Viktoras Bachmetjevas

Philosopher

Viktoras Bachmetjevas is a Lithuanian philosopher with an interest in ethics, especially the intersection of ethics and the philosophy of religion. He studied philosophy at Leuven university in Belgium, before completing his Ph.D. in Lithuania, which he wrote on irony and ethics in Søren Kierkegaard’s thought. He has taught philosophy in a number of Lithuanian universities. In 2018, he became the founding director of the Emmanuel Levinas Center in Kaunas, Lithuania, devoted to the thought and legacy of the French philosopher. Viktoras Bachmetjevas has published on both Kierkegaard and Levinas, including a translation of Levinas’ Le temps et l’autre into Lithuanian. Outside academia, he has had a career in public communications and served as an advisor to the Lithuanian Minister of Culture.