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Reinhart Klemens Maurer (born 1935) is aphilosopher andprofessor fromXanten,Germany.
Maurer studied philosophy, German and English at the universities ofMünster,Kiel andVienna. In 1964, he completed hisPh.D. Maurer later wrote his post-doctoral research (Habilitation) in 1969 at theUniversity of Stuttgart under the supervision ofRobert Spaemann. Between 1962 and 1975, he was a research assistant and then a lecturer at theInstitute for Philosophy and Pedagogy at theUniversity of Stuttgart and from 1975 to 1997, he was a professor at the Institute for Philosophy (Institut für Philosophie) at theFree University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin).[1]
Maurer was influenced by Ritter's concept of a practical philosophy that challenges concrete problems, in the tradition of the ancient European and the classical philosophy. This was his approach in his works aboutPlato,Hobbes,Hegel,Habermas and thecritical theory. He applies critical theory on the modern, techno-democratic worldview, and ties it with fundamental critique on the modern society (Nietzsche,[2][3]Heidegger,Arnold Gehlen andGómez Dávila).
