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Rüdiger Dannemann, born in Düsseldorf in 1949, is a philosopher, author, and journalist, and one of the leading experts on Dylan's work in Germany. He studied philosophy, German studies, and history in Bochum and Frankfurt am Main, received his doctorate in Rotterdam with Das Prinzip Verdinglichung [The principle of reification], and is chairman of the Internationale Georg-Lukács-Gesellschaft [International Georg Lukács Society]. Numerous publications on social and political philosophy, in particular on Lukács, Western Marxism, and Critical Theory, as well as on topics in literary studies and musical aesthetics. And especially on Bob Dylan.
Regular publications on Dylan since the 1990s, for example in links ("Die Linke und die Utopie einer populären Kunst" [The Left and the utopia of a popular art], May 1991), in Neue Gesellschaft / Frankfurter Hefte ("Bob Dylan und der Nobelpreis. Ein Lehrstück" [Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize: An object lesson], no. 1-2, 2017), and in Freitag (since 2001, for example "Bob Dylan von A bis Z: Modernes Mysterienspiel eines Gesamtkunstwerkers" [Bob Dylan from A to Z: Modern mystery play of a Gesamtkunstwerk artist], May 24, 2016). Contributions to books in Michael Gray et al., BOB DYLAN. FÜNFZIG JAHRE [Bob Dylan: Fifty years] (Fernwald: Germinal, 1993); in edited volumes: "Maskenspiele der Freiheit. Songwriting zwischen Folk, Rockavantgarde, Literatur und Philosophie" [Masquerades of freedom: Songwriting between folk, rock avant-garde, literature, and philosophy], in Axel Honneth, Peter Kemper, and Richard Klein, eds., BOB DYLAN. EIN KONGRESS [Bob Dylan: A conference] (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2007); and "Transzendente Immanenz oder Bob Dylans Reise in die 'Highlands'" [Transcendent immanence, or Bob Dylan's journey into the "Highlands"], in Knut Wenzel, ed., CODE OF THE ROAD. DYLAN INTERPRETIERT [Code of the road: Dylan interpreted] (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2013). With Ulrich Dannemann: BOB DYLAN UND DIE UTOPIE DER BEFREIUNG [Bob Dylan and the utopia of liberation] (1991).
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