Painting by Alex Kanevsky
Farhang Erfani
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religion
- I joined the AU community in 2005. My teaching and research are focused on democratic theory, globalization, exile, existentialism and aesthetics, particularly philosophy of film.
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Degrees
PhD, Villanova University
BA, University of the Pacific -
Languages Spoken:
Persian and French - DOWNLOAD FULL BIO (PDF)
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OFFICE
- CAS - Philosophy and Religion
- Battelle Tompkins - 123
- On leave
CONTACT INFO
- (202) 885-2206 (Office)
- (202) 885-1094 (Fax)
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Partnerships & Affiliations
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Continental Philosophy Bulletin Board
Editor
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Editorial Advisory Board
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Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Member
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American Philosophical Association
Member
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Member, Executive Committee
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Philosophy Domain Editor
Teaching
Spring 2013
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- PHIL-105 Western Philosophy
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- SIS-419 Adv Topics in Int'l Relations: Iranian Revol & Arab Spring
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Fall 2013
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- PHIL-235 Theories of Democracy
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- PHIL-485 Selected Topics in Philosophy: Postcolonialism & Philosophy
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Continental philosophy, aesthetics, political philosophy
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
Research Associate at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Selected Publications
- The Aesthetics of Autonomy: Ricoeur and Sartre on Emancipation, Authenticity and Selfhood (Lexington Books: Under contract).
- “Ricoeur and the Pre-Political” (Co-authored with John Whitmire), Continental Philosophy Review, Vol. 41 (4), 2008.
- “Fixing Marx with Machiavelli: Claude Lefort’s Democratic Turn”, Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, Vol. 39 (2), May 2008, pp. 200-214.
- “Something New Under the Sun: Levinas and the Ethics of Social Imagination”, PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture, Vol. 1 (Spring/Summer) 2007, pp. 46-66.
- “Committed Perception: Merleau-Ponty, Carroll and Iranian Cinema,” Philosophy Today, Accepted (September 6, 2006).
- “Sartre and Kierkegaard on The Aesthetics of Boredom,” Idealistic Studies, Volume 34(3), Fall 2004, pp. 303-317.
- “Being-There and Being-From-Elsewhere: An Existential Analytic of Exile,” Reconstruction, Vol. 2 (3), Summer 2002, pp. 1-24.
- “Exile and the Philosophical Challenge to Citizenship,” (Co-authored with John Whitmire) in Creativity in Exile, ed.
Events
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