNY Press, 1997.
- Sillages phénoménologiques: auditeurs et lecteurs de Heidegger. Brussels: Editions Ousia, 2002, 296 p.
- The Metamorphoses of Phenomenological Reduction. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2004, 69 p.