About Dieter Thomä
Dieter Thomä, born in 1959, is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of St. Gallen. Among other positions, he has served as a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, as well as a visiting professor at Yale University in the U.S. He writes regularly for the FAZ and other newspapers and magazines. His published books include "Puer robustus. Eine Philosophie des Störenfrieds" (2016), "Warum Demokratien Helden brauchen" (2019), and "Post-. Nachruf auf eine Vorsilbe" (2025).