Gerard Kuperus is
specialized in philosophy of nature and environmental
philosophy as well as the history of philosophy, in particular Kant
and Nineteenth Century philosophy.
He teaches in the
Philosophy Department, Environmental Studies, and the MA in
International Studies. Courses include the human animal,
environmental ethics, globalization: development and environment,
social and political philosophy, global environments and societies,
aesthetics, existentialism, ancient, medieval and nineteenth
century philosophy.
Gerard earned his PhD at
DePaul University in Chicago (and his MA at the University of
Amsterdam). His dissertation "Hegel's Perspectivism"
argues that Hegel is perhaps a bit more Nietszchean than mostly
assumed. He is currently working on a project on a continental
approach of environmental ethics. This project focuses on the way
in which we understand ourselves in relationship to nature and how
such an understanding can possibly form a foundation for ethics He
is also working on an edited volume (together with Marjolein Oele)
on nature:Ontology of Nature, Continental Readings of
Nature, Springer
(forthcoming). He has published in different areas of the history
of philosophy (among others Kant and Plato), aesthetics, and animal
rights.
