Austrian Association
of East Asian Studies
History, Politics, Economy & Society in Southeast Asia
International Summer School 2006
20 May 2006
Please note: This is a preliminary program for reference only.
Modifications are possible.
Courses: Instructors:
1. Southeast Asian History:
SEA History I: From Indianization to Colonization Dr. Thanes Aporsuwan
SEA History II: Nationalism and Decolonization Dr. Thanes Aporsuwan
The Roles of Extra-Regional Powers in 20th Century Southeast Asia Mr. Ricardo Ortiz
2. Thai Economy in Crisis?
Dr. Pranee Tinnakorn
3. Southeast Asian Economic Development
Dr. Praipon Koonsap
4. Thai Civilization and History:
Thai Civilization I: Sukhothai-Ayuddhaya period Dr. Wariya Chinwanno
Thai Civilization II: Bangkok period to WW II Dr. Wariya Chinwanno
5. Thai Politics:
The Search for Democracy Dr. Nakarin Mektrairat
The Constitution and Political Reforms Dr. Nakarin Mektrairat
Thammasat University and Thai Politics Dr. Nakarin Mektrairat
6. Thai Foreign Policy:
Continuities and Changes I Dr. Chulacheeb Chinwanno
Continuities and Changes II Dr. Chulacheeb Chinwanno
Thai-European Relations (Lecture at the Ministry of Foreign Aff.) Dr. Chulacheeb Chinwanno
Thailand and Super Powers Dr. Prapat Thepchatri
Thailand and Neighbors Prof. Dr. Surachai Sirikai
7. Southeast Asian Society and Culture:
Tradition and Modernization
Dr. Pornchai
Trakulvaranond
Islamic in Southeast Asia and Thailand Dr. Charan Malulin
Introduction to Thai Society and Culture
Dr. Pornchai
Trakulvaranond
Pop Culture in Thailand Mr. Thanes Wongyarnnawa
8. Southeast Asian Affairs:
Politics in Mainland Southeast Asia Prof. Dr. Surachai Sirikai
Politics in Maritime Southeast Asia Assoc. Prof. Sida Sornsee
Southeast Asian International Affairs I: Conflicts Dr. Kitti Prasertsuk
SEA International Affairs II: Cooperation and Regionalism Dr. Kitti Prasertsuk
9. Southeast Asian Foreign Policies:
Southeast Asia and Europe Dr. Kajit Jittaseree
Transnational Issues in Southeast Asia Dr. Dejcha Tungsrifa
Additionally: Thai for Survival
Asst.Prof. Porntrip
Cherdchinnapa
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Early Modern European Nations and Empire
History 167 A
Early Modern Germany, Professor Thomas A Brady, Jr.
credits Office: 3225 Dwinelle
10-11 MWF Office Hours: 11:00-12:30 MW & by appointment
215 Dwinelle 642-4266, 843-2323
email: tabrady@socrates.berkeley.edu
PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS (7/2002)
--But do you know what a nation means? says John Wyse.
--Yes, says Bloom.
--What is it, says John Wyse.
--A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place.
--By God, then, says Ned, laughing, if that's so, I'm a nation for I'm living in the
same place for the past five years.
--James Joyce, Ulysses
ARGUMENT
Why has there been a "German Problem" in the 20th century? The most popular answers have been:
•aggression is "in the blood" of the Germans since ancient times;
•Martin Luther taught the Germans to be blindly obedient to authority;
•the Germans unfortunately gained nationhood too late to become peaceful democrats like, say, the English and the French.
A study of the middle period of German history, between the Middle Ages and the modern era, supports none of these answers. It does show that some, though not all, of the reasons why the integration of the Germans into modern Europe has proved so difficulty and costly, lie in this early modern era, which is the subject of Hist 167A. Against a background of social development, which the Germans shared with other Europeans, we will study two very distinctive developments in the German lands: the political diversity that made Germany a country of many homelands; and the religious schism that gave the Germans not one but two national religions. We will examine the era, therefore, as it relates both to later German history and to the general history of Europe.
The European context is essential, for while the Germans were creating a religious revolution, the western Europeans were creating vast seaborne empires, the seminal forms of European imperialism. Once we understand how much the modern European nation-state, with its centralized state and national religion, depended this experience of Empire, which the Germans did not have, we can begin to understand why it became so difficulty to integrate the German lands into a modern Europe of imperial nation-states. This contrast between German diversity and Western uniformity is one of the principal assumptions of the course.
Dramatic events and interesting personalities lend this era of German history a special flavor and significance. It was the time of the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counterreformation, of the German Peasants' War that was the greatest mass movement of pre-modern Western history, and of the Thirty Years' War that destroyed 150 years of economic growth. It was also the age of Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press, of the shepherd-prophet known as "the Drummer of Niklashausen," of the Emperor Charles V and his empire on which the sun literally never set, of Martin Luther and his religious reformation, of witches and witch-hunters, and of mercenary armies and their peasant prey.
BOOKS
The following books have been ordered for purchase. One or more copies of each will be on reserve in the Moffit Library. The basic readings for the course as a whole are Scott and Hughes, and Brady. The books by Wunderli, Oberman, and Behringer are the bases for the assigned papers.
AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER ISBN
Scott, Society and Economy in Germany, 1300-1600 Palgrave 0333585321
Hughes, Early Modern Germany U Pennsylvania Pr 0812214277
Wunderli, Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen Indiana Univ Pr 0253207517
Oberman, Luther: Man between God and the Devil Image Books 0385422784
Brady, Politics of the Reformation in Germany Humanity Books 1573922935
Behringer, Shaman of Oberstdorf Univ Pr of Virginia 0813918537
In addition, "Early Modern Germany: A Reader" is accessible on-line on the WebCT server. It contains downloadable texts of original sources, which will form the basis of some discussion sessions. Instructions on access to this Reader will be given in class.
ASSIGNMENTS
Each student enrolled for credit will write three short (6-10 pp.) papers. Early in the semester there will be a map quiz.
PAPER TOPICS:
Paper No. 1: "Based on our other information about rural life (Scott and documents), how credible is the picture of rural life offered by Wunderli?" Due on Monday, September 30.
Paper No. 2: "From the perspective of Oberman, did Martin Luther's Reformation succeed or fail?" Due on Monday, November 4.
Paper No. 3: "Based on Behringer's story, did the great Witch Panic arise mainly from internal causes (indigenous to rural society) or from external ones (imposed by educated elites), and why did it happen when it did?" Due on Monday, December 2.
The papers topics are designed to pose increasingly more complex approaches to historical evidence and reasoning.
GRADES
Grades will be calculated on the following base: Paper no. 1 = 20%; Papers no. 2 and 3 = 30% each; and class participation = 20%. Regular attendance and preparation for the sessions devoted to discussions are expected.
Early Modern Germany, Professor Thomas A Brady, Jr.
credits Office: 3225 Dwinelle
10-11 MWF Office Hours: 11:00-12:30 MW & by appointment
215 Dwinelle 642-4266, 843-2323
email: tabrady@socrates.berkeley.edu
PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS (7/2002)
--But do you know what a nation means? says John Wyse.
--Yes, says Bloom.
--What is it, says John Wyse.
--A nation? says Bloom. A nation is the same people living in the same place.
--By God, then, says Ned, laughing, if that's so, I'm a nation for I'm living in the
same place for the past five years.
--James Joyce, Ulysses
ARGUMENT
Why has there been a "German Problem" in the 20th century? The most popular answers have been:
•aggression is "in the blood" of the Germans since ancient times;
•Martin Luther taught the Germans to be blindly obedient to authority;
•the Germans unfortunately gained nationhood too late to become peaceful democrats like, say, the English and the French.
A study of the middle period of German history, between the Middle Ages and the modern era, supports none of these answers. It does show that some, though not all, of the reasons why the integration of the Germans into modern Europe has proved so difficulty and costly, lie in this early modern era, which is the subject of Hist 167A. Against a background of social development, which the Germans shared with other Europeans, we will study two very distinctive developments in the German lands: the political diversity that made Germany a country of many homelands; and the religious schism that gave the Germans not one but two national religions. We will examine the era, therefore, as it relates both to later German history and to the general history of Europe.
The European context is essential, for while the Germans were creating a religious revolution, the western Europeans were creating vast seaborne empires, the seminal forms of European imperialism. Once we understand how much the modern European nation-state, with its centralized state and national religion, depended this experience of Empire, which the Germans did not have, we can begin to understand why it became so difficulty to integrate the German lands into a modern Europe of imperial nation-states. This contrast between German diversity and Western uniformity is one of the principal assumptions of the course.
Dramatic events and interesting personalities lend this era of German history a special flavor and significance. It was the time of the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counterreformation, of the German Peasants' War that was the greatest mass movement of pre-modern Western history, and of the Thirty Years' War that destroyed 150 years of economic growth. It was also the age of Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press, of the shepherd-prophet known as "the Drummer of Niklashausen," of the Emperor Charles V and his empire on which the sun literally never set, of Martin Luther and his religious reformation, of witches and witch-hunters, and of mercenary armies and their peasant prey.
BOOKS
The following books have been ordered for purchase. One or more copies of each will be on reserve in the Moffit Library. The basic readings for the course as a whole are Scott and Hughes, and Brady. The books by Wunderli, Oberman, and Behringer are the bases for the assigned papers.
AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER ISBN
Scott, Society and Economy in Germany, 1300-1600 Palgrave 0333585321
Hughes, Early Modern Germany U Pennsylvania Pr 0812214277
Wunderli, Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen Indiana Univ Pr 0253207517
Oberman, Luther: Man between God and the Devil Image Books 0385422784
Brady, Politics of the Reformation in Germany Humanity Books 1573922935
Behringer, Shaman of Oberstdorf Univ Pr of Virginia 0813918537
In addition, "Early Modern Germany: A Reader" is accessible on-line on the WebCT server. It contains downloadable texts of original sources, which will form the basis of some discussion sessions. Instructions on access to this Reader will be given in class.
ASSIGNMENTS
Each student enrolled for credit will write three short (6-10 pp.) papers. Early in the semester there will be a map quiz.
PAPER TOPICS:
Paper No. 1: "Based on our other information about rural life (Scott and documents), how credible is the picture of rural life offered by Wunderli?" Due on Monday, September 30.
Paper No. 2: "From the perspective of Oberman, did Martin Luther's Reformation succeed or fail?" Due on Monday, November 4.
Paper No. 3: "Based on Behringer's story, did the great Witch Panic arise mainly from internal causes (indigenous to rural society) or from external ones (imposed by educated elites), and why did it happen when it did?" Due on Monday, December 2.
The papers topics are designed to pose increasingly more complex approaches to historical evidence and reasoning.
GRADES
Grades will be calculated on the following base: Paper no. 1 = 20%; Papers no. 2 and 3 = 30% each; and class participation = 20%. Regular attendance and preparation for the sessions devoted to discussions are expected.
Continental Philosophy
Philosophy Graduate Schools
Friendly to Continental Philosophy
Last Updated: March 1, 2007
Ferit Güven, Philosophy Department, Earlham College
This list is not the result of a systematic survey. It is based on personal knowledge of our faculty and flyers and catalogues for graduate programs in philosophy. Since this list has been posted online, it has also been influenced by email correspondence with graduate students and faculty. If you know of a program which ought to be listed here, or struck from the list, please let me know, and please be patient with the suggested updates.
"Continental philosophy" means the serious, non-analytic study of the history of philosophy. It is not generally true that continental philosophy is best studied in analytic departments. The following list includes exciting departments, which offer compelling and thought-provoking philosophy.
The schools are in alphabetical order. This is not a ranking. Of course, these schools are not equal in quality or in friendliness to Continental philosophy. I provide more information about some graduate programs (a very brief description and the list of the faculty). I only list those faculty members who concentrate on some aspect of continental philosophy. I do not list the other members of such departments, you can find them by visiting their webpages.
If you are looking for a Continental graduate program, you need to get current information on these schools (from their catalogues, from their web sites, or from their current students) and make your decision in that light. This list provides these links in order to make that job a little easier.
Boston College
Boston College has a good program. It is not predominantly continental. However, there are significant scholars in the faculty teaching continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
James Bernauer, S.J. (Ph.D., SUNY. at Stony Brook). Foucault and Arendt, Social Philosophy.
Richard Cobb-Stevens, (Ph.D., University of Paris). Phenomenology, Contemporary French Philosophy, American Philosophy.
Richard Kearney, (Ph.D., University of Paris.) Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics
Thomas Owens, (Ph.D.,Fordham University). Heidegger, Phenomenology.
William Richardson, S.J. (Ph.D., University of Louvain). Heidegger, Lacan, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis.
John Sallis, Professor of Philosophy: Ancient philosophy, 19th- and 20th-century European philosophy, aesthetics.
Jacques Taminiaux, Emeritus, (Ph.D., University of Louvain). Nietzsche, contemporary continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy.
Boston University
Boston University is also not predominantly continental.
The Faculty:
Henry Allison, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., New School for Social Research); Kant, Spinoza, German Idealism, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Philosophy
Daniel Dahlstrom, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., St. Louis University); Phenomenology, German Idealism, Aesthetics
Alfredo Ferrarin, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa); German Idealism, Aristotle, Kant, Phenomenology, Aesthetics
Krzysztof Michalski, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., University of Warsaw); Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, continental philosophy.
David Roochnik, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University); Ancient Philosophy, Greek Literature, Nineteenth Century Philosophy, Philosophy and History of Rhetoric
California State University, Long Beach, MA only
Catholic University of America
DePaul University (Chicago)
DePaul University philosophy program is mainly focused on continental philosophy, but it also concentrates on Feminism and Critical Race Theory. It is also strong in the history of philosophy. Unfortunately, the department webpage is not regularly updated.
The Faculty:
Peg Birmingham, Ph.D., Duquesne University, Associate Professor: Chair of the Department: political thought, ethics, and feminist theory, Hobbes, Rousseau, Arendt, and Foucault.
Tina Chanter, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor: Beauvoir, Derrida, Kofman, Kristeva, Hegel, Heidegger, Irigaray, Lacan, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, Ph.D., Fordham University, Associate Professor: philosophy of race, modern African and modern European philosophy, philosophy of anthropology, and social and political philosophy.
David Farrell Krell, Ph.D., Duquesne University, Professor: Early Greek thought, Plato, German Idealism, Romanticism, and Contemporary European literature and thought.
Bill Martin, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Professor: Social theory and continental philosophy, Aesthetics.
William McNeill, Ph.D., University of Essex, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies: Heidegger, Modern French and German philosophy and Ancient Greek thought.
Darrell Moore, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Associate Professor: Aesthetics, political philosophy, and critical race theory.
Michael Naas, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor: Ancient Greek philosophy and contemporary French philosophy, Derrida, Lyotard, and Levinas.
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., University of Memphis, Assistant Professor: German Idealism, Contemporary French Philosophy, and the history of political theory.
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh)
Duquesne has a growing and effective graduate program.
The Faculty:
Fred Evans, Associate Professor: Contemporary continental philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of technology.
Eleanore Holveck, Associate Professor: Philosophy of literature, Feminism.
Patrick Lee Miller, Assistant Professor, Ancient philosophy and psychoanalysis.
Tom Rockmore, Professor: Modern philosophy, German Idealism, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, continental philosophy, Heidegger, Habermas, Lukacs.
Lanei Rodomeyer, Associate Professor: Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, and feminist philosophy of the body.
Daniel Selcer, Assistant Professor: Early modern rationalism, 20th century continental thought, political philosophy, Philosophy of Film.
James Swindal, Associate Professor, Critical Theory, Habermas.
Wilhelm S. Wurzer, Professor: 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, Philosophy and literary theory. Film Theory.
George Yancy, Assistant Professor, Critical Race theory, critical whiteness studies, and philosophy and the Black experience.
Emory University (Atlanta)
Emory has a good program in continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
David Carr, Professor: continental philosophy, Husserl, and the Philosophy of history.
Thomas R. Flynn, Professor of Philosophy: Contemporary continental (especially French) philosophy, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, and the theory of responsibility.
Pamela M. Hall, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies: Ethics and moral psychology, medieval philosophy, feminist thought, and philosophy of literature.
Rudolf A. Makkreel, Professor and Chair: German philosophy since Kant, Phenomenology, hermeneutics, aesthetics, and philosophy of history.
Donald Phillip Verene, Professor: German Idealism, Italian Humanism, metaphysics, philosophy of culture, and philosophy of imagination, Hegel, Cassirer, and Vico.
Cynthia Willett, Associate Professor: Contemporary continental philosophy, ethics and social theory, race and gender studies, philosophy and literature.
Fordham University (New York)
Fordham is a good graduate program for continental philosophy. The department also has faculty who concentrate on religion.
The Faculty:
Babette Babich, Professor: Nietzsche, Heidegger
Michael Baur, Associate Professor: Hegel
John Drummond, Professor: Husserl
James Marsh, Professor: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Lonergan, Critical Theory, Marx, Liberation Philosophy
John VanBuren, Associate Professor: continental philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Heidegger, Levinas, French Poststructuralism Environmental Ethics
Merold Westphal, Professor: Continental philosophy from Kant to the present.
Georgetown University
Louisiana State University, MA only
Loyola Marymount University
Scott Cameron, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Fordham), Hermeneutics, Critical Theory, Environmental Phil.
Elizabeth Murray, Professor (Ph.D., Toronto), Phenomenology, Existentialism
Mark D. Morelli, Professor (Ph.D., Toronto), Hegel
Brad Stone, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Memphis), Foucault, Heidegger
Brian Treanor, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Boston College), Levinas, Marcel
Jeffrey Wilson, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Emory), Kant, Aesthetics
Loyola University of Chicago
Loyola has a fairly big department, not all concentrated on continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
John F. Bannan. Professor. Descartes, French phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Levi-Strauss.
James Blachowicz. Professor. Philosophy of science, history of metaphysics,Hegel's Logic, contemporary epistemology, theories of discovery and inquiry.
Ardis B. Collins. Associate Professor. Medieval and renaissance philosophy, modern philosophy, especially Kant and Hegel, metaphysics.
Andrew Cutrofello. Associate Professor, Contemporary French philosophy, contemporary European philosophy, psychoanalysis, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche.
Patricia Huntington. Assistant Professor. Feminism, social and political philosophy.
David B. Ingram. Professor. Hermeneutics and critical theory, social and political philosophy, ethics.
Adriaan Peperzak. Professor. Ethics and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphilosophy, Hegel, French phenomenology, Levinas.
Jacqueline Scott. Assistant Professor. Friedrich Nietszche; Nineteenth Century Philosophy; Ethics; African American Philosphy; Race Theory.
Hans Seigfried. Professor. Suarez, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, German philosophy, American pragmatism, philosophy of language, philosophy of literature.
Marquette University
McGill University
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Miami has a strong MA program that prepares undergraduates as well as post-undergraduate students for Ph.D. programs. In that way it fills an important function that is fairly unique. Particularly strong in Feminist Philosophy.
Pascal Massie, Ancient philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Modern Philosophy
William McKenna, Phenomenology, Epistemology, History of Philosophy
Elaine P. Miller, Aesthetics, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory
Gaile Pohlhaus, Feminist Philosophy, Epistemology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Emily Zakin, Psychoanalysis, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Feminist Theory
New School for Social Research (New York)
New School has an effective graduate program.
The [permanent] Faculty:
Claudia Baracchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy: 19-20th century continental philosophy; medieval philosophy; philosophy of art; political philosophy; ethics.
Jay Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy: Habermas, Critical Theory, The Frankfurt School.
Richard Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Psychoanalytic: American Pragmatism; social and political philosophy; critical theory; analytic philosophy.
Simon Critchley, Professor of Philosophy. Continental philosophy; phenomenology; philosophy and literature; psychoanalysis; the ethical and the political.
Nancy Fraser, Professor: globalization; social justice; multiculturalism; feminism.
Agnes Heller, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science and Acting Chair of Philosophy: Ethics; political philosophy; Hegel, Marx, and Lukacs; existentialism, philosophy of literature.
Gail Soffer, Associate Professor of Philosophy: phenomenology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy; metaphysics; epistemology.
Northwestern University (Chicago)
Northwestern offers some continental philosophy at the graduate level. The emphasis seems to be fundamentally critical theory, and Habermas. The program got better with the addition of new faculty.
The Faculty:
Penelope Deutscher, Associate Professor. 20th Century and Contemporary French philosophy, and Philosophy of gender
Robert Gooding-Williams, Professor. Jean Gimble Lane Professor of the Humanities (2000-2001). Ph.D. Yale University: Nietzsche, Du Bois, critical race theory, African-American political thought, nineteenth century philosophy, existentialism, and philosophy of literature
Cristina Lafont, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Frankfurt: German philosophy, particularly hermeneutics and critical theory.
David Michael Levin, Professor. Ph.D. Columbia University: Hermeneutics and Phenomenology, Aesthetics, clinical psychology, moral philosophy and critical social theory.
Thomas A. McCarthy, John C. Shaffer Distinguished Professor of the Humanities. Ph.D. Notre Dame: German philosophy, social and political theory and philosophy of social science, Jürgen Habermas.
Terry Pinkard, Professor, Ph. D. State University of New York at Stony Brook: German philosophy, Kant and Hegel
Pennsylvania State University (State College)
There has been a lot of changes in the faculty. Penn State is now significantly weaker than it used to be.
The Faculty:
Veronique Foti, Professor of Philosophy: continental philosophy, phenomenology, continental Rationalism, ancient philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy and literary theory.
Irene Harvey: Associate Professor: Contemporary French Thought, Postmodernism, Contemporary European Philosophy, Feminist Theory.
Dennis Schmidt, Professor: Post-Kantian continental philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Philosophy of Art
Shannon Sullivan, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies: Feminist philosophy, American Pragmatism, and 19th & 20th Century continental philosophy.
Purdue University (West Lafayette)
Purdue also offers an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Philosophy & Literature, and Philosophy & Communication.
The Faculty:
Leonard Harris, Prof., African American and critical race theory
Jackie Marina, Assoc. Prof., religious studies, Kant
Martin Matuštík, Professor, Ph.D., Fordham University. Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, Existentialism, Social Phenomenology
William McBride, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University. 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Law.
Dan Smith, Associate Prof., specialist in Deleuze and recent continental philosophy
Rice University
San Jose State University, MA only
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
The department got stronger with the new hirings in continental philosophy.
Sara Beardsworth, Assistant Professor, Nineteenth and twentieth century European philosophy, Kristeva and Psychoanalysis.
Anthony Steinbock, Professor, Contemporary French and German philosophy, phenomenology, social ontology and aesthetics.
Kenneth Stikkers, Professor, Philosophy of economics, contemporary continental philosophy (Scheler, Foucault).
Stephen Tyman, Associate Professor, 18th and 19th Century .European philosophy, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, phenomenology and existentialism.
St. Louis University
SUNY Binghamton, Graduate Program in Social Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL).
Faculty:
Bat-Ami Bar On (PhD, Ohio State University) Arendt, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Theory
Randy Friedman (PhD, Brown University) Husserl, Buber, Levinas, Philosophy of Religion
Robert Guay (PhD, University of Chicago) 19th Century Continental, Moral and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
Max Pensky (PhD, Boston College) Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy
Lisa Tessman (PhD, University of Massachusetts) Ethics, Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory
Melissa Zinkin (PhD, Northwestern University) Kant, Aesthetics, Feminist Theory
Donald Weiss ( Ph.D, Princeton University) Hegel, Marx, Political Philosophy, and Esoteric Philosophy
Stony Brook (Stony Brook)
Stony Brook has a strong and stable program in continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
Edward S. Casey, Professor: Phenomenology, philosophical psychology, aesthetics, theory of psychoanalysis.
Allegra de Laurentiis, Assistant Professor, Nineteenth-century philosophy, especially Hegel.
Kenneth Baynes, Associate Professor: Critical Theory, (Frankfurt School) and German Philosophy
David B. Allison, Associate Professor: Recent French thought, existentialism, Nietzsche
Jeffrey Edwards, Professor: Kant; History of Modern Philosophy.
Dick Howard, Professor: American, German, and French political theory
Don Ihde, Distinguished Professor: philosophy of science and technology
Eduardo Mendieta, Assistant Professor, Global ethics, discourse ethics, critical theory, theories of modernity, postmodernity, postcolonialism, and Latin American philosophy
Mary C. Rawlinson, Associate Professor: 19th-century philosophy; philosophy of medicine, aesthetics and literary theory, Hegel, philosophical psychology.
Hugh J. Silverman, Professor: continental philosophy, Contemporary European Thought Philosophy and Literature, Postmodernism and Cultural studies, Aesthetics
Donn Welton, Associate Professor: Husserl and contemporary continental philosophy.
Syracuse University,
Syracuse recently hired new faculty members to improve its continental offerings.
Linda Alcoff, Professor, Continental philosophy, Epistemology, Feminist Theory, and Philosophy of Race
Ken Baynes, Professor, Social and Political philosophy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School) and Modern and Contemporary German philosophy.
Fred Beiser, Professor, History of Modern philosophy, The history of German philosophy (Kant and German idealism) and the English Enlightenment.
John D. Caputo, Professor, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermaneutics and Deconstruction. SUNY
Tulane University
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Cruz, Program in the History of Consciousness
University of Kentucky (Lexington)
The Faculty:
J. Daniel Breazeale, Professor: History of Modern European philosophy, German philosophy from Kant to Nietzsche.
Ronald Bruzina, Professor: Twentieth-Century German and French philosophy.
Theodore R. Schatzki, Professor and Chair, Philosophy of Social Science, Social Theory, and 20th Century Continental Philosophy.
Chistopher Zurn, Associate Professor, Critical Theory, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, and Philosophical Anthropology.
University of Louisville, MA only
University of Memphis
A good program in Continental Philosophy, but it also has a heavy analytic concentration. Recently lost some important members of the faculty to other graduate programs.
The Faculty:
Robert Bernasconi, Professor: continental philosophy, Hegel, race theory and social and political philosophy.
Leonard Lawlor, Associate Professor: contemporary continental Philosophy, Derrida, Deleuze, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl, and Nietzsche.
Mary Beth Mader, Assistant Professor, Twentieth-century Continental philosophy, feminist theory, and ethics.
Thomas Nenon, Professor: Husserl, Heidegger, Kant and German Idealism, Hermeneutics, and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
University of Missouri at Columbia
University of Montana, MA only
University of Montreal
University of New Mexico
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Ottawa
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Texas, Austin
University of Toronto
Vanderbilt University (Nashville)
The department improved with the addition of new faculty.
Kathryn T. Gines, African American Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Diaspora Studies, and Race and Gender Theory.
Gregg M. Horowitz, Philosophy of Art and Art History, Political Theory, Psychoanalysis, Hegel, Freud, Adorno
Kelly Oliver, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, especially Nietzsche, and Contemporary French Philosophy, particularly Kristeva, Subjectivity, Language, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminism, Theories of Oppression, Film Theory.
Susan Schoenbohm: Ancient Philosophy, Women's Studies, 19th and 20th Century Continental thought, and ancient Asian thought
Charles E. Scott, Nineteenth-century philosophy, Contemporary European Philosophy
John J. Stuhr, Political philosophy, ethics, 19th and 20th century American and European philosophies, philosophy and contemporary cultures.
David Wood, 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature
Villanova University (Philadelphia)
Villanova used to have a good Ph.D. program, but lost a number of faculty members in the last couple of years. It also emphasizes religion.
The Faculty:
Walter A. Brogan, Professor: Greek Philosophy, contemporary continental philosophy.
Thomas W. Busch, Professor: Sartre's Ethics, contemporary continental philosophy
John Carvalho, Associate Professor, Director, Graduate Studies in Philosophy.
John A. Doody, Professor: Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory
Washington University
Yale University
Friendly to Continental Philosophy
Last Updated: March 1, 2007
Ferit Güven, Philosophy Department, Earlham College
This list is not the result of a systematic survey. It is based on personal knowledge of our faculty and flyers and catalogues for graduate programs in philosophy. Since this list has been posted online, it has also been influenced by email correspondence with graduate students and faculty. If you know of a program which ought to be listed here, or struck from the list, please let me know, and please be patient with the suggested updates.
"Continental philosophy" means the serious, non-analytic study of the history of philosophy. It is not generally true that continental philosophy is best studied in analytic departments. The following list includes exciting departments, which offer compelling and thought-provoking philosophy.
The schools are in alphabetical order. This is not a ranking. Of course, these schools are not equal in quality or in friendliness to Continental philosophy. I provide more information about some graduate programs (a very brief description and the list of the faculty). I only list those faculty members who concentrate on some aspect of continental philosophy. I do not list the other members of such departments, you can find them by visiting their webpages.
If you are looking for a Continental graduate program, you need to get current information on these schools (from their catalogues, from their web sites, or from their current students) and make your decision in that light. This list provides these links in order to make that job a little easier.
Boston College
Boston College has a good program. It is not predominantly continental. However, there are significant scholars in the faculty teaching continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
James Bernauer, S.J. (Ph.D., SUNY. at Stony Brook). Foucault and Arendt, Social Philosophy.
Richard Cobb-Stevens, (Ph.D., University of Paris). Phenomenology, Contemporary French Philosophy, American Philosophy.
Richard Kearney, (Ph.D., University of Paris.) Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics
Thomas Owens, (Ph.D.,Fordham University). Heidegger, Phenomenology.
William Richardson, S.J. (Ph.D., University of Louvain). Heidegger, Lacan, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis.
John Sallis, Professor of Philosophy: Ancient philosophy, 19th- and 20th-century European philosophy, aesthetics.
Jacques Taminiaux, Emeritus, (Ph.D., University of Louvain). Nietzsche, contemporary continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy.
Boston University
Boston University is also not predominantly continental.
The Faculty:
Henry Allison, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., New School for Social Research); Kant, Spinoza, German Idealism, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Philosophy
Daniel Dahlstrom, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., St. Louis University); Phenomenology, German Idealism, Aesthetics
Alfredo Ferrarin, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa); German Idealism, Aristotle, Kant, Phenomenology, Aesthetics
Krzysztof Michalski, Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., University of Warsaw); Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, continental philosophy.
David Roochnik, Associate Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University); Ancient Philosophy, Greek Literature, Nineteenth Century Philosophy, Philosophy and History of Rhetoric
California State University, Long Beach, MA only
Catholic University of America
DePaul University (Chicago)
DePaul University philosophy program is mainly focused on continental philosophy, but it also concentrates on Feminism and Critical Race Theory. It is also strong in the history of philosophy. Unfortunately, the department webpage is not regularly updated.
The Faculty:
Peg Birmingham, Ph.D., Duquesne University, Associate Professor: Chair of the Department: political thought, ethics, and feminist theory, Hobbes, Rousseau, Arendt, and Foucault.
Tina Chanter, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor: Beauvoir, Derrida, Kofman, Kristeva, Hegel, Heidegger, Irigaray, Lacan, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, Ph.D., Fordham University, Associate Professor: philosophy of race, modern African and modern European philosophy, philosophy of anthropology, and social and political philosophy.
David Farrell Krell, Ph.D., Duquesne University, Professor: Early Greek thought, Plato, German Idealism, Romanticism, and Contemporary European literature and thought.
Bill Martin, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Professor: Social theory and continental philosophy, Aesthetics.
William McNeill, Ph.D., University of Essex, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies: Heidegger, Modern French and German philosophy and Ancient Greek thought.
Darrell Moore, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Associate Professor: Aesthetics, political philosophy, and critical race theory.
Michael Naas, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor: Ancient Greek philosophy and contemporary French philosophy, Derrida, Lyotard, and Levinas.
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D., University of Memphis, Assistant Professor: German Idealism, Contemporary French Philosophy, and the history of political theory.
Duquesne University (Pittsburgh)
Duquesne has a growing and effective graduate program.
The Faculty:
Fred Evans, Associate Professor: Contemporary continental philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of technology.
Eleanore Holveck, Associate Professor: Philosophy of literature, Feminism.
Patrick Lee Miller, Assistant Professor, Ancient philosophy and psychoanalysis.
Tom Rockmore, Professor: Modern philosophy, German Idealism, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, continental philosophy, Heidegger, Habermas, Lukacs.
Lanei Rodomeyer, Associate Professor: Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, and feminist philosophy of the body.
Daniel Selcer, Assistant Professor: Early modern rationalism, 20th century continental thought, political philosophy, Philosophy of Film.
James Swindal, Associate Professor, Critical Theory, Habermas.
Wilhelm S. Wurzer, Professor: 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, Philosophy and literary theory. Film Theory.
George Yancy, Assistant Professor, Critical Race theory, critical whiteness studies, and philosophy and the Black experience.
Emory University (Atlanta)
Emory has a good program in continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
David Carr, Professor: continental philosophy, Husserl, and the Philosophy of history.
Thomas R. Flynn, Professor of Philosophy: Contemporary continental (especially French) philosophy, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, and the theory of responsibility.
Pamela M. Hall, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies: Ethics and moral psychology, medieval philosophy, feminist thought, and philosophy of literature.
Rudolf A. Makkreel, Professor and Chair: German philosophy since Kant, Phenomenology, hermeneutics, aesthetics, and philosophy of history.
Donald Phillip Verene, Professor: German Idealism, Italian Humanism, metaphysics, philosophy of culture, and philosophy of imagination, Hegel, Cassirer, and Vico.
Cynthia Willett, Associate Professor: Contemporary continental philosophy, ethics and social theory, race and gender studies, philosophy and literature.
Fordham University (New York)
Fordham is a good graduate program for continental philosophy. The department also has faculty who concentrate on religion.
The Faculty:
Babette Babich, Professor: Nietzsche, Heidegger
Michael Baur, Associate Professor: Hegel
John Drummond, Professor: Husserl
James Marsh, Professor: Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Lonergan, Critical Theory, Marx, Liberation Philosophy
John VanBuren, Associate Professor: continental philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Heidegger, Levinas, French Poststructuralism Environmental Ethics
Merold Westphal, Professor: Continental philosophy from Kant to the present.
Georgetown University
Louisiana State University, MA only
Loyola Marymount University
Scott Cameron, Associate Professor (Ph.D., Fordham), Hermeneutics, Critical Theory, Environmental Phil.
Elizabeth Murray, Professor (Ph.D., Toronto), Phenomenology, Existentialism
Mark D. Morelli, Professor (Ph.D., Toronto), Hegel
Brad Stone, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Memphis), Foucault, Heidegger
Brian Treanor, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Boston College), Levinas, Marcel
Jeffrey Wilson, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Emory), Kant, Aesthetics
Loyola University of Chicago
Loyola has a fairly big department, not all concentrated on continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
John F. Bannan. Professor. Descartes, French phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Levi-Strauss.
James Blachowicz. Professor. Philosophy of science, history of metaphysics,Hegel's Logic, contemporary epistemology, theories of discovery and inquiry.
Ardis B. Collins. Associate Professor. Medieval and renaissance philosophy, modern philosophy, especially Kant and Hegel, metaphysics.
Andrew Cutrofello. Associate Professor, Contemporary French philosophy, contemporary European philosophy, psychoanalysis, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche.
Patricia Huntington. Assistant Professor. Feminism, social and political philosophy.
David B. Ingram. Professor. Hermeneutics and critical theory, social and political philosophy, ethics.
Adriaan Peperzak. Professor. Ethics and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, metaphilosophy, Hegel, French phenomenology, Levinas.
Jacqueline Scott. Assistant Professor. Friedrich Nietszche; Nineteenth Century Philosophy; Ethics; African American Philosphy; Race Theory.
Hans Seigfried. Professor. Suarez, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, German philosophy, American pragmatism, philosophy of language, philosophy of literature.
Marquette University
McGill University
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Miami has a strong MA program that prepares undergraduates as well as post-undergraduate students for Ph.D. programs. In that way it fills an important function that is fairly unique. Particularly strong in Feminist Philosophy.
Pascal Massie, Ancient philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Modern Philosophy
William McKenna, Phenomenology, Epistemology, History of Philosophy
Elaine P. Miller, Aesthetics, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory
Gaile Pohlhaus, Feminist Philosophy, Epistemology, Wittgenstein, Social and Political Philosophy
Emily Zakin, Psychoanalysis, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Feminist Theory
New School for Social Research (New York)
New School has an effective graduate program.
The [permanent] Faculty:
Claudia Baracchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy: 19-20th century continental philosophy; medieval philosophy; philosophy of art; political philosophy; ethics.
Jay Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy: Habermas, Critical Theory, The Frankfurt School.
Richard Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Psychoanalytic: American Pragmatism; social and political philosophy; critical theory; analytic philosophy.
Simon Critchley, Professor of Philosophy. Continental philosophy; phenomenology; philosophy and literature; psychoanalysis; the ethical and the political.
Nancy Fraser, Professor: globalization; social justice; multiculturalism; feminism.
Agnes Heller, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science and Acting Chair of Philosophy: Ethics; political philosophy; Hegel, Marx, and Lukacs; existentialism, philosophy of literature.
Gail Soffer, Associate Professor of Philosophy: phenomenology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy; metaphysics; epistemology.
Northwestern University (Chicago)
Northwestern offers some continental philosophy at the graduate level. The emphasis seems to be fundamentally critical theory, and Habermas. The program got better with the addition of new faculty.
The Faculty:
Penelope Deutscher, Associate Professor. 20th Century and Contemporary French philosophy, and Philosophy of gender
Robert Gooding-Williams, Professor. Jean Gimble Lane Professor of the Humanities (2000-2001). Ph.D. Yale University: Nietzsche, Du Bois, critical race theory, African-American political thought, nineteenth century philosophy, existentialism, and philosophy of literature
Cristina Lafont, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. University of Frankfurt: German philosophy, particularly hermeneutics and critical theory.
David Michael Levin, Professor. Ph.D. Columbia University: Hermeneutics and Phenomenology, Aesthetics, clinical psychology, moral philosophy and critical social theory.
Thomas A. McCarthy, John C. Shaffer Distinguished Professor of the Humanities. Ph.D. Notre Dame: German philosophy, social and political theory and philosophy of social science, Jürgen Habermas.
Terry Pinkard, Professor, Ph. D. State University of New York at Stony Brook: German philosophy, Kant and Hegel
Pennsylvania State University (State College)
There has been a lot of changes in the faculty. Penn State is now significantly weaker than it used to be.
The Faculty:
Veronique Foti, Professor of Philosophy: continental philosophy, phenomenology, continental Rationalism, ancient philosophy, philosophy of art, philosophy and literary theory.
Irene Harvey: Associate Professor: Contemporary French Thought, Postmodernism, Contemporary European Philosophy, Feminist Theory.
Dennis Schmidt, Professor: Post-Kantian continental philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Philosophy of Art
Shannon Sullivan, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies: Feminist philosophy, American Pragmatism, and 19th & 20th Century continental philosophy.
Purdue University (West Lafayette)
Purdue also offers an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Philosophy & Literature, and Philosophy & Communication.
The Faculty:
Leonard Harris, Prof., African American and critical race theory
Jackie Marina, Assoc. Prof., religious studies, Kant
Martin Matuštík, Professor, Ph.D., Fordham University. Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, Existentialism, Social Phenomenology
William McBride, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University. 19th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Law.
Dan Smith, Associate Prof., specialist in Deleuze and recent continental philosophy
Rice University
San Jose State University, MA only
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
The department got stronger with the new hirings in continental philosophy.
Sara Beardsworth, Assistant Professor, Nineteenth and twentieth century European philosophy, Kristeva and Psychoanalysis.
Anthony Steinbock, Professor, Contemporary French and German philosophy, phenomenology, social ontology and aesthetics.
Kenneth Stikkers, Professor, Philosophy of economics, contemporary continental philosophy (Scheler, Foucault).
Stephen Tyman, Associate Professor, 18th and 19th Century .European philosophy, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, phenomenology and existentialism.
St. Louis University
SUNY Binghamton, Graduate Program in Social Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL).
Faculty:
Bat-Ami Bar On (PhD, Ohio State University) Arendt, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminist Theory
Randy Friedman (PhD, Brown University) Husserl, Buber, Levinas, Philosophy of Religion
Robert Guay (PhD, University of Chicago) 19th Century Continental, Moral and Political Philosophy, Aesthetics
Max Pensky (PhD, Boston College) Critical Theory, Social and Political Philosophy
Lisa Tessman (PhD, University of Massachusetts) Ethics, Feminist Theory, Critical Race Theory
Melissa Zinkin (PhD, Northwestern University) Kant, Aesthetics, Feminist Theory
Donald Weiss ( Ph.D, Princeton University) Hegel, Marx, Political Philosophy, and Esoteric Philosophy
Stony Brook (Stony Brook)
Stony Brook has a strong and stable program in continental philosophy.
The Faculty:
Edward S. Casey, Professor: Phenomenology, philosophical psychology, aesthetics, theory of psychoanalysis.
Allegra de Laurentiis, Assistant Professor, Nineteenth-century philosophy, especially Hegel.
Kenneth Baynes, Associate Professor: Critical Theory, (Frankfurt School) and German Philosophy
David B. Allison, Associate Professor: Recent French thought, existentialism, Nietzsche
Jeffrey Edwards, Professor: Kant; History of Modern Philosophy.
Dick Howard, Professor: American, German, and French political theory
Don Ihde, Distinguished Professor: philosophy of science and technology
Eduardo Mendieta, Assistant Professor, Global ethics, discourse ethics, critical theory, theories of modernity, postmodernity, postcolonialism, and Latin American philosophy
Mary C. Rawlinson, Associate Professor: 19th-century philosophy; philosophy of medicine, aesthetics and literary theory, Hegel, philosophical psychology.
Hugh J. Silverman, Professor: continental philosophy, Contemporary European Thought Philosophy and Literature, Postmodernism and Cultural studies, Aesthetics
Donn Welton, Associate Professor: Husserl and contemporary continental philosophy.
Syracuse University,
Syracuse recently hired new faculty members to improve its continental offerings.
Linda Alcoff, Professor, Continental philosophy, Epistemology, Feminist Theory, and Philosophy of Race
Ken Baynes, Professor, Social and Political philosophy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School) and Modern and Contemporary German philosophy.
Fred Beiser, Professor, History of Modern philosophy, The history of German philosophy (Kant and German idealism) and the English Enlightenment.
John D. Caputo, Professor, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermaneutics and Deconstruction. SUNY
Tulane University
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Cruz, Program in the History of Consciousness
University of Kentucky (Lexington)
The Faculty:
J. Daniel Breazeale, Professor: History of Modern European philosophy, German philosophy from Kant to Nietzsche.
Ronald Bruzina, Professor: Twentieth-Century German and French philosophy.
Theodore R. Schatzki, Professor and Chair, Philosophy of Social Science, Social Theory, and 20th Century Continental Philosophy.
Chistopher Zurn, Associate Professor, Critical Theory, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, and Philosophical Anthropology.
University of Louisville, MA only
University of Memphis
A good program in Continental Philosophy, but it also has a heavy analytic concentration. Recently lost some important members of the faculty to other graduate programs.
The Faculty:
Robert Bernasconi, Professor: continental philosophy, Hegel, race theory and social and political philosophy.
Leonard Lawlor, Associate Professor: contemporary continental Philosophy, Derrida, Deleuze, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl, and Nietzsche.
Mary Beth Mader, Assistant Professor, Twentieth-century Continental philosophy, feminist theory, and ethics.
Thomas Nenon, Professor: Husserl, Heidegger, Kant and German Idealism, Hermeneutics, and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
University of Missouri at Columbia
University of Montana, MA only
University of Montreal
University of New Mexico
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Ottawa
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Texas, Austin
University of Toronto
Vanderbilt University (Nashville)
The department improved with the addition of new faculty.
Kathryn T. Gines, African American Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Diaspora Studies, and Race and Gender Theory.
Gregg M. Horowitz, Philosophy of Art and Art History, Political Theory, Psychoanalysis, Hegel, Freud, Adorno
Kelly Oliver, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, especially Nietzsche, and Contemporary French Philosophy, particularly Kristeva, Subjectivity, Language, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Feminism, Theories of Oppression, Film Theory.
Susan Schoenbohm: Ancient Philosophy, Women's Studies, 19th and 20th Century Continental thought, and ancient Asian thought
Charles E. Scott, Nineteenth-century philosophy, Contemporary European Philosophy
John J. Stuhr, Political philosophy, ethics, 19th and 20th century American and European philosophies, philosophy and contemporary cultures.
David Wood, 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature
Villanova University (Philadelphia)
Villanova used to have a good Ph.D. program, but lost a number of faculty members in the last couple of years. It also emphasizes religion.
The Faculty:
Walter A. Brogan, Professor: Greek Philosophy, contemporary continental philosophy.
Thomas W. Busch, Professor: Sartre's Ethics, contemporary continental philosophy
John Carvalho, Associate Professor, Director, Graduate Studies in Philosophy.
John A. Doody, Professor: Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory
Washington University
Yale University
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The journal Contemporary Philosophy publishes quality papers
from academic and professionally trained persons from many fields
and disciplines. Contributions are philosophic, true, interesting,
and often are solutions to contemporary or future-oriented
problems. Contemporary Philosophy also includes philosophical
forums, editorials, philosophical imperatives, and book reviews.
Contemporary Philosophy is currently published 3 times per year. Issues may focus on
specific subjects or be of mixed topics. Editorial policies for submissions are
published in each issue.
Editorial Policy:
Contemporary Philosophy publishes solicited and unsolicited articles and reviews
submitted in English from anywhere in the world.
As the publishing vehicle of the philosophical organization Realia, Contemporary
Philosophy encourages original philosophical thinking in all areas of classical
philosophical consideration--speculative, practical, and technical--and will entertain for
publication articles of scholarly philosophical merit which, in any of these areas,
through the use of natural human reason, clearly and concisely identify, clarify, analyze,
and solve major problems of contemporary concern.
While the Journal is interested in disseminating information about the works of great
philosophers of the past and of cultural contributions made to humankind from all
areas of learning, primarily concern in evaluating an article is that a work submitted
clearly and precisely identify: a problem of contemporary concern; the principles of
natural reason which are being put to use in order to solve this problem; the method
which is being employed to put the principles to use; and the solution to the problem
which is being offered.
Review of Unsolicited Typescripts All typescripts will be judged not only on the basis of
their general philosophical merit, but also upon the originality and success of the
author in applying naturally derivable principles of reason to identify, clarify, analyze,
and attempt to solve with precision a major problem of contemporary concern. After a
review by one or more of the Editors, selected unsolicited typescripts will undergo
anonymous review by at least three members of the Editorial Board. Should it be so
requested, efforts will be made to provide anonymous comments to the authors of
rejected articles.
Letters to the Editors Letters may be published that are of philosophical content and
which follow the Editorial Policy of the manuscripts. The letters should be of interest to
readers, challenge the thoughts of others, and promote dialogue. Letters that are used
may be edited and excerpted.
Members Forum Letters addressed to the Members Forum must include your address
and telephone number. Letters that are used may be edited and excerpted.
Manuscripts Articles of 2,000-3,000 words are preferred, but articles of exceptional
quality of any length will be considered. Longer articles when accepted should lend
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article must be included. All materials, including the abstract, block quotations, and
notes, should be double-spaced. All Notes must be submitted in the form of Endnotes,
should be used sparingly, numbered consecutively, and placed at the end of the
manuscript.
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latest edition, for guidelines. Three hard copies and a copy on IBM Microsoft Word or
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Ron Yezzi
Philosophy Department
Minnesota State U., Mankato
©2001 by Ron Yezzi
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Philosophy 437 Lecture Notes
Contemporary Philosophy: Course Introduction
I. What Is Contemporary Philosophy?
A. Presumably, contemporary philosophy deals with what philosophers are considering now rather than what they considered in the past. But what does "now" include?
1. Now, according to the Undergraduate Bulletin: Philosophers and Philosophies of the Twentieth Century
2. Now, as "cutting edge" philosophy - what is startlingly new and original among this year's philosophy books and journal articles
3. Now, as whatever the philosophy instructor is interested in doing
4. Now, as whatever philosophy students are interested in doing
5. Now, as some issue(s) as dealt with by a number of living philosophers that happens to interest the course instructor
6. Now, as major philosophical issues and works of the last 20-30 years
B. Strange Irony (Probable Statement): A hundred years from now, about 95-99% of the work of presently living philosophers (contemporary philosophy?) will be wholly ignored while 95-99% of the work in the history of philosophy (past philosophy through the nineteenth century that is covered in history of philosophy courses?) will still be studied.
1. So there is a sense in which the history of philosophy always is and always will be contemporary, whereas the vast majority of what people "consider" to be contemporary philosophy is destined for the trash bin of history.
2.. It would seem then that contemporary philosophy is largely a waste of time compared with study of the history of philosophy—except for the fact that it is unclear now precisely what portions of contemporary philosophy will be discarded.
3. So a student has to take contemporary philosophy with "a grain of salt," maintain a sense of perspective on contemporary philosophy, and not merely presume that consideration of past philosophy is a waste of time.
II. Movements, Systems, Specialization, and Analytic Philosophy
A. Perennial Tasks of Philosophy
1. Dealing with Long-Standing Central Problems of Philosophy - free will vs. determinism, mind-body, the physical and mental, the nature of knowledge, logic, God, ethics, justice, etc.
2. Providing Philosophical Interpretation of New Advances in Human Knowledge and Actions
3. Developing Methods of Philosophical Analysis - usually based on reasoning and accumulated over long periods of time
B. Philosophical Movements
1. Philosophical movements mark a commitment to a somewhat different approach to philosophical problems that adherents view as significant progress over what was being done before.
a. The idea of progress, rather than final answers or a utopia, is necessary for a movement.
2. Movements tend to start and develop with a heady optimism regarding what they can accomplish; and they may depart somewhat from the perennial tasks of philosophy. Eventually though, this optimism tends to be lost either because unforeseen problems arise or the initially promising channels of investigation reach points of diminishing returns.
3. When movements lose momentum, there usually is a return to the perennial problems of philosophy—although these problems may well now be enriched through the movement’s efforts.
C. Some Quasi-Philosophical Movements in the Twentieth Century
1. General Semantics – an attempt to improve human life through a scientific analysis of language that was held to be more accurate and more open than the two-valued logic embedded in our traditional language through the philosophy of Aristotle
a. Leading Proponents – Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950) and S.I. Hayakawa (1906-1992)
b. Major Works – Korzybski (Science and Sanity), Hayakawa (Language in Thought and Action)
c. Result – A brief flurry of interest at one time, but no major followers now
2. Behaviorism - an attempt to improve human life through a scientific study of human behavior that turned away from explanation of human actions in terms of internal mental states.
a. Major Proponents – John B. Watson (1878-1958) and B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)
b. Major Works – Watson (Behaviorism), Skinner (Science and Human Behavior, Verbal Behavior, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, Walden Two)
c. Result – A major movement in 20th century psychology most influential from the 1930s to the 1960s, but still influential today—although the more extreme claims about the absence of internal states have lost much of their force and interest
3. Design and Progress - an attempt to improve human life through scientific design, that is, by "reforming the living environment through design on all levels rather than by reforming people through economics and/or politics."
a. Major Proponent – R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1980s)
b. Result - Probably a curiosity rather than a major movement
D. Major Philosophical Movements of the Twentieth Century
1. Pragmatism
2. Process Philosophy
3. Logical Positivism
4. Analytic Philosophy
5. Existentialism (Phenomenology)
6. Postmodernism
7. Feminism
8. Social Constructivism
E. Philosophical Systems
1. A philosophical system possesses a relatively well-organized set of solutions to the major perennial problems of philosophy as well as a distinctive method of approach to philosophical problems.
a. Classic Examples: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel
2. A philosophical movement may or may not produce a system.
3. During most of the twentieth century, philosophical movements have strongly tended to be anti-systemic (pragmatism for the most part, existentialism, postmodernism, feminism, social constructivism) or non-systemic (logical positivism and analytic philosophy.)
a. Some of the turning away from systems is attributable to a reaction against Hegelian Absolute Idealism.
4. Major Perennial Problems of Philosophy
a. What exists?—things, events, ideas, percepts, symbols
b. What is the status of God?—nature, existence or non-existence, significance
c. What is the status of the mental and the physical?
d. Are the universe and human actions deterministic?
e. What is human nature and what is its significance?
f. What are the standards, if any, by which we successfully claim to know anything?
g. What method(s) most advances philosophical inquiry?
h. What is the nature of value and the good life?
i. What is the proper relation of the individual to society?
F. Specialization and Analytic Philosophy
1. The stress on specialization in twentieth century philosophy encourages a non-systemic approach
2. Analytic philosophy tends to proceed "piecemeal," with the writing of journal articles and subsequent books that often are mainly collections of journal articles.
3. The academic requirements for publishing in higher education push philosophers toward specialization and writing of journal articles—articles that often are commentaries upon other articles.
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Philosophy 437 Lecture Notes
Contemporary Philosophy: Course Introduction
I. What Is Contemporary Philosophy?
A. Presumably, contemporary philosophy deals with what philosophers are considering now rather than what they considered in the past. But what does "now" include?
1. Now, according to the Undergraduate Bulletin: Philosophers and Philosophies of the Twentieth Century
2. Now, as "cutting edge" philosophy - what is startlingly new and original among this year's philosophy books and journal articles
3. Now, as whatever the philosophy instructor is interested in doing
4. Now, as whatever philosophy students are interested in doing
5. Now, as some issue(s) as dealt with by a number of living philosophers that happens to interest the course instructor
6. Now, as major philosophical issues and works of the last 20-30 years
B. Strange Irony (Probable Statement): A hundred years from now, about 95-99% of the work of presently living philosophers (contemporary philosophy?) will be wholly ignored while 95-99% of the work in the history of philosophy (past philosophy through the nineteenth century that is covered in history of philosophy courses?) will still be studied.
1. So there is a sense in which the history of philosophy always is and always will be contemporary, whereas the vast majority of what people "consider" to be contemporary philosophy is destined for the trash bin of history.
2.. It would seem then that contemporary philosophy is largely a waste of time compared with study of the history of philosophy—except for the fact that it is unclear now precisely what portions of contemporary philosophy will be discarded.
3. So a student has to take contemporary philosophy with "a grain of salt," maintain a sense of perspective on contemporary philosophy, and not merely presume that consideration of past philosophy is a waste of time.
II. Movements, Systems, Specialization, and Analytic Philosophy
A. Perennial Tasks of Philosophy
1. Dealing with Long-Standing Central Problems of Philosophy - free will vs. determinism, mind-body, the physical and mental, the nature of knowledge, logic, God, ethics, justice, etc.
2. Providing Philosophical Interpretation of New Advances in Human Knowledge and Actions
3. Developing Methods of Philosophical Analysis - usually based on reasoning and accumulated over long periods of time
B. Philosophical Movements
1. Philosophical movements mark a commitment to a somewhat different approach to philosophical problems that adherents view as significant progress over what was being done before.
a. The idea of progress, rather than final answers or a utopia, is necessary for a movement.
2. Movements tend to start and develop with a heady optimism regarding what they can accomplish; and they may depart somewhat from the perennial tasks of philosophy. Eventually though, this optimism tends to be lost either because unforeseen problems arise or the initially promising channels of investigation reach points of diminishing returns.
3. When movements lose momentum, there usually is a return to the perennial problems of philosophy—although these problems may well now be enriched through the movement’s efforts.
C. Some Quasi-Philosophical Movements in the Twentieth Century
1. General Semantics – an attempt to improve human life through a scientific analysis of language that was held to be more accurate and more open than the two-valued logic embedded in our traditional language through the philosophy of Aristotle
a. Leading Proponents – Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950) and S.I. Hayakawa (1906-1992)
b. Major Works – Korzybski (Science and Sanity), Hayakawa (Language in Thought and Action)
c. Result – A brief flurry of interest at one time, but no major followers now
2. Behaviorism - an attempt to improve human life through a scientific study of human behavior that turned away from explanation of human actions in terms of internal mental states.
a. Major Proponents – John B. Watson (1878-1958) and B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)
b. Major Works – Watson (Behaviorism), Skinner (Science and Human Behavior, Verbal Behavior, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, Walden Two)
c. Result – A major movement in 20th century psychology most influential from the 1930s to the 1960s, but still influential today—although the more extreme claims about the absence of internal states have lost much of their force and interest
3. Design and Progress - an attempt to improve human life through scientific design, that is, by "reforming the living environment through design on all levels rather than by reforming people through economics and/or politics."
a. Major Proponent – R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1980s)
b. Result - Probably a curiosity rather than a major movement
D. Major Philosophical Movements of the Twentieth Century
1. Pragmatism
2. Process Philosophy
3. Logical Positivism
4. Analytic Philosophy
5. Existentialism (Phenomenology)
6. Postmodernism
7. Feminism
8. Social Constructivism
E. Philosophical Systems
1. A philosophical system possesses a relatively well-organized set of solutions to the major perennial problems of philosophy as well as a distinctive method of approach to philosophical problems.
a. Classic Examples: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel
2. A philosophical movement may or may not produce a system.
3. During most of the twentieth century, philosophical movements have strongly tended to be anti-systemic (pragmatism for the most part, existentialism, postmodernism, feminism, social constructivism) or non-systemic (logical positivism and analytic philosophy.)
a. Some of the turning away from systems is attributable to a reaction against Hegelian Absolute Idealism.
4. Major Perennial Problems of Philosophy
a. What exists?—things, events, ideas, percepts, symbols
b. What is the status of God?—nature, existence or non-existence, significance
c. What is the status of the mental and the physical?
d. Are the universe and human actions deterministic?
e. What is human nature and what is its significance?
f. What are the standards, if any, by which we successfully claim to know anything?
g. What method(s) most advances philosophical inquiry?
h. What is the nature of value and the good life?
i. What is the proper relation of the individual to society?
F. Specialization and Analytic Philosophy
1. The stress on specialization in twentieth century philosophy encourages a non-systemic approach
2. Analytic philosophy tends to proceed "piecemeal," with the writing of journal articles and subsequent books that often are mainly collections of journal articles.
3. The academic requirements for publishing in higher education push philosophers toward specialization and writing of journal articles—articles that often are commentaries upon other articles.
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British and Romantic Victorian Cultures
Stacey on Romantic, Victorian and Modern British Literature (MU ENG264-Dr. J. Glance)
References: Longman Anthology of British Literature, 2nd Compact Ed., Vol. B., (2003).
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
“Women and the fiction that is written about them”
-Virginia Woolf
from A Room of One’s Own, Chapter 1
Could Virginia Woolf’s life story be the reason she rejected Victorian ideals? Her “own roots went deep in Victorian literary culture” (Longman, p.1222). I believe it was because she was denied a formal education and it is stated that “the sense of having been deliberately shut out of education by virtue of her sex was to inflect all of Woolf’s writing and thinking”(Longman, p.1223).
It seems only natural that Woolf (the quintessential victim of sexism by her brothers’ objectification and incest) would reject the Victorian leaning of group-think (hypocritical) morality. How immoral a society that would dismiss the self-determination of their members and allow the oppression of so many of their members; specifically women?
Woolf’s stance in A Room of One’s Own (that a woman writer needs her own room and money) reflects her understanding that as long as women are financially-disadvantaged, they will continue to be at a disadvantage both educationally and socially.
References: Longman Anthology of British Literature, 2nd Compact Ed., Vol. B., (2003).
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
“Women and the fiction that is written about them”
-Virginia Woolf
from A Room of One’s Own, Chapter 1
Could Virginia Woolf’s life story be the reason she rejected Victorian ideals? Her “own roots went deep in Victorian literary culture” (Longman, p.1222). I believe it was because she was denied a formal education and it is stated that “the sense of having been deliberately shut out of education by virtue of her sex was to inflect all of Woolf’s writing and thinking”(Longman, p.1223).
It seems only natural that Woolf (the quintessential victim of sexism by her brothers’ objectification and incest) would reject the Victorian leaning of group-think (hypocritical) morality. How immoral a society that would dismiss the self-determination of their members and allow the oppression of so many of their members; specifically women?
Woolf’s stance in A Room of One’s Own (that a woman writer needs her own room and money) reflects her understanding that as long as women are financially-disadvantaged, they will continue to be at a disadvantage both educationally and socially.
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Events & AnnouncementsCAS Events Schedule
Doing Business with Africa Workshop
Faculty Travel Funding
2008 Southeast Africanist Network (SEAN) Meeting
2008 Carter Conference
Natural Resource Management Working
Group
Employment Opportunities
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Faculty & StaffFaculty
Visiting Faculty & Scholars
Center Staff
StudentsAfrican Studies Courses
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Study Abroad
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African Language Faculty
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Southeast Africanist Network (SEAN)
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African Theses & Dissertations
Staff
ResourcesWest African Research Association
African Studies Association
Africa-Related Resources
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About the Center
The Center for African Studies promotes excellence in teaching and research on Africa in all the disciplines at the University of Florida. The Center also disseminates knowledge about Africa to the wider community through an integrated outreach program to schools, colleges, community groups, and businesses. Central to this mission is sustaining contacts and expanding interactive linkages with individuals and institutions on the African continent. In addition to undergraduate education, the Center promotes and supports graduate studies as essential for the development of a continuing community of Africanist scholars.
The Center has over 100 affiliated teaching and research faculty in a wide variety of fields, including: languages, the humanities, the social sciences, agriculture, business, engineering, education, fine arts, environmental studies and conservation, journalism, and law. A number of faculty members with appointments wholly or partially within the Center have facilitated the development of a core curriculum in African Studies in support of the undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs.
A full-time Outreach Director oversees an active program that provides ongoing training opportunities for K-12 teachers and educators from postsecondary institutions as well as outreach for business, media, and community groups.
CAS is funded in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center Grant which supports research, teaching, outreach, and development of international linkages. It is the only National Resource Center for Africa located in the southeastern US, and the only one in a sub-tropical zone.
The Center thus plays a pivotal role in addressing issues critical for understanding Africa in the global context. At a time when the University of Florida is expanding its international dimension, a major component of the Center for African Studies' mission is to work with the rest of the University in promoting Africa-related programs on the campus and beyond.
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