James Andrew Phillips is an associate professor of

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

. He is known for his research on philosophy of art, the philosophy of film and performance, and

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...

's thought.A review of "Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry"
by Hans Sluga

Life

After receiving his MA in Comparative Literature and

Critical Theory A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...

from

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

, he studied as a Ph.D. student in philosophy in both Austria and Germany and finished his doctorate under

Jeff Malpas Jeff Malpas is an Australian philosopher and emeritus distinguished professor at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. Known internationally for his work across the analytic and continental traditions, Malpas is also at the forefront of contem ...

at the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first pro ...

. Phillips has been a visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

) and

National Humanities Center The National Humanities Center (NHC) is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any university or federal agency. The center was planned under the auspi ...

in North Carolina.

Bibliography

* Phillips JA, and JR Severn, (eds.), 2021, ''Barrie Kosky's Transnational Theatres'', Springer. * Phillips JA, 2019, ''Sternberg and Dietrich: The Phenomenology of Spectacle'',

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

* Phillips JA, (ed.), 2008, ''Cinematic Thinking'',

Stanford University Press Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University. It is one of the oldest academic presses in the United States and the first university press to be established on the West Coast. It was among the presses officially ...

, Stanford * Phillips JA, 2007, ''The Equivocation of Reason: Kleist reading Kant'', Stanford University Press * Phillips JA, 2005, ''Heidegger's Volk: Between National Socialism and Poetry'', Stanford University Press * Phillips JA, 2009, 'Beckett's Boredom', in ''Essays on Boredom and Modernity'', edn. 1, Rodopi, Amsterdam

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