Thomas Hilgers

Faculty

Thomas Hilgers PhotoThomas Hilgers

Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Office: Powdermaker Hall 350-Q
Phone: 718-997-5273
thomas.hilgers@qc.cuny.edu

Full CV

Area of expertise:

  • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Philosophy of Time
  • Kant and Post-Kantian Philosophy
  • Phenomenology

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
  • M.A. (Magister) in Film Studies, Free University Berlin, 2008
  • M.A. in Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 2005

 

Selected Publications

Monograph

  •  Aesthetic Disinterestedness: Art, Experience, and the Self. New York and London: Routledge, 2017. (The first paperback edition was published in 2019.)

 

Edited Volumes

  • Perspektive und Fiktion. (Perspective and Fiction.) Thomas Hilgers and Gertrud Koch, Fink Verlag, 2017.
  • Affekt und Urteil. (Affect and Judgment). Thomas Hilgers, Gertrud Koch, Christoph Möllers, and Sabine Müller-Mall, Fink Verlag, 2015.
  • Konturen des Kunstwerks. (Contours of the Artwork). Frederic Döhl, Daniel Martin Feige, Thomas Hilgers, and Fiona McGovern, Fink Verlag, 2013.

 

Published Articles in Journals and Yearbooks (Peer-Reviewed)

  • “Das Glück des Zufalls.” (“The Happiness of Chance.“) In: Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (Journal for Practical Philosophy), 2023.
  • “Technik und Zeit bei Heidegger.” (“Heidegger on Technology and Time.“) In: Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie (Yearbook for Philosophy of Technology), Nomos Verlag, 2021.

 

Published Articles, Book Chapters, and Handbook Entries

  • “Disinterestedness Revisited.” In: Disinterested Pleasure and Beauty: Perspectives from Kantian and Contemporary Aesthetics. Ed. Larissa Berger, De Gruyter, 2023.
  • “Helden, Freaks und dunkle Ritter: Batman in Hollywood.” (“Heroes, Freaks, and Dark Knights: Batman in Hollywood.”) In: Hollywood: Zwischen Angepasstheit und kritischer Zeitgenossenschaft. (Hollywood: In between Conformity and Critique of the Contemporary.) Ed. Lisa Gotto and Sebastian Lederle, Transcript Verlag, 2020.
  • “Perspektive und Ästhetische Erfahrung.” (“Perspective and Aesthetic Experience.”) In: Perspective and Fiction. Ed. Thomas Hilgers and Gertrud Koch, Fink Verlag, 2017.
  • “Kunst, Wirklichkeit und Affirmation: Gedanken zu Heideggers Kunstwerkaufsatz.” (“Art, Reality, and Affirmation: Some Thoughts on Heidegger‘s Essay on the Artwork.”) In: Affirmation, Transformation und Kritik. (Affirmation, Transformation, and Critique.) Ed. Johannes Lang, Michael Lüthy, and Lotte Everts, Transcript Verlag, 2015.
  • “Was ist ein Ästhetisches Urteil?” (“What is an Aesthetic Judgment?”) In: Affect and Judgment. Ed. Thomas Hilgers, Gertrud Koch, and Christoph Möllers, Fink Verlag, 2015.
  • “Künstlerische Intentionen und Ästhetische Relevanz.” (“Artistic Intentions and Aesthetic Relevance.”) In: Contours of the Artwork. Ed. Frederic Döhl, Daniel Martin Feige, Thomas Hilgers, and Fiona McGovern, Fink Verlag, 2013.
  • “Langeweile.” (“Boredom.”) In: Wörterbuch der ästhetischen Eigenzeiten. (Handbook of Aesthetic Temporalities.) Ed. GRA-Priority Pogram 1688, Werhahn Verlag, 2020.