About the Curator

CURATOR & PROFESSOR GORDON MARINO

Gordon Marino earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. from Columbia University. His areas of specialization include History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Kierkegaard. He teaches philosophy and related courses as a professor at St. Olaf College and holds a position as the curator of the Kierkegaard Library.

In 2018, Marino published his most recent book, The Existentialist’s Survival Guide. He has authored and co-authored numerous works, including Kierkegaard in the Present Age. His articles have appeared in internationally-acclaimed news sources and periodicals such as the Atlantic Monthly, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the American Poetry Review. 

An abbreviated list of Marino’s curriculum vitae can be found online, and a list of his various publications can be found below. Contact information can be found on the Directory web page of the Kierkegaard Library.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The Existentialist’s Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age

• REVIEWS

  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Los Angeles Review of Book
  • Blog of the APA
  • St. Olaf article: “Professor’s New Book Boxes with Challenges”

• RADIO INTERVIEWS

  • With Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein, University of North Dakota
  • “MPR News: Thread Book Hour
  • WOCA The Source Radio
  • WSVA News/Talk

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

St. Olaf College: Kierkegaard & Existentialism; Law, Politics, and Morality; Making of the Modern Mind; Ethics and the Good Life; Freud & the Study of Human Behavior; Senior Seminar on Nietzsche; Sports and Ethics; Philosophy of Sport; Race and Sport

University of Florida: Sport ethics (graduate level); Ethical Issues in Sport (undergraduate); Medical Ethics (Shands)

Florida State University: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Freud and the problem of self-deception (Graduate Seminar)

PUBLIC BROADCASTS

Marino has been featured in numerous talk shows, radio programs, and other broadcasts.

• Featured on BBC Wales – Raise your Game
• Regular contributor to The Huffingpost Post
• Invited guest:
  • The Sports Factor — Radio National, Australia
  • Minnesota Public Radio
  • KFAN Sports Radio, Minneapolis, MN
  • CW 11 (WPIX) News at Ten, New York City
  • Mickey Hiter, “Athletes Parents Show” 104.5 FM

A SMALL SAMPLING OF HIS MANY ARTICLES

Internationally prominent news sources have published dozens of articles written by Marino.

• New York Times Magazine and the New York Times:
  • The Upside of Envy
  • The Long Conversation
  • What’s the Use of Regret
  • The Haunted Heart
  • ANXIETY; Kierkegaard, Doctor of Dread
  • A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’
  • Kierkegaard at 200
  • Try a Little Tenderness
  • The Danish Doctor of Dread
  • Kierkegaard on the Couch: The distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders
  • Counting the ‘Blessings’ of Insomnia