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Personal profile
Research
Currently, my research interests include academic freedom, alienation, Critical Theory, Bildung, citizenship education, democracy, justice, and peace.
Profile
Asger Sørensen (b. 1960) is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Education at Aarhus University, Denmark, holding a mag. art. (1992) and a Ph. D. (1999) in Philosophy from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has been invited to lecture (in Danish, English and Spanish) at universities at five continents, e.g. in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, China, Mexico, and Uruguay. He is currently vicepresident of the Danish corps of university censor in philosophy, and earlier he has served as spokesperson of the Nordic Summer University and as president of the Danish Philosophical Society.
Teaching
My primary teaching takes place at the course Modern Philosophy of Education, where I lecture on, among other subjects, the idea of a university, academic freedom, education and alienation, critique of ideology, citizenship education, democracy, republicanism and peace.
Keywords
- Pedagogical philosophy
- Philosophy of Education
- The idea and intellectual history of the university
- Critical theory
- Theories of democracy
- Republicanism
- Political economics and economic criticism
- State and sovereignty
- Neoliberalisms
- Modern moral philosophy and moral criticism
- Ethical and moral forms of reasoning
Areas of expertise
- Philosophy of Education
- Political Philosophy
- Social Philosophy
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Science
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Politics between critique and authority
Sørensen, A. (Project manager)
01/07/2008 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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Udvikling af conference software
Sørensen, A. (Participant) & Lonnert, S. (Collaborator)
01/04/2014 → 01/03/2015
Project: Research
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Alienation: Recuperating the Classical Discussion of Marx et al.
Sørensen, A., 25 Apr 2024, Leiden / Boston: Brill. 148 p. ( Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education ; No. 2).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Går på universitetet: Skrapbog fra omvæltningerne
Sørensen, A. & Jacobsen, M. C. (Editor), Dec 2020, Frederiksberg: Filosofisk Rådgivning. 454 p. (Asger Sørensen Bøgerne, Vol. 2).Translated title of the contribution :Goes to university: Scrapbook from the upheavals Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research
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Capitalism, alienation and critique: studies in economy and dialectics
Sørensen, A. & Svanøe, L. R. (Editor), Feb 2019, Leiden: Brill. 326 p. (Studies in Moral Philosophy; No. 13). (Dialectics, deontology, and democracy, Vol. 1).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Den moralske virkelighed
Sørensen, A., 15 Jul 2012, Malmö: NSU Press. 479 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research
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I lyset af Bataille: Politisk filosofiske studier
Sørensen, A., 8 Jul 2012, København: Politisk revy. 517 p. (Rævens Sorte Bibliotek; No. 84). (Asger Sørensen Bøgerne, Vol. 1).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research
Activities
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Bestyrelsen, Dansk Filosofisk Selskab
Sørensen, A. (Chair)
2015 → …Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Member of research network
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Co-examiners corps
Sørensen, A. (Member)
2014 → …Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Member of committee, council or board
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Danish Yearbook of Philosophy (Journal)
Sørensen, A. (Editor)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Series › Research
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Brill Research Perspectives in Philosophy of Education (Journal)
Sørensen, A. (Editor) & Korsgaard, M. T. (Editor)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Series › Research
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Asociación Latinoamericana de Filosofía de la Educación (ALFE)
Sørensen, A. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Presentations, memberships, ownership and other activities › Member of research network
Prizes
Press/Media
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På papiret ser det okay ud for Danmarks akademiske frihed. Men global opgørelse fejler
25/05/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Fra globalt udsyn over national protektionisme til »akavet kompromis«: Her er universitetets historie
31/03/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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