Faculty

Michael Paradiso-Michau

Malvin and Lea Bank Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies and Philosophy

 

Education:
  • B.A. Philosophy, Lewis University (Romeoville, IL), 1999
  • M.A. Political and Justice Studies, Governors State University (University Park, IL), 2001
  • M.A. Philosophy, Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), 2003
  • Ph.D. Philosophy and Literature, Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) Dissertation: “The Face of the Neighbor: Ethics in Kierkegaard and Levinas” Committee: Dr. Martin J. B. Matuštík (director), Dr. Calvin O. Schrag, Dr. Sandor Goodhart, Dr. Daniel W. Smith, 2008
Areas of Specialization:
  • Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Social and Political Philosophy
Recent Courses:
  • Basic Problems of Philosophy
  • Ethics After the Holocaust
Recent Publications:
  • Recent Articles

  • “Not Only an Alter Ego,” Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 43:2. Special edition on The Self and the Other: Debating the Significance of Emmanuel Levinas; guest editor: David Ross Fryer (Spring 2008): 71-81.
  • “Dussel’s Midrash on Levinas: Political Alterity and Analectics,” Shifting the Geography of Reason II. Eds. Marina P. Banchetti-Robino and Clevis R. Headley (accepted for publication).
  • “Ethical Alterity and Asymmetrical Reciprocity: A Levinasian Reading of Works of Love,” Continental Philosophy Review 40:3 (June 2007): 331-347
  Current Projects:
  • “The Monstrous Double in Bacchae and Fight Club,” Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 44:1. Special edition on Cinema III; editor: Marilyn Nissim-Sabat (Spring 2009).
  • Book review of Emmanuel Levinas: His Life and Legacy by Salomon Malka. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (Spring/Summer 2009

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    Curriculum Vitae

 

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