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Current Research:
- I am working on the intersection of 20th C. social and political philosophy with theories of meaning, understanding and practical action largely emerging out of hermeneutical and phenomenological modes of analysis. At this point in time, I'm looking at the diverse ways in which conceptions of a "thick" human self - one whose attitudes, self-understanding, and know-how are thoroughly embedded in social space and seem to predate reflective analysis - bear upon concerns for justice, political legitimacy, and democratic discourse. A broad swath of thinkers is germane to this project, including, but not limited to: Heidegger, Gadamer, Merleau-Ponty, Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, Dewey, Sandel, and Taylor. In addition to narrowing my focus onto a few of these philosophers, I am also currently thinking about what philosophical theories themselves do, that is, to what degree philosophical reflection itself is, or could be, a practical action.
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