Ferdinand Ulrich on Childhood

An Academic Retreat at the Kingfisher Center in La Jolla, CA led by Andrew Shivone.

Ferdinand Ulrich (1931-2020) was a German philosopher whose thought is only beginning to be appreciated in the English-speaking world. Yet during the second half of the twentieth century his contemporaries considered Ulrich a profoundly significant thinker for the modern era. His writings on the nature of the human being, God, and reality place him in conversation with the great Western philosophers and theologians. Mr. Andrew Shivone is completing his doctoral research on the thought of Ulrich, particularly on the theme of childhood, an under-appreciated topic in the history of philosophy. We are grateful for the opportunity to explore the texts of Ulrich under the guidance of Mr. Shivone.