Richard Kearney is an Irish philosopher and public intellectual specializing in contemporary continental philosophy.
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Richard Kearney is the Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy at Boston College and has taught at University College Dublin, the Sorbonne, the University of Nice, and the Australian Catholic University.
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Richard Kearney is the author of 23 books on European philosophy and literature and has edited or co-edited over 20 more.
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Richard Kearney was formerly a member of the Arts Council of Ireland, the Higher Education Authority of Ireland and chairman of the Irish School of Film at University College Dublin.
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Richard Kearney is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
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Richard Kearney has presented five series on culture and philosophy for Irish and British television and broadcast extensively on the European media.
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Richard Kearney is currently international director of the Guestbook Project.
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Richard Kearney corresponded with Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida and other French philosophers of the era.
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Richard Kearney was active in the Irish, British, and French media as a host for various television and radio programs on literary and philosophical themes.
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Richard Kearney's work focuses on the philosophy of the narrative imagination, hermeneutics and phenomenology.