Karin A. Nisenbaum

Publications

Kant Post-Kantian German Idealism Jewish Thought Existentialism Critical Theory Metaphysics Ethics Philosophy of Religion Aesthetics

Kant

Karin A. Nisenbaum and Julia Peters (work in progress): Fichte on Moral Development and Transformation.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): Fichte’s Perfectionist Solution to the Problem of Kantian Autonomy. Baltimore: Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, KritikKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Schelling’s Systematization of Kant’s Moral Philosophy: Divine Craftsmanship as the Human Moral Telos," in Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, Kritik, edited by Thomas Buchheim, Thomas Frisch, and Nora C. Wachsmann, Mohr Siebeck. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 467–492.

Kantian Legacies in German IdealismKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "The Fate of Practical Reason: Kant and Schelling on Virtue, Happiness, and the Postulate of God’s Existence," in Kantian Legacies in German Idealism, edited by G. Gentry. New York: Routledge, 186–207.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2020): "Review of Dennis Vanden Auweele’s Pessimism in Kant’s Ethics and Rational Religion," Journal of the History of Philosophy 58(2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 409–410.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): "Practical Knowledge and the Subjectivity of Truth in Kant and Kierkegaard: The Cover of Skepticism," European Journal of Philosophy 26:2(2018). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 730-745.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2016): "The Legacy of Salomon Maimon: Philosophy as a System Actualized in Freedom," Journal of Philosophical Research 41(2016). Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center, 453-498.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2014): "Transcendental Arguments for the Actualization of God in Schelling and Rosenzweig," Proceedings of the International Rosenzweig Gesellschaft 1, 96–107.

Post-Kantian German Idealism

Karin A. Nisenbaum and Julia Peters (work in progress): Fichte on Moral Development and Transformation.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): Fichte’s Perfectionist Solution to the Problem of Kantian Autonomy. Baltimore: Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, KritikKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Schelling’s Systematization of Kant’s Moral Philosophy: Divine Craftsmanship as the Human Moral Telos," in Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, Kritik, edited by Thomas Buchheim, Thomas Frisch, and Nora C. Wachsmann, Mohr Siebeck. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 467–492.

Kantian Legacies in German IdealismKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "The Fate of Practical Reason: Kant and Schelling on Virtue, Happiness, and the Postulate of God’s Existence," in Kantian Legacies in German Idealism, edited by G. Gentry. New York: Routledge, 186–207.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2017): "F.W.J. Schelling," co-authored with Daniel Whistler, in Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek, edited by P. Goodchild and H. Phelps. London: Routledge, 44-59.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2016): "The Legacy of Salomon Maimon: Philosophy as a System Actualized in Freedom," Journal of Philosophical Research 41(2016). Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center, 453-498.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2014): "Transcendental Arguments for the Actualization of God in Schelling and Rosenzweig," Proceedings of the International Rosenzweig Gesellschaft 1, 96–107.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2010): "From the Revolution in Thinking to the Renewal of Thinking: The Systematic Task of The Star of Redemption," in After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion, edited by D. Whistler and A.P. Smith. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing105–127.

Jewish Thought

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Zuidervaart in Conversation with Rosenzweig: Artistic Truth, Life-Giving Disclosure, and Revelation," in Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings: Works on Art, Truth and Society in Honour of Lambert Zuidervaart, edited by M. DeMoor, P. Ennerson, and M. Klaassen, Wipf and Stock, 260–284.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2016): "The Legacy of Salomon Maimon: Philosophy as a System Actualized in Freedom," Journal of Philosophical Research 41(2016). Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center, 453-498.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2015): "Modern Jewish Philosophy: Universal Human Questions Phrased in Concepts Derived from the Jewish Tradition," critical notice of The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era, edited by M. Kavka, Z. Braiterman, and D. Novak, International Journal of Philosophical Studies 23. London: Routledge, 111–125.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2014): "Transcendental Arguments for the Actualization of God in Schelling and Rosenzweig," Proceedings of the International Rosenzweig Gesellschaft 1, 96–107.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2010): "From the Revolution in Thinking to the Renewal of Thinking: The Systematic Task of The Star of Redemption," in After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion, edited by D. Whistler and A.P. Smith. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing105–127.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2008): "Review of Eric Santner’s On Creaturely Life: Rilke, Benjamin, Sebald," in International Journal of Philosophical Studies 16. London: Routledge, 115–120.

Existentialism

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): Fichte’s Perfectionist Solution to the Problem of Kantian Autonomy. Baltimore: Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Zuidervaart in Conversation with Rosenzweig: Artistic Truth, Life-Giving Disclosure, and Revelation," in Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings: Works on Art, Truth and Society in Honour of Lambert Zuidervaart, edited by M. DeMoor, P. Ennerson, and M. Klaassen, Wipf and Stock, 260–284.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): "Practical Knowledge and the Subjectivity of Truth in Kant and Kierkegaard: The Cover of Skepticism," European Journal of Philosophy 26:2(2018). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 730-745.

Critical Theory

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Zuidervaart in Conversation with Rosenzweig: Artistic Truth, Life-Giving Disclosure, and Revelation," in Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings: Works on Art, Truth and Society in Honour of Lambert Zuidervaart, edited by M. DeMoor, P. Ennerson, and M. Klaassen, Wipf and Stock, 260–284.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2008): "Review of Eric Santner’s On Creaturely Life: Rilke, Benjamin, Sebald," in International Journal of Philosophical Studies 16. London: Routledge, 115–120.

Metaphysics

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): Fichte’s Perfectionist Solution to the Problem of Kantian Autonomy. Baltimore: Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, KritikKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Schelling’s Systematization of Kant’s Moral Philosophy: Divine Craftsmanship as the Human Moral Telos," in Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, Kritik, edited by Thomas Buchheim, Thomas Frisch, and Nora C. Wachsmann, Mohr Siebeck. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 467–492.

Kantian Legacies in German IdealismKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "The Fate of Practical Reason: Kant and Schelling on Virtue, Happiness, and the Postulate of God’s Existence," in Kantian Legacies in German Idealism, edited by G. Gentry. New York: Routledge, 186–207.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): "Practical Knowledge and the Subjectivity of Truth in Kant and Kierkegaard: The Cover of Skepticism," European Journal of Philosophy 26:2(2018). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 730-745.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2017): "F.W.J. Schelling," co-authored with Daniel Whistler, in Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek, edited by P. Goodchild and H. Phelps. London: Routledge, 44-59.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2016): "The Legacy of Salomon Maimon: Philosophy as a System Actualized in Freedom," Journal of Philosophical Research 41(2016). Charlottesville: Philosophy Documentation Center, 453-498.

Ethics

Karin A. Nisenbaum and Julia Peters (work in progress): Fichte on Moral Development and Transformation.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): Fichte’s Perfectionist Solution to the Problem of Kantian Autonomy. Baltimore: Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, KritikKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Schelling’s Systematization of Kant’s Moral Philosophy: Divine Craftsmanship as the Human Moral Telos," in Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, Kritik, edited by Thomas Buchheim, Thomas Frisch, and Nora C. Wachsmann, Mohr Siebeck. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 467–492.

Kantian Legacies in German IdealismKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "The Fate of Practical Reason: Kant and Schelling on Virtue, Happiness, and the Postulate of God’s Existence," in Kantian Legacies in German Idealism, edited by G. Gentry. New York: Routledge, 186–207.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): "Practical Knowledge and the Subjectivity of Truth in Kant and Kierkegaard: The Cover of Skepticism," European Journal of Philosophy 26:2(2018). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 730-745.

Philosophy of Religion

Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, KritikKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Schelling’s Systematization of Kant’s Moral Philosophy: Divine Craftsmanship as the Human Moral Telos," in Schellings Freiheitsschrift: Methode, System, Kritik, edited by Thomas Buchheim, Thomas Frisch, and Nora C. Wachsmann, Mohr Siebeck. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 467–492.

Kantian Legacies in German IdealismKarin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "The Fate of Practical Reason: Kant and Schelling on Virtue, Happiness, and the Postulate of God’s Existence," in Kantian Legacies in German Idealism, edited by G. Gentry. New York: Routledge, 186–207.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2020): "Review of Dennis Vanden Auweele’s Pessimism in Kant’s Ethics and Rational Religion," Journal of the History of Philosophy 58(2). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 409–410.

For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig, Oxford University Press, 2018.Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): For the Love of Metaphysics: Nihilism and the Conflict of Reason from Kant to Rosenzweig. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2018): "Practical Knowledge and the Subjectivity of Truth in Kant and Kierkegaard: The Cover of Skepticism," European Journal of Philosophy 26:2(2018). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 730-745.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2017): "F.W.J. Schelling," co-authored with Daniel Whistler, in Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek, edited by P. Goodchild and H. Phelps. London: Routledge, 44-59.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2015): "Modern Jewish Philosophy: Universal Human Questions Phrased in Concepts Derived from the Jewish Tradition," critical notice of The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: The Modern Era, edited by M. Kavka, Z. Braiterman, and D. Novak, International Journal of Philosophical Studies 23. London: Routledge, 111–125.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2014): "Transcendental Arguments for the Actualization of God in Schelling and Rosenzweig," Proceedings of the International Rosenzweig Gesellschaft 1, 96–107.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2010): "From the Revolution in Thinking to the Renewal of Thinking: The Systematic Task of The Star of Redemption," in After the Postsecular and the Postmodern: New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion, edited by D. Whistler and A.P. Smith. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing105–127.

Aesthetics

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2021): "Zuidervaart in Conversation with Rosenzweig: Artistic Truth, Life-Giving Disclosure, and Revelation," in Seeking Stillness or The Sound of Wings: Works on Art, Truth and Society in Honour of Lambert Zuidervaart, edited by M. DeMoor, P. Ennerson, and M. Klaassen, Wipf and Stock, 260–284.

Other Topics

Karin A. Nisenbaum (work in progress): The Highest Good in the Kantian and Post-Kantian Philosophical Traditions (Book Manuscript).

Karin A. Nisenbaum (work in progress): Karoline von Günderrode on Human Freedom.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2025): Getting at the Root of Evil: Kant and Fichte on the Murderer at the Door. Germany: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie.

Karin A. Nisenbaum (2023): "Glück, Glückseligkeit," In: Birgit Sandkaulen, Stefan Schick a. Oliver Koch (Ed.), Jacobi-Wörterbuch Online. Leipzig: Jacobi-Dictionary Online.

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