Rüdiger Zill studied philosophy, history and sociology at the Free University of Berlin and at the Warburg Institute London. He defended his dissertation on Meßkünstler und Rossebändiger. Zur Funktion von Modellen und Metaphern in philosophischen Affekttheorien at the Free University of Berlin. He has been a member of the Einstein Forum’s staff since 1997, where in particular he is responsible for the conference series Passion(s) in Culture(s). He has published on aesthetics, cultural theory and the history of knowledge.
His publications include: Der absolute Leser. Hans Blumenberg – eine intellektuelle Biographie (2020); Poetik und Hermeneutik im Rückblick. Interviews mit Beteiligten (co-ed, 2017); Werner Herzog – An den Grenzen (co-ed., 2015); Wahre Lügen. Bergman inszeniert Bergman (co-ed., 2012); Metapherngeschichten. Perspektiven einer Theorie der Unbegrifflichkeit (co-ed., 2011) und Ganz Anders? Philosophie zwischen akademischem Jargon und Alltagssprache (ed., 2007).
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