Profile Page Prof. Dr. Martin Kolmar

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Name Martin Kolmar
Title Prof. Dr.
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Institute/School IWE - Institute for Business Ethics
Address IWE-HSG
Büro 54-207
Girtannerstrasse 6
9010 St. Gallen
Schweiz
Email address martin.kolmar@unisg.ch
Phone +41 71 224 2535
Homepage www.unisg.ch/weitereinfomartinkolmar
Main Focuses Martin Kolmar’s recent research interests cover three interrelated areas. First, he develops a comprehensive critique of the epistemic, ontological, and normative foundations of mainstream economics. The purpose of this critique is second to develop alternative normative foundations that are based on research from evolutionary psychology, psychology, neuroscience, and narratology. The findings from these areas reveal patterns of human behavior, perception, development, and wellbeing that are closely related to concepts from virtue ethics and that give rise to perceptions of individual wellbeing, the role of the individual and society, and economic policies that are radically different from mainstream economics. His third main focus is the development of a theory of the sublime in modern society. From its very beginning there have been two competing narratives regarding secular (post-) modernity, a positive story of success and a negative story of alienation and disenchantment. Whereas mainstream economics short circuits questions regarding meaning of life and purpose with the maximization of preferences, virtue ethics has to address these questions more directly. Interestingly, meaning seems to be very closely related to experiences of the sublime, and these experiences can also be used as a unifying concept to interpret several important processes in modern, western societies. The purpose of this project is to develop a theory of the societal and individual consequences of sublime experiences. His research brings together research from economics, philosophy (epistemology, ontology, aesthetics, and ethics), evolutionary psychology, psychology, neuroscience, and narratology.
Further fields of research Narratology, Economics and happiness, The sublime and the foundations of modern society
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  1. Project Berndt, Thomas; Bertschinger, Urs; Gasser, Urs; Geiser, Thomas; Häusermann, Daniel M.; Hettich, Peter; Hilf, Marianne Johanna; Koller, Alfred; Kolmar, Martin; Möslein, Florian; Nobel, Peter; Roberto, Vito; Thouvenin, Florent; Thurman, James; van Aaken, Anne & Wildhaber, Isabelle (2010) Unternehmen - Recht, Innovation und Risiko [fundamental research project] .
  2. Item Kolmar, Martin & Beschorner, Thomas: An den Grenzen der Vernunft. In: Zeit Online 29.1. (2022), [img]
  3. Item Kolmar, Martin; Beschorner, Thomas & Szech, Nora: Pandemie und Wissenskrise: die gefährliche Tendenz des konspirativen Zweifels. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ (2021), [img]
  4. Item Kolmar, Martin & Hoffmann, Magnus : Workbook for Principles of Microeconomics. 2. Aufl.. Springer, 2021, - ISBN 978-3-030-87727-9.
  5. Item Kolmar, Martin : Principles of Microeconomics - An Integrative Approach. Springer, 2021, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78167-5. - ISBN 978-3-030-78166-8.
  6. Item Kolmar, Martin: Risiko, Unsicherheit und Ungewissheit. In Handbuch Wirtschaftsphilosophie III - Praktische Wirtschaftsphilosophie. Springer VS, 2021,
  7. Item Kolmar, Martin & Hoffmann, Magnus : Arbeitsbuch zu Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik. Springer Gabler, 2021, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63473-8. - ISBN 978-3-662-63473-8.
  8. Item Kolmar, Martin : Grenzbeschreitungen - Vom Sinn, dem gelingenden Leben und unserem Umgang mit Natur. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2021, - ISBN 978-3-412-52298-8.
  9. Item Kolmar, Martin : Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik - Ein integrativer Ansatz. Springer Gabler, 2021, - ISBN 978-3-662-63361-8.
  10. Item Beschorner, Thomas; Kolmar, Martin & Szech, Nora: Welche Anreize wirken?: Warum die Impfprämie hilft. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) (2021), [img]
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