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Kebuladze Vakhtang

Kebuladze Vakhtang

Philosopher, writer, translator

Born on 12 February 1972 in Kyiv, Vakhtang is a philosopher, writer and translator. Professor of Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy at Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University. Doctor of Philosophy. 1989–1994, studied at Department of Philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv.

In 1994, defended his thesis on "Kant and Russian Religious Philosophy".

1994–1997, postgraduate studies at Department of Philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. In October 1998, he has become a junior research fellow at Department of Philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv.

In 1998, he defended his dissertation on "Husserl’s Intersubjectivity as Transcendental Background for A. Schütz’s Phenomenological Concept of Experience", obtained PhD.

October 1998–January 2000, he did an internship at Department of Philosophy and Department of Social Sciences (Sociology), University of Konstanz (Germany), financially supported by DAAD program (German Academic Exchange Service).

In 2000–2005, Assistant at Department of Philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. In 2006–2016, Assistant Professor at Department of Philosophy of the Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. In June 2012, he defended a dissertation on "Concept of Experience in Transcendental Phenomenology", obtained an academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Since July 2016, he is a Professor at Department of Theoretical and Practical Philosophy at the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv.

Bibliography

Books:

Phenomenology: A Manual– Kyiv: PPS-2002, 2005 – 120 p.

Phenomenology of Experience. – Kyiv: Dukh і Litera, 2011. – 280 p. (2nd edition in 2012).

Destiny’s Charms. – Lviv: Old Lion Publishing House, 2016. – 160 p.

Co-authored books:

Basics of Practical Philosophy: a textbook; [edit. А. М. Loia]. – Kyiv: Publishing Centre "Kyiv University", 2011. – 511 p.

Philosophic Education in Ukraine: History and Present: a collective monograph; [edit. by M. L. Tkachuk]. – Кyiv: "Agrar Media Group" Ltd., 2011. – 419 p.

After the Soviet Marxism: History, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychanalysis in National Contexts (Belarus, Ukraine); [comp., edit. by О. Shparaga]. – Vilnius: EHU, 2013. – 284 p.

Publicity and Democracy in Metamorphosis / Öffentlichkeit und Demokratie in der Metamorphose; [hrsg. Von Peter Nitschke und Mirko Wischke]. – Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Edition, 2013. – (Aktuelle Probleme moderner Gesellschaften) – 158 p.

Shchitsova Т., Glukhova I., Kebuladze V. and others Do You Want to Talk about This? New Psychological Culture in Post-Soviet Belarus and Ukraine; [comp. and edit. by. Т. Shchitsova. – Vilnius: EHU, 2014. – 358 p.

Politicians, Knowledge and Academia; [edit. by V. Kebuladze]. – Vilnius: EHU, 2015. – 210 p.

Main translations:

Waldenfels B.Topography of Stranger: Studies on the Phenomenology of Stranger – Kyiv: PPS-2002. – 2004, 205 p. (from German).

Husserl Е. Experience and Judgement: Investigations in a Genealogy of Logic. – Kyiv: PPS-2002. – 2009, 354 p. (from German).

Schütz A., Luckmann Т. Structures of the Life-World – Kyiv: Ukrainian Centre of Spiritual Culture. – 2004, 558 p. (from German).

Nietzsche F. Morning Dew: Thoughts about Moral Preconceptions. – Кyiv: Tempora, 2018. – 800 p. (from German) – 2018 Book of the Year in nomination "Sofia".