New Georgian University

Philosopher

Head of the Department of Caucasian Philosophy at the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology

 

Main research areas

Georgian philosophy, medieval philosophy, intercultural philosophy, sociology of culture, philosophy of culture, political philosophy

 

Principal career details

2015-present – Head of the Department of Philosophy at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

2014-present – Professor at New Georgian University

2014-present – Head of the Department of Caucasian Philosophy at the Archive of Caucasian Philosophy and Theology

2010-present – Professor at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

2010-2012 - Advisor of Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia

2006-2009 - Head of the Department of Philosophy at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

2006-2009 - Associate Professor at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

2004-2008 - Member of Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Adjara (Georgia)

2007-present – Head of the Department of Culture at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Grigol Robakidze University)

2004-2005 - Vice Rector at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

1997-2006 - Lecturer at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University

1997-2006 - Senior researcher at Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy (Tbilisi, Georgia) 

1996-1997 - Associate fellow at Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy (Tbilisi, Georgia) 

 

Education

1997 – PhD, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Title of PhD thesis: "The idea of goodness in Georgian Neoplatonism"

1992 – Graduate degree in philosophy (MA), Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

 

Membership of scientific and other organizations 

Association of Georgian Byzantinologists

Ioane Petritsi Philosophical Society (Georgia)

Asian Philosophical Society (Germany) 

 

Selected publications

Monographs

Sociology of Culture, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2009 (in Georgian).

German Romanticism and Georgian Romanticists, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2008 (in Georgian).

 

Co-authored Books

Philosophy and Theology in Medieval Georgia, with T. Iremadze, H. Schneider, G. Khuroshvili, M. Mchedlidze, U. R. Jeck, Priest Aleksi Kshutashvili, M. Gogatishvili, G. Tavadze (Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2016, in Georgian).

New Russian Imperialism and Caucasus, with T. Iremadze, M. Gogatishvili, G. Tavadze (Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2015, in Georgian).

Early Modern Georgian Philosophy and its Major Representatives, with T. Iremadze, D. Labuchidze, G. Khuroshvili, U. R. Jeck, M. Gogatishvili, Metropolitan Grigoli (Berbichashvili), G. Tevzadze, G. Tavadze (Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2014, in Georgian).

Philosophical Urbanistic, with T. Iremadze, H. Schneider, G. Khuroshvili,  M. Gogatishvili, G. Tavadze (Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2014, in Georgian). 

What is Freedom? Great Thinkers on the essence of Freedom, with T. Iremadze, D. Labuchidze, H. Schneider, G. Tavadze (Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2010, in Georgian; second edition - 2013).

 

Edited books

2010 - present: Classical and Contemporary Texts in Philosophy and Sociology, series editor.  

2007 - present: Philosophy, Sociology, Media Theory, series editor. 

John Dewey, Freedom and Culture, translated by Giorgi Tavadze (edited with Tengiz Iremadze). Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2014. 

Tengiz Iremadze, Philosophy at the Crossroads of Epochs and Cultures. Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2013, in Georgian. 

Political Essays of American Enlighteners. Co-edited with Tengiz Iremadze and Giorgi Tavadze. Tbilisi: Grigol Robakidze University Press, 2013.  

Thomas Paine, Common Sense, translated by Giorgi Tavadze (co-edited with Tengiz Iremadze and Dodo Labuchidze), Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2012.

Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Co-edited with Tengiz Iremadze and Giorgi Tavadze. Tbilisi: Grigol Robakidze University Press, 2011.  

European Responsibility. Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Merab Mamardashvili. Co-edited with Tengiz Iremadze, Dodo Labuchidze and Giorgi Baramidze. Tbilisi, 2011 (second edition: 2013, in Georgian and French). 

New Research Projects in Philosophy. Co-edited with Tengiz Iremadze, Mikheil Gogatishvili, Dodo Labuchidze, and Giorgi Tavadze. Tbilisi: Grigol Robakidze University Press, 2010. 

(Neo)Platonism and Modernity. Materials of the International Conference dedicated to Tengiz Iremadze’s Book „Konzeptionen des Denkens im Neuplatonismus“, June 30, 2008 (co-edited with Giorgi Baramidze, Mikheil Gogatishvili, Lali Zakaradze, Udo Reinhold Jeck and Duane J. Lacey, Georgian/English), Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2009.

Tengiz Iremadze, Der Aletheiologische Realismus. Schalwa Nuzubidse und seine neuen Denkansätze, Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2008.

Tengiz Iremadze, Walter Benjamin: Life, Work, Actuality. Tbilisi: Publishing House "Nekeri", 2008 (in Georgian). 

Klara Elchibegashvili, Niko Nikoladze's Social-Political and Aesthetical Views. Tbilisi: Lampari, 2006.

Goderdzi Tevdoradze, Issues of the Unity of History in the Bible. Tbilisi: 2002.

Vakhtang Khocholava, The Essence of Political Authority. Tbilisi: Tsodna, 2001.

 

Translations (in Georgian)

Udo Reinhold Jeck, Neurotheology. Brain in the light of religion and philosophy. A sketch of the development. Translated from the German, edited by T. Iremadze and H. Schneider. Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2016. 

Udo Reinhold Jeck, Erläuterungen zur georgischen Philosophie. Translated from the German, edited by G. Tevzadze. Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2010 (second edition: 2013).

 

Book Chapters

Freedom - Foundation for Political Liability, in: T. Iremadze (ed.), The Idea of Freedom in Philosophy, Theology, and Social Sciences. Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2016, pp. 138-146 (in Georgian). 

Mystical Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite and Medieval Georgian Thought, in: T. Iremadze, H. Schneider, L. Zakaradze, G. Khuroshvili, M. Mchedlidze, U. R. Jeck, Priest Aleksi Kshutashvili, M. Gogatishvili, G. Tavadze, Philosophy and Theology in Medieval Georgia, Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2016, pp. 37-70 (in Georgian).

Russian Geist between Nationalism and Imperialism, in: T. Iremadze (ed.), New Russian Imperialism and Caucasus. Tbilisi: Pavoriti Stili, 2015, pp. 7-68 (in Georgian). 

Aleksandre Janelidze’s Works in the Context of Philosophy of Life, in: Leben verstehen. Philosophie und Sozialtheorie (PhSt), Bd. I, hrsg.: T. Iremadze, U. R. Jeck, H. Schneider, Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2014, pp. 85-88.

Udo Reinhold Jeck and Georgian Philosophical Thought (In the Light of the Criticism of Europocentrism), in: Tengiz Iremadze, Guram Tevzadze (eds.), East and West. Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Studies, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2012, pp. 15-33 (in Georgian).

Merab Mamardashvili’s Thought in the Context of Contemporary Cultural Studies, in: Tengiz Iremadze, Dodo Labuchidze, Giorgi Baramidze, Lali Zakaradze (eds.)  European Responsibility. Dedicated to the 80^th anniversary of Merab Mamardashvili, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2012, pp. 51-63 (in Georgian).

Proclus in the Georgian and Latin Middle Ages (Ioane Petritsi and Berthold of Moosburg), in: Philosophy in Global Change. Jubilee volume dedicated to the 65^th anniversary of Burkhard Mojsisch, edited by T. Iremadze in collaboration with H. Schneider and K. J. Schmidt, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2011, pp. 125-132.

Polemics on the Ontological Problems of Creativity: Grigol Robakidze and Shalva Nutsubidze, in: Tengiz Iremadze, Mamuka Tavkhelidze (eds.), Grigol Robakidze and Modern Thought, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2011, pp. 29-43 (in Georgian).

God – Intellect – Human, in: Giorgi Baramidze, Mikheil Gogatishvili, Udo Reinhold Jeck, Duane J. Lacey, Lali Zakaradze (eds.), (Neo)Platonism and Modernity. Materials of the International Conference dedicated to Tengiz Iremadze’s Book „Konzeptionen des Denkens im Neuplatonismus“, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2009, pp. 30-42 (in Georgian).

Pecularities of the Areopagitical Mysticism, in: Tengiz Iremadze, Lali Zakaradze (eds.) Philosophy – Dialectic – Logic, Tbilisi: Meridiani, 2008, pp. 96-104 (in Georgian).

The place of Eros in the Areopagitic Corpus, in: Philosophy – Theology – Culture. Problems and Perspectives (Jubilee volume dedicated to the 75^th anniversary of Guram Tevzadze), edited by Tengiz Iremadze, Tamar Tskhadadze, Giorgi Kheoshvili, Tbilissi, 2007, pp. 30-37 (in Georgian).

 

Journal Articles

New Perspectives of Georgian Philosophy in the Light of Intercultural Thought, European Scientific Journal, special edition, vol. 2 (December 2013), 528-533.

Dialogue between Philosophy and Poetry. Medieval Georgian Philosophical and Theological Tradition and David Guramishvili’s Nostalgic Poetry, Georgian Emigration, 1 (2013), pp. 26-34, in Georgian.

Merab Mamardashvili: Perception of European  Identity – a Road Towards Self-Awareness, European Scientific Journal, special edition (July 2013), pp. 87-96. 

Iona Khelashvili: Outstanding Georgian Theologian at the Crossroad of Epochs, Uplis Tsikhe, 2 (2012), pp. 70-74, in Georgian.

Hegel in Georgien. Schalwa Nuzubidse und seine Hegel-Studien,  in: Jahrbuch für Hegelforschung, eduted by Helmut Schneider, vol.12-14, Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag, 2010, pp. 267-273.

The Manifest of Global Thought: Carl Schmitt’s Geopolitical Conception, in: Semiotics, 8 (2010), pp. 88-97.

The Subject of Media Philosophy, in: Scientific Proceedings/Grigol Robakidze University, 2 (2010), pp. 19-25, in Georgian.

Прокл у грузинському та латиномовному Середньовiччi (Iоане Петрицi та Бертольд Мосбурзький) // Фiлософська Думка, Нацiональна академiя наук Украiни iнститут Фiлософii, Киiв. № 4 (2010), pp. 43-49.

Nietzsche in Georgien. Dem lichten Andenken Tamas Buatschidses gewidmet, in: Georgica. Zeitschrift für Kultur, Sprache und Geschichte Georgiens und Kaukasiens, № 30 (2007) pp. 142- 146, in German.

 

Encylopedia entries

Schalwa Nuzubidse, in: Philosophenlexikon (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2009), edited by S. Jordan und B. Mojsisch, pp. 225-226.

 

Book reviews

Carl Schmitt, “Land and Sea. A World-Historical Reflection”, translated by Giorgi Tavadze, Tbilisi: Publishing House “Nekeri”, 2010, in: Kadmus, 2 (2010), pp. 254-262, in Georgian.

 

Other Pieces

Disciple-Teacher Relationships at Iviron Monastery at Mount Athos, Materialen zur 39. Kölner Mediaevistentagung, 9.-12. September 2014, Schüler und Meister, Universität zu Köln 2014, pp. 121-125.

The Most Important Monument of Medieval Georgian Legal Thinking: „The Great Canon Law”, Materialen zur 38. Kölner Mediaevistentagung, 11.-14. September 2012,  Köln  2012, pp. 90-92.

Tolerance and Interculturality, New Research Projects in Philosophy. Proceedings of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences. World Philosophy Day, 18 November, 2010, Tbilisi: Grigol Robakidze University Press, pp. 14-15, in Georgian.

About the Understanding of Areopagitical Eros, Proceedings of the International Conference “Byzantine Studies in Georgia – 2”, Tbilisi: Logosi, 2009, pp. 267-274, in Georgian.

 

Scholarships and major research grants

U.S. Embassy Book Translation Program (2013-2014) grant: John Dewey, Freedom and Culture, editor.

U.S. Embassy Book Translation Program (2012-2013) grant: Political Essays of American Enlighteners, editor.

U.S. Embassy Book Translation Program (2011-2012) grant: Thomas Paine, Common Sense, editor.

U.S. Embassy Book Translation Program (2011) grant: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, editor.