Stefan Gandler

Stefan Gandler (born 1964 in Munich) is a philosopher and social scientist. He studied at Frankfurt University and lives since 1993^[1] in Mexico.^[2]

Life

Gandler studied Philosophy, Latin American studies, Romance Languages and Literatures and Political science in Frankfurt/Main, among others with Alfred Schmidt, and he was the Chairman of the Frankfurt General Students' Committee (AStA) in 1989/90.^[3]

1997 Stefan Gandler earned his doctorate with a study on Contemporary Social philosophy in Mexico,^[4] which has been translated in two languages.^[5] 1997 Gandler was tenured as professor for Social theory and Social Philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) and has this position until today, and since 2008 he is additionally permanent invited professor for philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.^[6] Gandler is also, since 2001, member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores^[7] (category 2)^[8] and founded in 2012 the Research Project on Critical Theory from the Americas^[9] of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). Gandler is since 2007 chair of the academic group Modernity, development and region^[10] from the Mexican Federal Education Authority.^[11] (SEP)^[12] In his sabbatical years he researched und taught^[13] at the Universität Frankfurt am Main (2001/2002), the University of California, Santa Cruz (2009/2010)^[14][15] and the Tulane University, New Orleans (2015/2016).^[16]

The main research fields of Stefan Gandler are the Critical theory of the Frankfurt School, the critical western Marxism, philosophy in Latin America, Critique of ideology and Walter Benjamin.^[17] He worked also as translator of philosophical texts between Spanish and German and published texts on Today's Germany and the National Socialism.^[18] Gandler is working on a productive conceptual confrontation between the Critical theory of the Frankfurt School and its contemporary further developments in Latin America,^[19] for example from the Ecuadorian-Mexican philosopher Bolívar Echeverría,^[20] trying to overcome the limitations of both: the philosophical Eurocentrism in the first case, and the reduced Critique of ideology in the second.^[21] In that context he uses also the non dogmatic interpretation of the works of Karl Marx made by the Spanish-Mexican philosopher Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez,^[22] and that made by the Horkheimer-successor Alfred Schmidt.^[23]

Main Works

Books

• Wolfgang Pohrt, Klaus Bittermann, Stefan Gandler et al., Gemeinsam sind wir unausstehlich. Die Wiedervereinigung und ihre Folgen. Berlin: Edition Tiamat, 1990. 159 pp. ISBN 3-923118-42-2 (2nd edition: 1992).
• Peripherer Marxismus. Kritische Theorie in Mexiko. Argument, Hamburg/ Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88619-270-9, DNB 95744995X.
  • Spanish translation: Marxismo crítico en México. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. Translated by Stefan Gandler, with the collaoration of Max Rojas and Marco Aurelio García Barrios. Pref. by Michael Löwy. México, Fondo de Cultura Económica / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 2007, ISBN 978-968-16-8404-4. (2nd reprint: 2015) (1st e-book edition ISBN 978-607-16-2859-6).
  • English translation: Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. Translated by George Ciccariello-Maher and Stefan Gandler. Pref. by Michael Löwy. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2015, 467 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-22428-5.
• Materialismus und Messianismus. Zu Walter Benjamins Thesen "Über den Begriff der Geschichte". Bielefeld, Aisthesis, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89528-695-7.
• Fragmentos de Frankfurt. Ensayos sobre la Teoría crítica. Siglo XXI Editores, México 2009, ISBN 978-607-03-0070-7. (2nd reprint: 2013) (2nd edition, revised, as e-book: 2013, ISBN 978-607-03-0402-6)
  • German translation: *Frankfurter Fragmente. Essays zur kritischen Theorie. Translated by Dorothea Hemmerling, Stefan Gandler. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2013, ISBN 978-3-631-63400-4.
• Patricia Palacios Sierra, Alfonso Serna Jiménez, Stefan Gandler, Modernidad y diferencia. Reflexiones conceptuales y estudios empíricos en género y territorio. México: Porrúa, 2010, ISBN 978-6-07-401243-9.
• El discreto encanto de la modernidad. Ideologías contemporáneas y su crítica. Siglo XXI Editores / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2013, ISBN 978-607-03-0479-8.
• Teoría crítica: imposible resignarse. Pesadillas de represión y aventuras de emancipación. (Ed.) Miguel Ángel Porrúa / Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México 2013, ISBN 978-607-524-029-9.

Essays

• Tesis sobre diferencia e identidad. In: Dialéctica. Revista de la Benemérita Unversidad Autónoma de Puebla. Puebla, year 23, no. 32, spring 1999, pp. 109–116. ISSN 0185-7770.
  • English translation: Difference and identity. In: Lo Straniero. Journal of IMISE, Naples, year 14, no. 29, May 1999, pp. 16–18. ISSN 1123-8542.
  • Italian translation: Dialettica dell‘identità. Translated by Nunzia Augeri. In: Marxismo oggi. Rivista quadrimestrale di cultura e politica. Milano: Teti Editore, Jan.-April 2006, no. 1, pp. 48–57. ISSN 0393-3741.
  • Turkish translation: Kimlik diyalektiği. Translated by Denize Kanit. In: Felsefelogos, Bulut Yayınevi, Istanbul, year 10, no. 30/31, 2006-2/3, pp. 321–326. ISBN 975-286-219-5.
• Mestizaje cultural y ethos barroco. Una reflexión intercultural a partir de Bolívar Echeverría. In: Itinerarios. Revista de estudios lingüísticos, literarios, históricos y antropológicos, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, Instituto de Estudios Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos, no. 4, 2001, pp. 77-98. ISSN 1507-7241.
  • German translation: Zum Ethos-Begriff in der heutigen lateinamerikanischen Philosophie. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, November 2006, year 54, no. 5, pp. 767-783. ISSN 0012-1045.
• ¿Por qué el Ángel de la Historia mira hacia atrás? In: Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana. Revista internacional de Filosofía Iberoamericana y Teoría Social, Maracaibo, Venezuela Universidad del Zulia, año 8, númº20, enero-marzo 2003, pp. 7-39. ISSN 1316-5216.
  • French translation: Pourquoi l’ange de l’histoire regarde-t-il vers l’arrière? Translated by Marc Sagnol. In: Les Temps Modernes. Paris, year 58, no. 624, May–June-July 2003, ISSN 0040-3075, pp. 54–74.
  • English translation: The Concept of History in Walter Benjamin's Critical Theory. In: Radical Philosophy Review. Radical Philosophy Association, San Francisco, CA, vol. 13, no. 1, 2010, ISSN 1388-4441, pp. 19–42.
  • Italian translation: Perché l’angelo della storia guarda indietro?" In: Marxismo oggi. Rivista quadrimestrale di cultura e politica, Milano, Teti Editore, spring 2004, no. 1, pp. 111-134.
  • Czech translation: Proč se anděl dějin hledí zpět? In: Filosofický časopis. Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky. Prague, Czech Republic, year 55, no. 5, fall 2007, pp. 645-671 (abstract) (complete text)
  • Turkish translation: Tarih Meleği Neden Geriye Bakiyor? In: Cogito. Üç Aylık Düşünce Dergisi, Istanbul, Turkey, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari, no. 52, fall 2007, pp. 161-181 (part 1)., Tarih Meleği Neden Geriye Bakiyor? II. Bölüm. In: Cogito, no. 59, summer 2009 (part 2).
• ¿Quién es Bolívar Echeverría?. In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada. México, no. 805, August 8, 2010, pp. 5-7.
  • English translation, resumed: In Memoriam – Bolívar Echeverría. In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, vol. 26, no. 2, March 2011, ISSN 0268-5809, pp. 266–267.
• Razón, sociedad y Estado en la Filosofía del Estado de Hegel. In: Carlos Oliva Mendoza (ed.), Hegel: la ciencia de la experiencia. México: UNAM, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 2010, pp. 139-161. ISBN 9786070215650.
  • English translation: Society and State in Marcuse and Hegel. In: Philosophy StudyNew York, N.Y., January 2014, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 55-67. ISSN 2159-5313.
• Alfred Schmidt. In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada, México, no. 916, September 23, 2012, p. 16.
  • English translation, resumed: In memoriam Alfred Schmidt. In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association. Sage, London, vol. 28, no. 2, March 2013, ISSN 0268-5809, pp. 248–249.
• Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez: rebelión, antifascismo y enseñanza. In: La Jornada Semanal, supplement of La Jornada, México, no. 865, October 2, 2011, pp 8-10.
• Juárez y el liberalismo político mexicano. Aportaciones emancipadoras desde las Américas. In: Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, Huelva/Sevilla: Fundación Tercer Milenio/Universidad de Huelva/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide, vol. 8, 2013, pp. 233-250. ISSN 1885-589X.
• The quadruple modern Ethos: Critical Theory in the Americas. In: APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Lantino Issues in Philosophy, Newark, DE: American Philosophical Association/University of Delaware, vol. 14, núm. 1, fall 2014, pp. 2-4. ISSN 2155-9708.
• Subject and identity in today’s Latin American philosophy. Bolívar Echeverría: cultural studies and linguistics. In: Interculture philosophy. Journal for Philosophy and its Cultural Context. no. 1, 2015, ISSN 2363-6815, pp. 25-53.

Television lectures

• Javier Laso, Stefan Gandler, Palabra Suelta: Bolívar Echeverría, (part 2). In: ECTV (Ecuador TV), July 14, 2010.
• Ismael Carvallo, Stefan Gandler, Marxismo crítico en México. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: Plaza de Armas, no. 92, Canal Capital21, México, February 15, 2012.

Secondary literature (selection)

In English

• Willem Assies: (Review of: S. Gandler, Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría) Gandler, Stefan: Peripherer Marxismus. Kritische Theorie in Mexiko. In: Thesis Eleven. Critical Theory and Historical Sociology. Australia, no. 71, nov. 2002, pp. 133–139.
• Michael Löwy, At a Glance: Stefan Gandler, Marxismo crítico en México: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: International Sociology. Journal of the International Sociological Association, Sage Publications, London, vol. 23, no. 2, March 2008, p. 235. ISSN 0268-5809.
• Carlos Alberto Sánchez, From the editor. In: APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, vol. 14, no. 1, fall 2014, p. 1. ISSN 2155-9708.

In Spanish (book reviews onCritical Marxism in Mexico)

• Levy del Águila, Stefan Gandler: Marxismo crítico en México: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría ). In: Areté. Revista de Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Departamento de Humanidades, vol. 20, no. 2, 2008, pp. 335-344. ISSN 1016-913X.
• José Cepedello Boiso, Marxismo crítico en México. In: Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, Fundación Tercer Milenio/Universidad de Huelva/Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, vol. 4, 1st semester of 2009, pp. 231-233. ISSN 1885-589X.
• Jaime Torres Guillén, Praxis y ethos moderno como crítica al eurocentrismo. In: Desacatos. Revista de Antropología Social, Mexico City, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios en Antropología Social, no. 30, May–August 2009, pp. 178-185. ISSN 1405-9274.
• Israel Sanmartín, Marxismo crítico en México: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: Memoria y civilización. Anuario de Historia, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España, no. 13, 2010, pp. 124-127. ISSN 1139-0107.

In German (book reviews on Critical Marxism in Mexico)

• Christoph Görg: Gandler, Stefan: Peripherer Marxismus. In: Peripherie. Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in der Dritten Welt, Berlin, 2000, núm 8. pp. 112-115.
• Jörg Nowak: Gandler, Stefan: Peripherer Marxismus. Kritische Theorie in Mexiko. In: Das Argument. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften. Hamburg, Berlin, year 43, vol. 242, no. 4/5, 2001, ISSN 0004-1157, pp. 710–711.
• Hans Schelkshorn: Undogmatischer Marxismus in Mexiko. In: Polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren. Vienna, no. 7, 2001, pp. 96–97.

External links

• Literature by and about Stefan Gandler in the German National Library catalogue
• WorldCat
• Library of Congress Name Authority File
• Scholar Citations
• Homepage
• videorecordings from book presentations, talks and philosophical contributions in television (YouTube)
• fcps.uaq.mx
• paginaspersonales.unam.mx
• Researchgate
• Citations of Stefan Gandler's texts
• Bibliografîa latinoamericana

References

1. Library of Congress Name Authority File
2. Koninklijke Brill NV: Biographical note
3. Abschied vom Intellektuellen (Detlef zum Winkel in konkret, 2/1990, S. 59–61.)
4. Arturo Jiménez: Stefan Gandler publica en español libro que amplía su tesis doctoral contra el eurocentrismo. Reivindica estudioso el marxismo crítico de Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: La Jornada. México, September 28, 2007, p. 6a.
5. Stefan Gandler: Marxismo crítico en México. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México 2007, ISBN 978-968-16-8404-4; Stefan Gandler: Critical Marxism in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. (Historical Materialism Book Series). Brill Academic Press, Leiden 2015.
6. Gandler is PhD adviser in the UNAM doctorate program in philosophy in three areas: Political philosophy, Philosophy of culture and Aesthetics.
7. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores homepage
8. Sistema Nacional de Investigadores: members
9. COANCYT, Resultados de la convocatoria
10. Cuerpo Académico Modernidad, Desarrollo y Región
11. Gandler/Serna/Palacios (eds.), Modernidad y diferencia. Reflexiones conceptuales y estudios empíricos en género y territorio. México, D.F./Querétaro, Miguel Ángel Porrúa /Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro/H. Cámara de Diputados, 2010, p. 123 and UAQ homepage This academic group has published five collective books.
12. Secretaría de Educación Pública, PRODE.
13. with the approval of the CONACYT: Resultados de la convocatoria
14. "... the Californian University professor Stefan Gandler" (Matthias Freiling, Eine Woche Bildungsstreik in Frankfurt. In: HLZ. Zeitschrift der GEW Hessen, Frankfurt/Main, year 63, no.1/2, jan.-feb. 2010, pp. 10-11.
15. Center for Cultural Studies, UCSC: announcement
16. Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies, Tulane University: announcement
17. "With sixteen books and over 150 articles published on critical theory, German philosophy, and Marxism in the Americas, Stefan Gandler is certainly worthy of study by anyone interested in this complex philosophical tradition, especially as it has been encountered and furthered by philosophers south of the U.S.–Mexican border." (Carlos Alberto Sánchez: From the editor. In: APA Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, vol. 14, no. 1, fall 2014, p. 1. ISSN 2155-9708.) Sánchez calls Gandler a exemplary, contemporary Latin American philosopher.
18. See for example: Alemania: antes y después de Shoah. In: La Jornada Semanal. Supplement of La Jornada. Mexico City, no. 589, June 18, 2006, p. 5.
19. Javier Laso: Palabra Suelta. Entrevista con Stefan Gandler. Interview im the public Ecuadorian Television Channel ECTV (Ecuador TV), July 14, 2010, 9:30pm to 10:15pm,.
20. Michael Löwy: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: La Jornada. Mexico City, may 6, 20007 p. 4a.
21. Julio Boltvinik: Gandler critica a Bolívar Echeverría. Se presentó en el FCE Marxismo crítico en México. In: La Jornada. México, September 28, 2007, p. 32.
22. Arturo Jiménez: Reivindica estudioso el marxismo crítico de Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. In: La Jornada. Mexico City, September 28, 2007, p. 6a.
23. Jordi Magnet Colomer: Fragmentos de Frankfurt. Ensayos sobre la Teoría crítica. In: Oxímora. Revista internacional de ética y política, Barcelona, spring 2014, pp. 126-132, here: p. 127.