Biography Estermann was born in 1956 in Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. He completed his studies in theology and philosophy in Switzerland and the Netherlands, completing the doctoral degree in philosophy at the University of Utrect with a thesis on Leibniz. From 2004 to 2012, Estermann worked in La Paz, Bolivia  as an investigator for the Instituto Superior Ecuménico Andino de Teología (ISEAT), a major university in San Andreas. In this period, Estermann devoted his investigations to Andean philosophy and theology, researching and developing intercultural methodologies for religious and philosophical sciences. Thought While Estermann was trained in occidental thought, he soon came to be interested in non-European philosophy, especially the philosophies of Latin American peoples. In this evolution, works of Emmanuel Lévinas and Johann Baptist Metz were decisive. Beginning in the 1990s, Estermann devoted his attention primarily to indigenous knowledges of Latin America. Category:1956 births Category:  Living people Category: Philosop
Biography Estermann was born in 1956 in Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. He completed his studies in theology and philosophy in Switzerland and the Netherlands, completing the doctoral degree in philosophy at the University of Utrecht with a thesis on Leibniz. From 2004 to 2012, Estermann worked in La Paz, Bolivia , as an investigator for the Instituto Superior Ecuménico Andino de Teología (ISEAT), a major university in San Andreas. In this period, Estermann devoted his investigations to Andean philosophy and theology, researching and developing intercultural methodologies for religious and philosophical sciences. Thought While Estermann was trained in Occidental thought, he soon came to be interested in non-European philosophy, especially the philosophies of Latin American peoples. In this evolution, works of Emmanuel Lévinas and Johann Baptist Metz were decisive. Beginning in the 1990s, Estermann devoted his attention primarily to indigenous knowledges of Latin America. Category:1956 births Category: 20th-century Christians Category:20th-century essayists Category:20th-century historians Category:20th-century philosophers Category:20th-century non-fiction writers Category:20th-century Swiss Christians Category:20th-century Swiss philosophers Category:21st-century Christians Category:21st-century essayists Category:21st-century historians Category:21st-century philosophers Category:21st-century non-fiction writers Category:21st-century Swiss Christians Category:21st-century Swiss philosophers Category:Contemporary philosophers Category:Cultural critics Category:Historians of philosophy Category:Indigenous American philosophy Category:Interculturalism Category: Living people Category: Philosophers Category:Philosophers of culture Category:Philosophers of history Category:Philosophers of mind Category:Philosophers of religion Category:Philosophers of social science Category:Philosophy academics Category:Philosophy writers Category:Social commentators Category:Social critics Category:Social philosophers Category:Swiss Christian missionaries Category:Swiss Christians Category:Swiss essayists Category:Swiss historians Category:Swiss male non-fiction writers Category:Swiss philosophers Category:Theorists on Western civilization Category:University of Lucerne faculty Category:Utrecht University alumn
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