FIMS Profile

Office Hours: Thursday 3:30-5:00

• Wide interests include social & political theory, Continental thought, the philosophy of technology, pop culture, music (Renaissance court music, folk, punk, Canadian post-rock), art & aesthetics, history and science fiction.
• Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo in 1998.
• Publications: Structural Idealism, 2002; Philosophy: A New Introduction (with G. E. Dann), Wadsworth Press, 2005; Understanding Society: A Survey of Modern Social Theory, Oxford University Press, 2008 (Second Edition due in 2010), plus 43 academic articles and 41 newspaper articles.

Recent Essays:

• "Evil Demons, Saviours and Simulacra in The Matrix"
• "Play Lara Play, Run Lola Run: Reflections on Postmodern Comic Book and Video Game Culture"
• "Buddhists, Existentialists and Situationists: Waking up in Waking Life"
• "The Society of Pseudo-Communities" (thanks Mr. Debord)
• "The Post-Ideological Hero: Comic Books Go to Hollywood"

Courses 2009-2010:

FALL TERM

WINTER TERM