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Kenneth J. Surin

Professor Emeritus of Literature
Literature
Box 90670, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0670
101F Science Building, Duke East Campus, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


(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.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor Emeritus of Literature · 2018 - Present Literature, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND MEDICO-CYBER-POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Chapter · January 1, 2024 The discourses on viruses and virality have hitherto typically been dominated by the spheres of the medical (virology) and communication (the ‘contamination’ of communicative networks, e.g. by computer viruses). The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced alterna ... Cite

Christology

Chapter · January 1, 2023 Full text Cite

Deleuze and Guattari: Selected Writings

Book · January 1, 2019 Representing a sustained engagement with the thought of Deleuze and Guattari, covering more than two decades and on a wide range of topics, from aesthetics and literature to capitalism and Marxism, Kenneth Surin takes politics as the thematic thread to thi ... Cite
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Recent Grants


Political Order and Modernity

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2005 - 2005

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Education, Training & Certifications


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