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Dec 08, 1954 Cork, Munster, Ireland 69 years old
Irish philosopher
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About Richard Kearney
- Richard Kearney (; born 1954, Cork, Ireland) is an Irish philosopher and public intellectual specializing in contemporary continental philosophy.
- He 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.
- He is the author of 23 books on European philosophy and literature (including two novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited or co-edited over 20 more.
- He 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.
- He is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
- As a public intellectual in Ireland, he was involved in drafting a number of proposals for a Northern Irish peace agreement (1983, 1993, 1995).
- He has presented five series on culture and philosophy for Irish and British television and broadcast extensively on the European media.
- He is currently international director of the Guestbook Project–Hosting the Stranger: Between Hostility and Hospitality.
