Reiner Schürmann
German-American philosopher · Germany · On the map · Academics · Lived 1941 to 1993 · aged 52
Reiner Schürmann was a German philosopher. He was a professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1975 to his death. He wrote all his major published work in French.
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Deeply influenced by Heidegger, Meister Eckhart, and contemporary continental thought, Schürmann developed a radical critique of metaphysical and political first principles culminating in analyses of broken hegemonies, singularity, and non-foundational praxis. In recent years, his work have been increasingly translated and discussed in different countries like Italy or Mexico; in 2025, an anthology remarked that academic interest in Schürmann's philosophical work had grown notably.
