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American philosopher

Mark Wrathall Mark Wrathall, photo by Tao Ruspoli Born Mark Adam Wrathall (1965-02-01) February 1, 1965 (age 61) Provo, Utah, U.S. Education Education University of California at Berkeley (PhD, 1996) Thesis Unconcealment and Truth (1996) Doctoral advisor Hubert Dreyfus Other advisors Hans Sluga, Giovanni R. F. Ferrari [de] Philosophical work Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western philosophy School Continental Philosophy Institutions University of Oxford Website www.markwrathall.org

**Mark Adam Wrathall** (born February 1, 1965[1]) is an American [philosopher](/source/Philosopher) he is Professor of Philosophy at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) and a fellow and tutor at [Corpus Christi College, Oxford](/source/Corpus_Christi_College%2C_Oxford). He is considered a leading interpreter of the philosophy of [Martin Heidegger](/source/Martin_Heidegger). Wrathall is featured in [Tao Ruspoli](/source/Tao_Ruspoli)'s films *[Being in the World](/source/Being_in_the_World)* and *[Monogamish](/source/Monogamish_(film)).*

## Early life, education and career

Mark (Adam) Wrathall was born in [Provo, Utah](/source/Provo%2C_Utah) in 1965, and was raised in the towns of [Greece](/source/Greece_(town)%2C_New_York) and [Pittsford](/source/Pittsford_(town)%2C_New_York) in upstate New York. He spent his freshman year of high school at [The Ridings High School](/source/The_Ridings_High_School) in Winterbourne, England, and graduated from [Pittsford Mendon High School](/source/Pittsford_Mendon_High_School) in 1983. He received a BA in philosophy at [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University) in 1988. In 1991, he received both a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) from [Harvard](/source/Harvard_Law_School) and an MA in philosophy from [Boston College](/source/Boston_College). After clerking for [Cecil F. Poole](/source/Cecil_F._Poole) at the [U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit](/source/U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit), he pursued a Ph.D. in philosophy from the [University of California at Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley), where he was a student of the Heidegger scholar [Hubert Dreyfus](/source/Hubert_Dreyfus), graduating in 1996, with a disseration on “Unconcealment and Truth”.

From 1994 to 1996 he was a teaching fellow at [Stanford Law School](/source/Stanford_Law_School). Afterwards, he taught at Brigham Young University from 1996 to 2006 (first in the political science department, then from 1999 in the philosophy department); he then joined the University of California, Riverside, where he served as Associate Professor from 2007 to 2009 and Professor of Philosophy from 2009 to 2017. Since 2017, he has been a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at [Corpus Christi College](/source/Corpus_Christi_College%2C_Oxford).[2]

## Philosophical work

Wrathall's main interests include [phenomenology](/source/Phenomenology_(philosophy)), [existentialism](/source/Existentialism), the phenomenology of [religion](/source/Religion), and the philosophy of law, but he is best known for his work on [Martin Heidegger](/source/Martin_Heidegger).[3]

Wrathall has also contributed to the philosophy of popular culture, editing a book on the philosophical themes found in the music of [U2](/source/U2)[4] and publishing essays on film and philosophy. Wrathall's work on popular culture intersects with his interests in religion. He draws on Heidegger, [Kierkegaard](/source/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard), and [Nietzsche](/source/Friedrich_Nietzsche) to describe how secularism and technology undermine belief in objective eternal meanings and values. But Wrathall thinks [nihilism](/source/Nihilism) also "opens up access to richer and more relevant ways for us to understand creation and for us to encounter the divine and the sacred."[5]

According to a reviewer, "Wrathall's writing is clear and comprehensive, ranging across virtually all of Heidegger's collected works.... Wrathall's overall interpretation of Heidegger's work is crystal clear, compelling, and relevant."[6]

## Personal life

Wrathall is a member of [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints](/source/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints). He has contributed to an LDS journal, and in 2023 presented the Annual Latter-day Saint Lecture at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University).[7][8]

## Books

- 2000 [*Heidegger, Coping and Cognitive Science*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051427/http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3443) (MIT Press) - editor with [Jeff Malpas](/source/Jeff_Malpas)

- 2000 [*Heidegger, Authenticity and Modernity*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604051527/http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3431) (MIT Press) - editor with Jeff Malpas

- 2000 [*Appropriating Heidegger*](http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521781817) (Cambridge University Press) - editor with [James E. Faulconer](/source/James_Faulconer)

- 2002 *Heidegger Reexamined* (Routledge) - editor with [Hubert Dreyfus](/source/Hubert_Dreyfus)

- 2003 [*Religion After Metaphysics*](http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521531962) (Cambridge University Press) - editor

- 2005 [*How to Read Heidegger*](http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521531962) (Granta; W. W. Norton)

- 2005 *A Companion to Heidegger* - editor with Hubert Dreyfus

- 2006 [*U2 and Philosophy*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230838/http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/u2.htm) (Open Court) - editor

- 2006 *A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism* - editor with Hubert Dreyfus

- 2008 [*U2 ea Filosofia*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090127062210/http://www.madras.com.br/Default.aspx?cd_produto=1210) (Madras) - editor

- 2009 [*Die Philosophie bei U2*](http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/ISBN978-3-527-50438-1/?sID=o506rhulr55qnspeq7s6milig4) (Wiley-VCH) - editor

- 2010 *Heidegger and Unconcealment: Truth, Language, History* (Cambridge University Press)

- 2013 [*The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger's Being and Time*](https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/twentieth-century-philosophy/cambridge-companion-heideggers-being-and-time) (Cambridge University Press) - editor

- 2020 *Alma 30 - 63: a brief theological introduction* (Maxwell Institute)

- 2020 *[The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-heidegger-lexicon/AADB99E1404A1EF2961658F9C6242205)* (Cambridge University Press) - editor

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mark A. Wrathall"](https://ldsl.lib.byu.edu/people/mark-a-wrathall/). *BYU Library*. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Professor Mark Wrathall"](https://www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-mark-wrathall). *Corpus Christi College Oxford*. Retrieved 2025-09-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mark Wrathall"](https://granta.com/contributor/mark-wrathall/). *Granta*. Retrieved 2025-09-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["U2 lyrics a big hit in philosophy class at Y."](http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,600118407,00.html) Desert News. March 14, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2015.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Wrathall, Mark A. (2003), Wrathall, Mark A. (ed.), ["Introduction: metaphysics and onto-theology"](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/religion-after-metaphysics/introduction-metaphysics-and-ontotheology/80CC14838D31F4007706C4D037E0269C), *Religion after Metaphysics*, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–6, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-82498-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-82498-9), retrieved 2025-09-30{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_work_parameter_with_ISBN))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Käufer, Stephan](/source/Stephan_A._Kaufer) (2 July 2011). ["Heidegger and Unconcealment"](http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/24750-heidegger-and-unconcealment-truth-language-and-history/). *Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Oxford Professor Mark Wrathall Presents the Annual Latter-day Saint Lecture at McGill University"](http://news-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/oxford-professor-mark-wrathall-presents-the-annual-latter-day-saint-lecture-at-mcgill-university?imageView=5-Garth-Green-McGill-Lecture-2023.jpg). *The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints*. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2025-09-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Wrathall, Mark. ["Tasting the Light"](https://www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/tasting-the-light). *Wayfare Magazine*. Retrieved 2025-09-30.

## External links

- Personal [Homepage](http://www.markwrathall.org)

- [Homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20100129024913/http://www.beingintheworldmovie.com/Being_in_the_World/Mark_Wrathall.html) at *Being in the World* Movie Website

- [Homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20100622055435/http://www.philosophy.ucr.edu/people/faculty/wrathall/index.html) at UCR Philosophy Department Website

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