Manuel Andreas Knoll (born 19 November 1964 in Munich)[1] is a contemporary German scholar and Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy.
After three full professorship awards in Istanbul (2011-2023), in January 2024 he moved back to Munich University (LMU) where he is a Privatdozent.
Knoll studied Philosophy, Political Science and History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he also received his doctorate in 2000 for a work on Theodor W. Adorno.
His 2011 essay defending the unity of Aristotle's Politics sparked a controversy with Eckart Schütrumpf, a scholar supporting developmentalist views.
[2][3] Since 2013 he is a member of the Research Institute "Lucio Anneo Séneca", Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.