A.C.M. Roothaan — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Personal profile

Ancillary activities

No ancillary activities

Ancillary activities are updated daily

Personal information

Angela Roothaan, assistant professor in practical philosophy

I do research in practical philosophy - on the intersections of ethics, political philosophy and philosophical anthropology. My special interests include intercultural philosophy and African philosophy, criticism of modernity, spirituality, and spirit ontologies. Approaches I use are critical theory, postcolonial theory, hermeneutics, deconstructivism and pragmatism.

I teach philosophy to philosophy and non-philosophy students. My courses include: ethics and philosophy of science for dentistry students, intercultural philosophy for students of MKDA, CIW and L&S, philosophy of management and organisation for students in policy and management studies, the bachelor thesis seminar for philosophy students, and phenomenology (together with dr. A. Halsema) for masters students of philosophy.

Next to my research and teaching I aim to bring philosophy out of the ivory tower by writing a blog, giving lectures, and writing for internet magazines of general interest.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Master, Universiteit Leiden

Bachelor, Universiteit Leiden

Fingerprint Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the person's scientific documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.

Philosophy Arts & Humanities

Jacques Derrida Arts & Humanities

Intercultural philosophy Arts & Humanities

Religion Arts & Humanities

Animals Arts & Humanities

Cultural Anthropology Arts & Humanities

Nature Arts & Humanities

Thinkers Arts & Humanities

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Research Output 1996 2018

31 Conference contribution
26 Article
12 Chapter
7 Book/Film/Article review
12 More

A Pragmatic Ontology of religious Value Experience. A discussion with Charles Taylor, William James and Max Scheler

Roothaan, A., 2018, Theological Ethics and Moral Value Phenomena: The Experience of Values. Nullens, P., Roothaan, A. & van den Heuvel, S. (eds.). Routledge, p. 17-30 14 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Decolonizing Human-Animal Relations in an African Context: The Case of the Mourning Elephants

Roothaan, A., 2018, (Accepted/In press) African Environmental Ethics: A Critical Reader. Chemhuru, M. (ed.). Springer Nature

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Indigenous, Modern and Postcolonial Relations to Nature: Negotiating the Environment

Roothaan, A., 2018, (In preparation) Routledge. 240 p. (Routledge Environmental Humanities)

Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Nature

Modern Science

Confrontation

Environmental philosophy

Epistemological

Introduction: The Experience of Values

Roothaan, A., van den Heuvel, S. & Nullens, P., 2018, Theological Ethics and Moral Value Phenomena: The Experience of Values. van den Heuvel, S. C., Nullens, P. & Roothaan, A. (eds.). Routledge

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review