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Ian Rhoad Professorial Lecturer and Director of Graduate Studies, Philosophy & Religion Philosophy and Religion

Contact
Ian Rhoad
(202) 885-2493
CAS | Philosophy/Religion
Battelle-Tompkins 111
Office Hours (Fall 2021)
Thursdays 11:00-3:00 (via Zoom) and by appointment
Degrees
PhD, The New School for Social Research

Bio
I am a Professorial Lecturer at Â鶹´«Ã½, where I teach classes in the history of philosophy, ethics, and politics. In my philosophical research I work primarily in continental philosophy, especially existentialism, phenomenology, critical theory, feminism, and aesthetics. I approach these fields with an eye towards understanding how moral and political experiences are constructed and maintained, and how they may be expressed or not expressed. I am interested in questions such as: How do concepts and modes of reasoning organize our understanding of moral life? How do these enter into the construction of our collective political imagination? What of our lives is left unarticulated, and how might philosophy contribute to bringing it into view?
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Teaching

Summer 2024

  • PHIL-120 Do the Right Thing

Fall 2024

  • PHIL-105 Intro to Western Phil/Culture

  • PHIL-403 20th Cent Euro Political Phil

Spring 2025

  • PHIL-105 Intro to Western Phil/Culture

  • PHIL-105 Intro to Western Phil/Culture

  • PHIL-631 Topics Modern Moral Problems: Life With Concept Human Rights