Keith Ansell-Pearson | |
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Born | 11 November 1960 |
School | Continental philosophy |
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University of Warwick University of London |
Keith Ansell-Pearson is a British philosopher specializing in the work of Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and Friedrich Nietzsche. He is currently Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University.
Ansell-Pearson is the author of numerous books including Germinal Life, Viroid Life and Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual.
Ansell-Pearson graduated from the University of Sussex and taught at the University of Malawi in southern Africa and Queen Mary College in London. He joined the Philosophy Department of the University of Warwick in 1993 and has held a Personal Chair since 1998.
He is on the editorial boards of Cosmos and History, Deleuze Studies, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Nietzsche-Studien, and the new book series Nietzsche Now. He serves on the scientific committee of Nietzscheana.
Ansell-Pearson is known for his work on Nietzsche, Bergson, and Deleuze, and for exploring their work in the context of modern biophilosophy. Lately he has been focusing on Nietzsche's neglected middle period texts, especially The Dawn.