Dominik Finkelde (born 31 May 1970) is a German Jesuit priest,
philosopher and playwright.[1]After graduating from high school,
Finkelde studied philosophy, theology and literature in Berlin, Munich
and Paris. In 2003, he earned his doctorate with a thesis on Walter
Benjamin (Benjamin reads Proust) at the Munich School of Philosophy.
Parallel to his studies, he joined the Jesuit Order in 1996 and began
further education there. During the Magisterium, a two-year period of
practical experience, he worked in the pastoral work in Mexico City
and as lecturer of philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Dominik Finkelde was ordained as a Catholic priest by the Freiburg
Bishop Bernd Uhl [de] in June 2009 in the Cathedral of St. Blaise
[de]. He was assistant professor at the Munich School of Philosophy
between 2010 and 2015 and habilitated at the Institute of Philosophy
at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in 2014. Since 2015 he has
been professor of contemporary philosophy and epistemology at the
Munich School of Philosophy.Since the mid-1990s, Finkelde has emerged
as the author of dramatic and scientific texts. In 1996, he received
the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize (together with Jens Roselt) for his first
play, "Abendgruß", which premiered in 1998 at the Theater Madgeburg,
depicting the fictitious biography of a former East German border
guard. In the award of the jury, Klaus Völker wrote: "Here we have a
small, very sensitive and cautiously depicted family drama ... in the
tradition of Ibsen".[2] His dystopia Berlin Underground is about the
breakup of the two-class society in the near future and was premiered
in 1999 by the Landesbühne Niedersachsen Nord in Wilhelmshaven. Other
plays by Finkelde were staged in Bielefeld, Augsburg and Cottbus.
philosopher and playwright.[1]After graduating from high school,
Finkelde studied philosophy, theology and literature in Berlin, Munich
and Paris. In 2003, he earned his doctorate with a thesis on Walter
Benjamin (Benjamin reads Proust) at the Munich School of Philosophy.
Parallel to his studies, he joined the Jesuit Order in 1996 and began
further education there. During the Magisterium, a two-year period of
practical experience, he worked in the pastoral work in Mexico City
and as lecturer of philosophy at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Dominik Finkelde was ordained as a Catholic priest by the Freiburg
Bishop Bernd Uhl [de] in June 2009 in the Cathedral of St. Blaise
[de]. He was assistant professor at the Munich School of Philosophy
between 2010 and 2015 and habilitated at the Institute of Philosophy
at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in 2014. Since 2015 he has
been professor of contemporary philosophy and epistemology at the
Munich School of Philosophy.Since the mid-1990s, Finkelde has emerged
as the author of dramatic and scientific texts. In 1996, he received
the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize (together with Jens Roselt) for his first
play, "Abendgruß", which premiered in 1998 at the Theater Madgeburg,
depicting the fictitious biography of a former East German border
guard. In the award of the jury, Klaus Völker wrote: "Here we have a
small, very sensitive and cautiously depicted family drama ... in the
tradition of Ibsen".[2] His dystopia Berlin Underground is about the
breakup of the two-class society in the near future and was premiered
in 1999 by the Landesbühne Niedersachsen Nord in Wilhelmshaven. Other
plays by Finkelde were staged in Bielefeld, Augsburg and Cottbus.
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