David Farrell Krell
David Farrell Krell (born 1944) is an American
philosopher. He is professor emeritus of
philosophy at
DePaul University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy at
Duquesne University, where he wrote his dissertation on
Heidegger and
Nietzsche. He has taught at many universities in Germany, France, and England. Specializing in
Continental Philosophy, he has written many books on
Heidegger and
Nietzsche, including ''Daimon Life: Heidegger and Life Philosophy'' (1992), ''Intimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of Being'' (1986), ''The Good European: Nietzsche's Work Sites in Word and Image'' (1997), and ''Infectious Nietzsche'' (1996). Additionally, Krell has written extensively about
German Idealism, his books in this area include ''The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God'' (2005), and ''Contagion: Sexuality, Disease, and Death in German Idealism and Romanticism'' (Indiana, 1998). Krell has also translated Heidegger's lectures on Nietzsche, and was the editor of Heidegger's ''Basic Writings'' (1977). In a 2005 interview, Krell cited
Jacques Derrida as a major influence on his work on Nietzsche.
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