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Kenneth J. Surin, Professor, Literature

Contact Info:

Office Location:	233 John Hope Franklin Center
Office Phone:	+1 919 684 6442
Email Address:

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)	1977
B.A.	University of Reading (United Kingdom)	1972

Specialties:

Critical Theory
Comparative Philosophy

Research Interests:

(Ph.D. Birmingham, England, 1977) is Professor of Literature and Professor of Religion and Critical Theory. He trained initially as an analytical philosopher. His teaching areas include anglophone literatures outside England, philosophy (both analytical and continental), critical theory, marxism, state theory, and international political economy.

Keywords:

International • Political Economy • Religion • Critical Theory • Anglophone literature • Philosophy • Marxism

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Surin, K, Mao's "on contradiction," mao-hegel/mao-deleuze, CLCWeb - Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 20 no. 3 (September, 2018) [doi]  [abs]
2. Surin, K, The abyss looks back, American Book Review, vol. 39 no. 2-3 (January, 2018), pp. 6-7 [doi]
3. Surin, K, Surroundings: Deleuze and Guattari, Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 41 no. 3 (January, 2016), pp. 403-410, CISP Journal Services [doi]  [abs]
4. Surin, K; Salaita, S, "Marxism, without guarantees": What I learned from stuart hall, Cultural Critique, vol. 89 (December, 2015), pp. 136-149
5. Surin, KJ, Empire Ten Years After: Much Gratitude, Some Reservations, Theory and Event: an online journal of political theory (2015), ISSN 1092-311X