Sebastian Rödl

Sebastian Rödl (born 1967) is a German philosopher and professor of practical philosophy at the University of Leipzig. From 2005 to 2012, he was a professor of philosophy at the University of Basel. Rödl studied philosophy, musicology, German literature, and history in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, completing his doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Albrecht Wellmer. His research focuses on the self-conscious nature of human thought and action. Heavily influenced by Hegel, Rödl aims to reintroduce and restate Hegel's Absolute Idealism in a contemporary context where such a philosophy is met with skepticism.