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Dr. Dr. Bernhard Heider

Dr. Dr. Bernhard Heider

Lecturer

Office hours

Outside of course hours, you can contact Dr Heider by e-mail (allegresse​(at)​gmx.at (opens your email program)).

Publications

Doctoral theses

  • Current Philosophical Implications of a Theology of Ignorance (University Dissertation) Salzburg 2002.
  • Reason under the Authority of Self-Reference: Jürgen Habermas and Dieter Henrich in the Controversy over a Philosophical Self-Understanding of Human Beings in the Total Context of Their World (University Dissertation) Salzburg 1997.

Monographs

  • An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature (published as a manuscript), Salzburg 2002.
  • Jürgen Habermas and Dieter Henrich: New Perspectives on Identity and Reality, Munich; Freiburg (Alber) 1999.
  • Individual Crises and Limits of Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence (diploma thesis), Salzburg 1998.
  • The Personal as a Symbol of the Ultimate Validity of the Real (diploma thesis), Salzburg 1993.
  • Art under the Claim of a Utopian Hope (diploma thesis), Salzburg 1991.

Essays

  • Heider, Placidus Bernhard: In Search of Infinite Time – From Hannah Arendt to Augustine, in: Herb, Karlfriedrich/ Gebhardt, Mareike/ Morgenstern, Kathrin (eds.): Space and Time. Forms of Political Thought in Hannah Arendt, Campus: Frankfurt/New York, 2014, pp. 165–174.
  • Journeying with Aristotle towards a Contemporary Interpretation of the ‘Body-Soul Problem’, in: Salzburger Jahrbuch für Philosophie 54 (2009), to be published in 2009.
  • The Philosopher’s Death and His Solace: An Existential Exploration of Extreme Possibilities of Thought or the (Im)possibilities of the Unthinkable, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 53 (2008), pp. 53–63.
  • Or, after all, the binding and liberating resurrection of the individual to (one’s own and shared) truth, in: Salzburger Jahrbuch für Philosophie 52 (2007) 102–114.
  • Objectivity and Autonomy? An Attempt at the Caring Rescue of the Autonomous Political Subject, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 52 (2006) 89–98.
  • The Prism of Anaxagoras: An Ontological Reflection on Finite Infinity, in: Horst Bürkle/Drago Pintaric (eds.), Thinking in the Realm of the Sacred. Festschrift for P. Ansgar Paus, Salzburg 2006, 89–99.
  • The Political Individual: An Essay on the Social Identity of the Human Being, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 50 (2005) 75–85.
  • The ‘Common Origin’ of Popular Sovereignty and Human Rights, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 49 (2004) 70–79.
  • A Brief Reflection on Political Anthropology: Preliminary Thoughts on a Neglected Area of Focus, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 48 (2003) 41–49.
  • Series of articles on various philosophical keywords in the online journal Areion-online.de (2001–2002; twelve articles).
  • The Translation of the Religious: Jürgen Habermas and the Problematic Rescue of a Lost Semantics, in: Salzburg Yearbook of Philosophy 46/47 (2001/2002) 71–83.
  • Theodor W. Adorno’s Search for the Lost Reconciliation of an Aporetic Conception of Experience, in: Salzburger Jahrbuch für Philosophie 41 (1996) 169–198.
  • The Correspondence between the Painter-Monk Willibrord Verkade and the Viennese Manufacturer Johann Zacherl from 1906 to 1914, in: SMGBOZ 106 (1995) 457–490.

Entries in the ‘Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche (LThK)’; 3rd, completely revised edition, edited by W. Kasper et al., Freiburg/Basel/Rome:

  • Entry: Benard, Laurent, vol. 2, 1994, p. 196.
  • Entry: Benedict II of Cluse, vol. 2, 1994, p. 202.
  • Entry: Bertin(us), Vol. 2, 1994, pp. 293ff.
  • Entry: Bonne-Esperance, Vol. 2, 1994, pp. 586ff.
  • Entry: Brogne, Vol. 2, 1994, p. 701.
  • Entry: Chevreux, Ambroise-Auguste, Vol. 2, 1994, p. 1037.
  • Entry: Didier de la Cour, Vol. 3, 1995, p. 212.
  • Art. Domingo de Silos, Vol. 3, 1995, 323.
  • Entry: Dominicus of Sora, Vol. 3, 1995, 323f.
  • Entry: Fécamp, Vol. 3, 1995, p. 1202.
  • Art. Ferrieres-en-Gatinais, Vol. 3, 1995, 1246f.
  • Art. Folcwin (of Lobbes), Vol. 3, 1995, 1342.
  • Entry: Girard, Vol. 4, 1995, 508.
  • Art. Gerhard (Geraldus) of Sauve-Majeure, Vol. 4, 1995, 511.
  • Entry: Gerhard of Seeon, Vol. 4, 1995, 511.
  • Entry: Glanfeuil, Vol. 4, 1995, 662.
  • Art. Konrad II Bosinlother, Vol. 6, 1997, 275.
  • Art. Konrad von Scheyern 1), Vol. 6, 1997, 285.
  • Entry: Kraus, Johann Baptist, Vol. 6, 1997, p. 432.
  • Entry: Lang, Paul, Vol. 6, 1997, 639.
  • Entry: Leib, Kilian, Vol. 6, 1997, p. 769.
  • Entry: Leonius, Vol. 6, 1997, 837.
  • Entry: Leutfred (Leufroy), Vol. 6, 1997, 862.
  • Entry: Martin von Leibitz, Vol. 6, 1997, 1424.
  • Entry: Maurontus, Vol. 6, 1997, 1502.

Teaching

Winter Semester 2025/26

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Augustine – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt

Winter Semester 2024/25

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: epicurus – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt

Winter Term 2023/24

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Plato – Hobbes – Rawls

Summer Term 2023

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Aristotle – Kant – Rawls
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Aristotle – Kant – Rawls

Winter Semester 2022/23

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Augustine – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Augustine – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt

Summer Term 2022

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas

Winter Semester 2021/22

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Augustine – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy and the History of Ideas: Augustine – Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Hannah Arendt

Summer Term 2021

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Albert Camus
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Albert Camus

Winter Term 2020/21

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Albert Camus
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Albert Camus

Summer Term 2020

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Arendt
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Augustine – Rousseau – Adorno

Winter Semester 2019/20

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Sartre
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Camus
  • Seminar: Introduction to Political Science (international degree programs)

Summer Term 2019

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Epicurus – Rousseau – Adorno
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Agamben

Winter Semester 2018/19

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: epicurus – Thomas Hobbes – Giorgio Agamben
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: epicurus – Thomas Hobbes – Michael Hardt / Antonio Negri
  • Seminar: Introduction to Political Science (international degree programs)

Summer Term 2018

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Epicurus – Rousseau – Adorno
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Agamben

Winter Term 2017/18

  • Foundation Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Habermas
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Kant – Arendt

Summer Term 2017

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Agamben
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: epicurus – Rousseau – Adorno

Summer Semester 2016

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Aristotle – Hobbes – Rawls
  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Plato – Rousseau – Taylor

Winter Semester 2012/13

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Aristotle – Rousseau – Sen
  • EWS Course: Freedoms and Capabilities in Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Theology according to Amartya Sen

Summer Term 2012

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Aristotle – Locke – Rawls
  • Seminar/Education Course: Politics and Power: Foucault – Negri – Hardt

Winter Semester 2011/12

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: Aristotle – Hobbes – Habermas
  • Seminar/Education Course: How to Make Decisions. On Deliberative Democracy according to Jürgen Habermas

Summer Term 2011

  • Introductory Course: Introduction to Political Philosophy: epicurus – Hegel – Sartre
  • Seminar/Education Course: Friendship – How to Build Relationships

Winter Semester 2010/11

  • Seminar/EWS course: Contemporary Contributions to Political Philosophy: Hardt and Negri on Empire and the Multitude

Summer Semester 2010

  • Education Course: The Pressure to Decide and Ideal Discourse. An Introduction to the Theory of Communicative Action

Winter Semester 2009/10

  • Seminar: Political Theory and Everyday Social Life: Fundamental Human Questions in an Exploratory Dialogue with Social Philosophy, education course, University of Regensburg

Summer Term 2009

  • Seminar: John Rawls: A History of Political Philosophy, LMU Munich)
  • Seminar: Philosophising with Children, education course, University of Regensburg

Winter Semester 2007/08

  • Seminar: The Current Debate on ‘Equality’, LMU Munich
  • Lecture: Jürgen Habermas as a Political Theorist, University of Salzburg

Summer Term 2007

  • Seminar: The Early Frankfurt School, LMU Munich Lecture: Revolution and Political Theory: How Much Resistance Does Reality Need?

Winter Semester 2006/07

  • Seminar: Aristotle, Hobbes and Rawls, LMU Munich Lecture: Violence as a (legitimate?) means in politics, University of Salzburg

Summer Term 2006

  • Seminar: Plato, Aristotle and Rawls, LMU Munich.
  • Seminar: Karl Jaspers: What is Education?, University of Salzburg

Winter Semester 2005/06

  • Seminar: Aristotle, Hobbes and Rawls, LMU Munich
  • Seminar: Structures of Fascism: A European Trauma, University of Salzburg

Summer Semester 2005

  • Semester: Social Recognition and Justice: The Political Context of the Question of the Validity of the Personal, LMU Munich
  • S Introductory Course: Plato, Rousseau and Rawls, LMU Munich Seminar: Ethical Aspects of the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg Seminar: Philosophising with Children II, University of Salzburg

Winter Semester 2004/05

  • S Current Issues in Political Anthropology, LMU Munich
  • Seminar: General Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg
  • Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Political Anthropology, University of Salzburg

Summer Semester 2004

  • S Jürgen Habermas as a Political Philosopher, LMU Munich
  • Seminar: Ontological Aspects of the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg
  • Seminar: Philosophising with Children? A Systematic and Didactic Challenge, University of Salzburg

Winter Semester 2003/04

  • S The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, LMU Munich
  • Seminar: General Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg
  • VL French Existentialism in the Works of Camus and Sartre, University of Salzburg

Summer Term 2003

  • S Texts on 20th-Century Political Anthropology, LMU Munich
  • Lecture Course: Anthropological Aspects of the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg

Summer Semester 2002/03

  • S Jürgen Habermas: Selected Texts, LMU Munich
  • Seminar: Theodor W. Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, University of Salzburg
  • Lecture course: Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg

Summer Semester 2002

  • Seminar: The Resurrection of the Subject: Michel Foucault’s ‘Greek Ethos’, University of Salzburg
  • Lecture Course: Time as a Theme in the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg
  • S ‘John Rawls’, LMU Munich

Winter Semester 2001/02

  • Seminar: The Basis of Freedom: Reflections on a Fundamental Anthropological Conflict, University of Salzburg
  • Lecture Course: General Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature, University of Salzburg, Summer Semester 2001
  • Seminar: Fundamental Questions of Political Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Winter Semester 2000/01
  • Seminar: Individuality and Identity. Perspectives on Human Autonomy, University of Salzburg

Summer Term 2000

  • VL Philosophy and Art: Fundamental Questions of Philosophical Aesthetics, University of Salzburg

Winter Semester 1999/2000

  • Lecture Course: The Embodiment of Reason: Practical Perspectives on the Relationship between Body and Soul, University of Salzburg

Summer Semester 1999

  • Lecture: Controversial Discourses: When Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Theology Confront Everyday Life, University of Salzburg

1998/99

  • Seminar: Self-Consciousness and Self-Care: Reflections on the Wounded Individual, University of Salzburg
  • L Fundamental philosophical issues in theology and pedagogy, University of Salzburg
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