Maarten Doorman is Professor of Criticism of Arts and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, and teaches Philosophy at Maastricht University. He was editor of the literary magazine Hollands Maandblad (1994-2000) and the philosophical journal Krisis and a critic of philosophy, poetry and history of ideas for NRC Handelsblad (1987-2005) and de Volkskrant (1993-1995, 2006-). He has been a contributor to many journals and newspapers with articles about philosophy, art and literature. His last books are Art in Progress. A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde (2003), De romantische orde (2004), Paralipomena (2007) and Rousseau en ik (2012).