Antoon A.A. Van den Braembussche (born 9 July 1946 in Eeklo) is a Flemish Philosopher of Culture, Emeritus Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and a poet.

[1] At the end of the sixties Van den Braembussche came under the influence of the works of the Beat Generation, Zen Buddhism, and the poetry of Antonin Artaud.

In 1982 he obtained his doctorate cum laude in the philosophy of history under the guidance of Jacques Ruytinx and Leo Apostel.

[2] From 1980 to 2007 Van den Braembussche was associate professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he first taught and wrote about the theory of historical sciences.

He was also guest lecturer at universities in Antwerp and Ghent, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Deventer (Academia Vitae), and further in Bielefeld and Calcutta.