CHAD HAAG (ENGLISH)

05.01.2026

 

Chad A. Haag

Chad Haag (Deutsch)


Chad A. Haag is an American philosopher and writer.

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LIFE

Chad Haag first majored in philosophy at the University of Northern Colorado. 
He then earned a master's degree in comparative literature from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Haag developed an early interest in the history of philosophy and in the critique of technology.

In 2018, Chad Haag moved to India and married his wife, Minu Haag. 
According to US media (see CNBC, Oct. 2018), he did this partly to avoid paying his high tuition fees.
The couple currently (2025) lives in Uchakkada, Kerala, India, where Haag also teaches
at the university.

Chad Haag created a YouTube channel to publish his philosophical views, but it was later shut down.
According to his statements from August 2025, over 700 videos were lost in the process
(https://chadahaag.substack.com).
He himself was unable to closely monitor this development, as he sometimes takes breaks
from media to focus.
However, he can be seen again on YouTube in some talks and lectures.
These include introductions to the German language with a philosophical focus.

WORK

Haag's work focuses on European philosophy in antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern era,
as well as non-European philosophy.
His main areas of interest include Hegel's Philosophy of Mind, hermeneutics, peak oil philosophy,
Pentti Linkola's Deep Ecology, and the radical critique of technology by thinkers such as John Zerzan
and Ted Kaczynski.
Despite his sympathy for Kaczynski's ideas, Haag rejects the deadly violence of Ted Kaczynski,
known as the "UNAbomber."
Like Kaczynski, Haag argues that left-wing activists, such as professors, are not true revolutionaries
due to their connections to the system, but rather conformists pretending to be nonconformists.

Chad Haag's works are viewed differently by various scholars.
They are also not yet as well-known as those of established philosophers.
On the one hand, critics welcome his exposure of the downsides of the world's technological advancement
and Chads connection to (integration into) established philosophical frameworks
(e.g., German Idealism).
On the other hand, there is also criticism of his approach and his approving mention of radical
technophobes like Ted Kaczynski and Pentti Linkola - without glorifying their violence.
Kaczynski did not shy away from bombings in his fight against the technological system and industrial society;
the Finn Linkola became increasingly radical and embittered over the course of his life,
soon praising anything that reduces the number of people on Earth, 
including war, genocide, and epidemics.

PUBLICATIONS (excerpt)

A Critique of Transcendental Memology: A Peak Oil Philosophy of Truth; 2018

The Philosophy of Ted Kaczynski: Why the Unabomber was Right about Modern Technology; 2019

Being and Oil: Volume One: Peak Oil Philosophy and the Ontology of Limitation; 2019

The Hermeneutics of Ecological Limitation: Ecophilosophy Beyond Environmentalism; 2019

Hermeneutic Death: The Technological Destruction of Subjectivity; 2020

The Later Philosophy of Pentti Linkola; 2020

Social Justice Madness; 2021