Where does artistic freedom end, and where does social responsibility begin? Markus Gabriel, one of Germany's best-known philosophers, sets out a compass for debates about the limits and possibilities of artistic creation. In doing so, he defends the radical autonomy of art without ignoring the moral dimension of artistic action. A highly topical contribution on freedom, limits and the role of art.
Markus Gabriel, born 1980, studied in Bonn, Heidelberg, Lisbon and New York. Since 2009 he has held the chair for Epistemology, Philosophy of the Modern and Contemporary Age at the University of Bonn. There he is director of the International Center for Philosophy as well as of the interdisciplinary Center for Science and Thought. He is one of the founding directors of the Institute for Philosophy and the New Humanities in New York City. Since 2024 he has also been Senior Global Advisor at the Kyoto Institute of Philosophy. He lives in Bonn.