Maarten Doorman

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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Philosophy
Assistant Professor, Arts, Media and Culture

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Maarten Doorman is endowed Pprofessor of Cultural History of Germany at the Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for DIA (Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam) and teaches philosophy at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Maastricht, and at University College Maastricht. He was editor of the literary magazine Hollands Maandblad and the philosophical journal Krisis and has been a critic of philosophy, poetry and history of ideas for the leading newspapers NRC Handelsblad and de Volkskrant. He has been contributor to many journals and newspapers with articles about philosophy, the visual arts, history and literature. His last books are Art in Progress. A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde (2003), De romantische orde (2004), Paralipomena (2007), Rousseau en ik (2012, on authenticity), De navel van Daphne (2016, on art and engagement) and Dichtbij en ver weg (essays on art, philosophy and literature, 2018). Doorman participated in many radio and television programs (as in the television program Zeeman met boeken) and is a well known intellectual in the Netherlands.

Books available: Denkers in de ring (philosophical anthology, 6^th ed. 2004), Steeds mooier. Over vooruitgang in de kunst (5^th ed. 2005), Filosofen van deze tijd (with H. Pott, 14^th ed. 2019), Art in Progress. A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde (2003), De romantische orde (3^rd ed. 2012), Kiekertak en Klotterbooke. Gedachten over de canon (inaugural speech, 2005). A Romantikus Rend (transl. of De romantische orde, 2006), Rousseau en ik, (6^th ed. 2013), De navel van Daphne (2^nd ed. 2016), Dichtbij en ver weg (2018).