Nikolas Kompridis | |
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![]() Kompridis in Auckland, 2008 | |
Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Critical theory |
Institutions | Australian Catholic University |
Main interests | Aesthetics Democratic theory Political theory Romanticism |
Notable ideas | Reflective disclosure, receptivity |
Nikolas Kompridis (/kəmˈpriːdiːz/; born 1953) is a Canadian philosopher and political theorist. His major published work addresses the direction and orientation of Frankfurt School critical theory; the legacy of philosophical romanticism; and the aesthetic dimension(s) of politics. His writing touches on a variety of issues in social and political thought, aesthetics, and the philosophy of culture, often in terms of re-worked concepts of receptivity and world disclosure—a paradigm he calls "reflective disclosure".