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Frithjof Bergmann

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Frithjof Bergmann (1930-2021) was a German-American philosopher who taught at the University of Michigan, specializing in existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel and Marx. He is known for the concept of New Work, proposing that labor be reorganized into three roughly equal parts: paid employment, self-sufficient production aided by technology, and work aligned with a persons own passions. His book On Being Free (1977) argued that freedom requires a coherent self with authentic desires, and he is credited as one of the creators of the teach-in, a protest format first used at the University of Michigan in March 1965. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Wikidata: Frithjof Bergmann
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Frithjof Bergmann (Wikipedia)
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    Frithjof Harold Bergmann (24 December 1930-23 May 2021) was a German professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he taught courses on existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel, and Marx.
  • Associated With: Stanford University, Article text
    He taught also at The University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University and The University of California, Santa Cruz.
  • Associated With: University of Michigan, Article text
    Frithjof Harold Bergmann (24 December 1930-23 May 2021) was a German professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, where he taught courses on existentialism, continental philosophy, Hegel, and Marx.
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