Markus Rautzenberg

Markus Rautzenberg is a philosopher and media theoretician. After studying German Philology, Philosophy and Drama Studies, he obtained a doctorate with a dissertation entitled “Zeichen – Störung – Materialität”. From 2011 to 2014, he headed the DFG-project “Evokation. Zur non-visuellen Macht der Bilder (Evocation. On the non-visual power of images)” at Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2016, he has been Professor of Philosophy at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. His chief areas of research are media theory, theory of images, aesthetics and epistemology. His publications include: (with Juliane Schiffers): “Ungründe. Perspektiven prekärer Fundierung”, Paderborn 2016; (with Andreas Wolfsteiner): “Trial and Error. Szenarien medialen Handelns”, Paderborn 2014 and “Hide and Seek. Das Spiel von Transparenz und Opazität”, Munich 2010; “Die Gegenwendigkeit der Störung. Aspekte einer postmetaphysischen Präsenztheorie”, Berlin/Zurich 2009.

As of January 2018