Dr. Patrick Ahern糖心logoMarquette Hall, 422
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americapatrick.ahern@marquette.eduVanderbilt University - Ph.D
Patrick Ahern, Ph.D. is a political and ethical philosopher whose research focuses on themes of Critical Theory, Early Modern Thought, Human Rights Theory, and Critical Social Justice. He received his Ph.D in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. His previous publications include, 鈥淎gitated Americans: Frankfurt School Reflections on National Identity Formation (Chiasma, An International Site for Thought), 鈥淧athic Identification in Populist Movements: The Spectre of Antisemitism in Right and Left Populist Protests鈥� (in Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism, Bloomsbury Press), 鈥淭he Possibilities of a Failed Promise: Placing Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno in Dialogue with Rights鈥� (Implications Philosophiques), and 鈥淓mpowered Peace: Spinoza鈥檚 Defense of Dynamic and Inclusive Democracy鈥� (Journal for Peace and Social Justice). His dissertation research, entitled 鈥淓choing Demystified Aspirations: Political Thinking and the Possibility of Embodied Happiness,鈥� critiques the historical relationship between constructive political theory and embodied thinking. He recently served as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Human Rights Studies at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, before joining the Department of Philosophy at Marquette.
12:30-1:30 on Tuesday
2pm-3pm on Wednesday
MH 422
