Amy Allen
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Advancement Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
111 Sparks Building
(814) 865-7691
Education
PhD, Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1996
MA, Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1994
BA, Philosophy, Miami University (OH), 1992
Professional Bio
Areas of Specialization
- 20th century Continental Philosophy
- Critical Social Theory (esp. Frankfurt School)
- Feminist Theory
- Social and Political Theory
Recent Publications
Power, Neoliberalism, and the Reinvention of Politics: The Critical Theory of Wendy Brown, ed. Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta (Penn State Press, 2022).
"Dripping with Blood and Dirt from Head to Toe: Marx’s Genealogy of Capitalism in Capital, volume 1," The Monist 105: 4 (October 2022): 470-486.
“Slavery, Work, and History: DuBois’s Black Marxism,” Emancipations 1: 2 (2022). Available online at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipations/vol1/iss2/2
Decolonizing Ethics: The Critical Theory of Enrique Dussel, ed. Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta (Penn State Press, 2021).
Critique on the Couch: Why Critical Theory Needs Psychoanalysis (Columbia University Press, 2021).
Forthcoming Publications
“’Imperialism Ultimately Works For Us’: Rosa Luxemburg’s Theory of History,” forthcoming in Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory.
Current Projects
I am currently working on a collection of essays on Marxism, colonialism, and the concept of progress.
Research Interests
- Continental Philosophy
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Feminist Philosophy
