Laurence A. Rickels
Professor, Author
1954 –
Who is Laurence A. Rickels?
Laurence Arthur Rickels is an American literary and media theorist, whose most significant works have continued the Frankfurt School's efforts to apply psychoanalytic insights to analysis and criticism of modern mass media culture. Some of his best known works include The Case of California, The Vampire Lectures, and the three volume work Nazi Psychoanalysis. After 30 years at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Rickels followed the Ruf as successor to Klaus Theweleit in April 2011 to the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe, where he is currently professor of Art and Theory. In the summers, Rickels serves as the Sigmund Freud Professor of Media and Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
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- Born
- Dec 2, 1954
Cherokee - Also known as
- Laurence Rickels
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Princeton University
German literature
( - 1980) - Master's Degree, Antioch University
Clinical psychology - Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania
English Literature
( - 1975) - Lawrenceville School
- Free University of Berlin
( - 1973)
- PhD, Princeton University
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on July 23, 2013
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