Hans K%C3%B6chler

Hans Kchler is a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a nongovernmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations. In his general philosophical outlook he is influenced by Husserl and Heidegger, his legal thinking has been shaped by the approach of Kelsen. Kchler has made contributions to phenomenology and philosophical anthropology and has developed a hermeneutics of transcultural understanding that has influenced the discourse on the dialogue of civilizations, particularly as regards the relations between Islam and the West. His research in political and legal philosophycombined with his involvement with the UNhas resulted in a fundamental critique of the statecentered international system and in specific proposals for the democratization of the United Nations Organization and for a viable system of international criminal justice.

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