Anselm Jappe

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Anselm Jappe is a professor of philosophy, teaching in Italy.

[edit] Biography

Anselm Jappe was born in 1962 in Bonn. He grew up in Cologne and in the périgord. He studied in Paris and Rome where he obtained, respectively, a master's and then a doctorate degree in philosophy. His advisor was Mario Permiola. A member of the Krisis Groupe, he has published numerous articles in different journals and reviews, including Iride (Florence), Il Manifesto (Rome), L'Indice (Milan) and Mania (Barcelona). In his writings, he has attempted to revive critical theory through a new interpretation of the work of Karl Marx. He is currently teaching aesthetics at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Frosinone.

[edit] Selected bibliography

  • Jappe, Anselm. Debord. Pescara: Tracce, 1992 (English translation by Donald Nicholson-Smith, Berkeley: UC Press, 1999).
  • Les Habits neufs de l'empire : remarques sur Negri, Hardt et Rufin (with Robert Kurz) (Editions Lignes, 2003).
  • L'avant-garde inacceptable - réflexions sur Guy Debord (Editions lignes-Léo Sheer, 2004).
  • Adventures of the commodity: for a new criticism of value (Munich 2005)
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