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Alphonso Lingis

Alphonso Lingis

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Education

Ph.D. Catholic University of Louvain

Professional Bio

Areas of Specialization

  • Phenomenology/existentialism
  • Modern philosophy
  • Ethics

Recent Publications and Works

  • Escesses: Eros and Culture (1984)
  • Libido: The French Existential Theories (1985)
  • Phenomenological Explanations (1986)
  • Deathbound Subjectivity (1989)
  • The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common (1994)
  • Abuses (1994)
  • Foreign Bodies (1994)
  • Sensation: Intelligibility in Sensibility (1995)
  • The Imperative (1998)
  • Dangerous Emotions (1999)
  • "Small Brief Dances," with Jonathan Osborne and a Satin Bowerbird, Introduction by Mila Volpe, Public, vol. 34, issue 67, Apr. 2023, 120-123
  • "The Voices of the Dead," Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, vol. 20 (Sept. 2023), 631-632
  • "The Road," Current Space, Baltimore, Oct. 20, 2023
  • Interview: "Community" Am Johal, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Jan. 24, 2024
  • "Transparency, Opaqueness," Le Mondo, Baltimore, Jan. 27, 2024
  • Interview: "Photography and Philosophic Images," with Peter Halliday, Scotland, March 15, 2024
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