Michael Marder
Michael Marder | |
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| Born | May 3, 1980 |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy |
| Website | www |
Michael Marder (born May 3, 1980) is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy [1] at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He works in the phenomenological tradition of Continental philosophy, environmental thought, and political philosophy.[2] He also claims there are ethical concerns surrounding plant life and eating plants.
Education and academic work
Marder studied at universities in Canada and the US. He received his PhD in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.[3] Marder carried out post-doctoral research in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and taught at Georgetown University, George Washington University, and St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan.[4][5] Prior to accepting the Ikerbasque research professorship at the University of the Basque Country, he carried out research in phenomenology (philosophy) as an FCT fellow at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and held the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.[6]
Philosophical contributions
Marder has developed a philosophy of plants.[7] He argues that, while philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with plant life, it is necessary to put this life at the forefront of the deconstruction of Western metaphysics. Marder has recently written on the ethical implications of what he calls plant-thinking.[8][9]
He has also made contributions to contemporary political thought, phenomenology, theory of utopia, and deconstruction, with original studies of Jacques Derrida, Carl Schmitt, critical phenomenological tradition, and pyropolitics, or "the politics of fire".
Editorial activities
Marder is an editorial associate of the Journal Telos (New York)[10] and an editor of four book series: "Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy" Series,[11] "Critical Plant Studies",[12] "Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics, and Cultural Studies",[13] and "Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought.[14]
He has also edited the following books:
- with Peter Trawny & Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback, Martin Heidegger "On Hegel's Philosophy of Right: The 1934-5 Seminar and Interpretative Essays" (Bloomsbury, 2014)
- with Gianni Vattimo, "Deconstructing Zionism: A Critique of Political Metaphysics" (Bloomsbury, 2014)
- with Santiago Zabala, "Being Shaken: Ontology and the Event" (Palgrave, 2014)
- with Patricia Vieira, "Existential Utopia: New Perspectives on Utopian Thought" (Continuum, 2011)
Authored Books
- Marder, Michael (2015). Pyropolitics : When the World Is Ablaze. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc. ISBN 978-1783480296.
- Marder, Michael (2014). The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231169035.
- Marder, Michael (2014). Phenomena-Critique-Logos : The Project of Critical Phenomenology. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc. ISBN 978-1-78348-025-8.
- Marder, Michael (2013). Plant-Thinking : A Philosophy of Vegetal Life. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231161251.
- Marder, Michael (2010). Groundless Existence : The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt. [S.l.]: Continuum. ISBN 978-1441180001.
- Marder, Michael (2009). The Event of the Thing : Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1442612655.
References
- ^ Michael Marder faculty page at Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science
- ^ Michael Marder personal website
- ^ "New School PhD Dissertation". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Michael Marder CV
- ^ "Michael Marder (reading and signing)".
- ^ "Department News" (PDF). Duquesne Graduate Philosophy News. 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life". Columbia University Press. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Marder, Michael (21 January 2013). "The time is ripe for plant rights". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Marder, Michael (2013). "Should plants have rights?". The Philosophers' Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "About the Editor". Telos. 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Bloomsbury - Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Critical Plant Studies: Philosophy, Literature, Culture". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies". Rowman & Littlefield International. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ "Palgrave Studies in Postmetaphysical Thought". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
External links
- MichaelMarder.org - Marder's webpage