Berel Lang
Berel Lang (born November 13, 1933) is an American professor of philosophy emeritus and an author. His research interests include political philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, literary theory.[1][2] A considerable amount of his work is devoted to The Holocaust.[2]
Brn in Norwich, Connecticut, he earned his B.A. from Yale University (1954);[2] Ph.D. in philosophy, Columbia University (1961, thesis: The Cognitive Significance of Art[3]); he took additional studies at Indiana University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]
He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado from 1961 to 1983 and at the State University of New York at Albany from 1983 to 1997. In 1997 he became professor of humanities at Trinity College (Connecticut). He also was visiting professor in several other universities.[2]
Books[edit]
- 1975: Art and Inquiry
- 1983: Philosophy and the Art of Writing
- 1990: Act and Idea in the Nazi Genocide
- 1990: The Anatomy of Philosophical Style: Literary Philosophy and the Philosophy of Literature
- 1996: Heidegger's Silence
- 1999: The Future of the Holocaust: Between History and Memory
- 2000: Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics
- 2013: Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life
- 2017: Genocide: The Act as Idea
References[edit]
- 1933 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American philosophers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- American male non-fiction writers
- Historians of the Holocaust
- Yale University alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Indiana University alumni
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- University at Albany, SUNY faculty
- University of Colorado faculty
- Trinity College (Connecticut) faculty
- People from Norwich, Connecticut