Stjernfelt has been working as a reviewer and writer at ‘Weekendavisen’ since 1994. Earlier in his career, he was employed as an editor at Gyldendal's cultural journal ‘Kritik’ between 1993 and 2012. Stjernfelt has been a member of ‘Danish Academy’ since 2001. Also, he is cofounder of the political network ‘Fri debat’, which functions to promote freedom of speech. Subsequently, he has published a number of academic as well as popular books and articles.
Achievements
Stjernfelt has received a number of recognitions and prices for his work. This includes ‘Lærebogsprisen’ for his book ‘Tal en tanke’ in 2006, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs’ research award in 2010, and Blixprisen's ‘This year's effort for freedom of speech’ in 2017. Besides his awards, Stjernfelt received funding from the Carlsberg Foundation to write a book on the Danish historic time period of total-freedom-in-press between 1770 and 1773.
Private life
Frederik Stjernfelt is married to the Danish translator, Agnete Dorph Stjernfelt. He is the father of the Danish artists, Agnes Stjernfelt and Karoline Stjernfelt.
Publications
Own publications
· Billedstorm with Poul Erik Tøjner · Baldr og verdensdramaet i den nordiske mytologi · Formens betydning · Rationalitetens Himmel · Hadets anatomi. Rejser i Serbien og Bosnien efter krigen with Jens-Martin Eriksen · Krigens scenografi. Nye rejser i Serbien og Bosnien with Jens-Martin Eriksen · Kritik af den negative opbyggelighed with poet Søren Ulrik Thomsen · Tal en tanke with Vincent F. Hendricks · Doctoral dissertation; Diagrammatology · Admiral Bitumen Zodiak. En lille Klaus Høeck encyklopædi. · Adskillelsens politik with Jens-Martin Eriksen · De Anstændige with Jens-Martin Eriksen · Natural Propositions. The Actuality of Peirce's Doctrine of Dicisigns · MEN – ytringsfrihedens historie i Danmark with Jacob Mchangama · Syv myter om Martin Luther · Dit opslag er blevet fjernet. Techgiganter og ytringsfrihed with Anne Mette Lauritzen
Edited publications (Selection)
· Bare træer. En antologi om danske skove with Per Højholt · Rum og fænomenologi. Filosofi, æstetik, arkitektur, historie with Anders Michelsen · Æstetisk kommunikation with Ole Thyssen · Fodbold! Forfattere om fænomenet fodbold with Peter Christensen · Tankens magt. Vestens idehistorie I-III with Hans Siggaard Jensen and Ole Knudsen · Signs and Meaning. 5 Questions with Peer F. Bundgaard · Semiotics. Critical Concepts in Language Studies with Peer F. Bundgaard · Kampen om disciplinerne with David Budtz Pedersen and Simo Køppe · Kortlægning af dansk humanistisk forskning with David Budtz Pedersen · Kampen om mennesket with David Budtz Pedersen and Finn Collin
Contribution in publications (Selection)
· The article "Sekularisme er en fundamentalisme" in Gudløs! Religionskritik i dag edited by Malene Busk · The introduction "En ødelæggende hyldest" in Søren Kierkegaard. En kritisk fremstilling i grundrids by Georg Brandes · The introduction in "Traktat om tre bedragere anonymous script · The introduction in "Historiens afslutning og det sidste menneske" by Francis Fukuyama
