Alfred Baeumler

Alfred Baeumler
Portrait of Prof. Dr. phil. Baeumler in 1914.
Born19 November 1887
Died19 March 1968 (aged 80)
NationalityGerman
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Nietzscheanism

Albin Alfred Baeumler (sometimes Bäumler; German: [ˈbɔʏmlɐ]; 19 November 1887 – 19 March 1968), was an Austrian-born German philosopher, pedagogue and prominent Nazi ideologue. From 1924 he taught at the Technische Universität Dresden, at first as an unsalaried lecturer Privatdozent. Bäumler was made associate professor (Extraordinarius) in 1928 and full professor (Ordinarius) a year later. From 1933 he taught philosophy and political education in Berlin as the director of the Institute for Political Pedagogy.