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Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Anthropocene, Anthropological Difference, Animality, Philosophy of Dialogue, Philosophy of Language

Biography

Mintautas Gutauskas is Professor and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Vilnius University and Director of the Institute of Philosophy. Since defending his Ph.D. in 2002 on the notion of dialogue in philosophical hermeneutics, his research interests have included issues of language, dialogue, and intersubjectivity. His current research interests include the Anthropocene and anthropological difference, critique of anthropocentrism, liminal subjects, animality, eco-phenomenology, and philosophy of waste. Published monographs: Space of Dialogue: Phenomenological Approach (2010, in Lithuanian), Human and Animal. Anthropological Difference in Phenomenological Hermeneutical Philosophy (2021, in Lithuanian), Transformations of Nature: Modernity and the Anthropocene (2021, in Lithuanian, with D. Bacevičiūtė, V. Daraškevičiūtė, G. Cuozzo).

Activities

Employment (2)

Vilnius University: Vilnius, LT

2023-09-01 to present | Professor (Institute of Philosophy)
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Vilnius University: Vilnius, LT

2023-04-03 to 2026-04-03 | Director (Institute of Philosophy)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Vilnius University: Vilnius, LT

1998-10-01 to 2002-09-30 | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Philosophy)
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Vilnius Pedagogical University: Vilnius, LT

1996-09-01 to 1998-06-30 | Master of Philosophy (Department of Philosophy)
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Vilnius Pedagogical university: Vilnius, LT

1992-09-01 to 1996-06-30 | Bachelor of History (Department of History)
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Professional activities (2)

Lithuanian Philosophical Association: Vilnius, LT

2021-06-10 to 2025-05-10 | President
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Research Council of Lithuania: Vilnius, LT

2018-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | Member (Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences)
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Funding (3)

(Post)Authoritarian Landscapes Research Center

2023-10 to 2027-12 | Grant
Research Council of Lithuania (Vilnius, LT)
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Mintautas Gutauskas

„Gamtos transformacijos vėlyvojoje modernybėje: ontologiniai ir antropologiniai matmenys“ ("Transformations of Nature in Late Modernity: Ontological and Anthropological Dimensions")

2017-03 to 2019-12 | Grant
Research Council of Lithuania (Vilnius, LT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

S-MOD-17-5

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„Religija ir kultūra: šiuolaikinio pasaulio iššūkiai tapatumui“ ("Religion and Culture: The Challenges of the Contemporary World to the Identity")

2010 to 2013 | Grant
Research Council of Lithuania (Vilnius, LT)
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VAT-13/2010

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Works (29)

Anthropocentrism and Two Phenomenological Approaches to Animal Life

Problemos
2024-04-18 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2424-6158
Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
Contributors: Mintautas Gutauskas
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Mintautas Gutauskas
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Ecological Self-Awareness in the Anthropocene

Varieties of Self-Awareness. Contributions to Phenomenology
2023 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783031391743
Part of ISBN: 9783031391750
Part of ISSN: 0923-9545
Part of ISSN: 2215-1915
Contributors: Mintautas Gutauskas
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Phenomenology of Waste in the Anthropocene

Wilmer, S. E., Žukauskaitė, A (ed.) Life in Posthuman Condition. Critical Responses to the Anthropocene. 2023. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
2023-01-31 | Book chapter
Contributors: Mintautas Gutauskas
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Gamtos transformacijos: modernybė ir antropocenas (Transformations of Nature: Modernity and the Anthropocene)

Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2021-12-31 | Edited book
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Mintautas Gutauskas

Žmogus ir gyvūnas. Antropologinis skirtumas fenomenologinėje hermeneutinėje filosofijoje (Human and Animal. The Anthropological Difference in the Phenomenological Hermeneutical Philosophy)

Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2021-09-01 | Book
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What is „The End of Nature“? Modernity and Ambivalent Heterotopias

Filosofia. Rivista annuale. 2019, Nr. 64, Torino: Mimesis
2019 | Journal article
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Mintautas Gutauskas

Šiukšlių fenomenologija antropoceno epochoje (Phenomenology of Trash in the Epoch of Anthropocene)

Athena. Filosofijos studijos, 2019, Nr. 14, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas
2019 | Journal article
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Heterotopija zoologijos sodas ir modernus žirafos skerdimas Nojaus arkoje (Heterotopia of the Zoo and Modern Slaughter of a Giraffe in Noah’s Ark)

Athena. Filosofijos studijos, 2017, Nr. 12, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas
2017 | Journal article
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Husserlio ir Heideggerio ginčas dėl fenomenologijos (The Husserl – Heidegger Controversy about Phenomenology)

Problemos. Mokslo darbai, 2016, Nr. 89, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2016 | Journal article
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Vargas dėl weltarm: Martino Heideggerio svarstymai apie gyvūno esmę (Trouble with weltarm: Heidegger’s Considerations Concerning the Essence of an Animal)

Athena. Filosofijos studijos, 2016, Nr. 11, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas
2016 | Journal article
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The Issue of Experience after Levinas: The Phenomenology of Bernhard Waldenfels

R. Šerpytytė (ed.) Emmanuel Levinas: A Radical Thinker in the Time of Crisis, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2015 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-609-459-670-4
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The Truth of Cynicism and Nihilism

G. Chiurazzi, D. Sisto, S. Tinning (Eds.) Philosophical Paths in the Public Sphere, 2014, Wien: LIT Verlag
2014 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-643-90596-3
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Filosofas ir gyvūnas: Nietzsche, Heideggeris, Derrida (Philosopher and Animal: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida)

Problemos. Mokslo darbai, 2014, Nr. 86, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2014-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2424-6158
Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
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Cinizmas, ciniškasis realizmas ir ciniška sąmonė (Cynicism, Cynical Realism and Cynical Consciousness)

Sekuliarizacija ir dabarties kultūra
2013 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-609-459-245-4
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Dialogo, teksto ir prasmės tapatybės klausimai Gadamerio ir Derrida pokalbyje (The Question of Dialogue, Text and Identity of Meaning in the Gadamer - Derrida Controversy)

Baltos lankos. Tekstai ir interpretacijos, Nr. 38/39, 2013, Vilnius: Baltos lankos
2013 | Journal article
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Cinizmas ir nihilizmas (Cynicism and Nihilism)

Religija ir kultūra
2012-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1822-4571
Part of ISSN: 1822-4539
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Kasdienis miglotas cinizmas (Everyday Obscure Cynicism)

Religija ir kultūra
2011-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1822-4571
Part of ISSN: 1822-4539
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grade
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Dialogo erdvė. Fenomenologinis požiūris (Space of Dialogue: A Phenomenological Approach)

Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2010 | Book
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Religija ir sekuliari viešoji interpretacija (Religion and Public Secular Interpretation)

Religija ir kultūra
2010-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1822-4571
Part of ISSN: 1822-4539
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Normalumas ir realybės konstitucija E. Husserlio ir M. Merleau-Ponty fenomenologijoje (Normality and Constitution of Reality in the Phenomenology of E. Husserl and M. Merleau-Ponty)

Athena. Filosofijos studijos, 2009, Nr. 5, Vilnius: Kultūros, filosofijos ir meno institutas
2009 | Journal article
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Trinarė dialogo struktūra fenomenologiniu požiūriu (The Trinomial Structure of Dialogue from the Phenomenological Point of View)

Problemos. Mokslo darbai, 2009, Nr. 76, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla
2009-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2424-6158
Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
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Bandymas suprasti dialogą Martino Buberio filosofijoje. Tomo Sodeikos interpretacijų paralelė (An Attempt to Understand the Dialogue in the Philosophy of M. Buber. In Parallel with T. Sodeika’s Interpretation)

Religija ir kultūra
2008-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1822-4571
Part of ISSN: 1822-4539
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Demaskuota religija kaip religijos duotis sekuliarizuotoje kasdienybėje (Unmasked Religion as a Givenness of Religion in the Secularized Everyday-Life)

Religija ir kultūra
2008-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1822-4571
Part of ISSN: 1822-4539
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Žuvies kūnas: akvariumo fenomenologija (Body of Fish: Phenomenology of Aquarium

Baltos lankos. Tekstai ir interpretacijos, Nr. 27
2007 | Journal article
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Dialogas prieš dialogą E. Levino mąstyme „anapus patirties“ (Dialogue Prior to Dialogue in Levinas’ Thought "beyond Experience")

Problemos
2007-01-01 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
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Skirtumo tarp Sokrato ir sofisto kvestionavimas: filosofinis dialogas dalykiškumo ir galios aspektais (Questioning the Difference between Socrates and Sophist: Philosophical Dialogue with Regard to Sachlichkeit and Power)

Problemos
2007-01-01 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
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Skirtis ir nomadinis mąstymas G. Deleuze‘o „platonizmo nuvertimo“ programoje (Difference and Nomadic Thought in the Deleuze‘s Program of Destruction of the Platonism)

Baltos lankos. Tekstai ir interpretacijos, Nr. 21/22
2006 | Journal article
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Die dialogische Struktur der Interpretation in der Philosophie H. G. Gadamers

Топос. Философско-культурологический журнал, No 2 (9)
2004 | Journal article
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Mintautas Gutauskas

Dialogo tema H. G. Gadamerio hermeneutinėje filosofijoje (The Theme of Dialogue in the H.-G. Gadamer‘s Philosophical Hermeneutics)

Problemos
2004-10-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2424-6158
Part of ISSN: 1392-1126
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