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Biography

James Swindal is a Professor of Philosophy. He specializes in Continental Philosophy, Critical Theory, Action Theory, and Catholic Philosophy. He is currently working on a book project, with co-author William Wright, on An Existentialist Account of Eucharistic Action. He is also engaged in projects on Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis, Charles Taylor鈥檚 Catholic Philosophy, and Robert Brandom鈥檚 Social Pragmatism.

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, Boston College, 1993
  • S.T.B., Theology, Gregorian University, 1989
  • M.A., Philosophy, Gonzaga University, 1982
  • B.A., Political Science, Seattle University, 1978

School

Books

  • Existence and Action (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
  • Reflection Revisited (New York: Fordham University Press, 1999).

Edited Books

  • Habermas II, 4 vols., co-edited with D. Rasmussen (London: SAGE, 2009).
  • The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy, co-edited with Harry Gensler (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005).
  • Ethics: Contemporary Readings, co-edited with H. Gensler and E. Spurgin (New York: Routledge, 2004).
  • Critical Theory, 4 vols., co-edited with D. Rasmussen (London: SAGE, 2004).

Articles and Book Chapters

  • 鈥淗usserl,鈥� in The Cambridge Habermas Lexicon (Cambridge University Press, 2019), 576鈥�79.
  • 鈥淢arx on Nature,鈥� Frontiers of Philosophy in China 9.3 (September 2014): 358鈥�69.
  • 鈥淐ritical Theory, Negative Theology, and Transcendence,鈥� in Continental Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, ed. M. Joy (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2010), 187鈥�220.
  • 鈥淪econd Generation Critical Theory,鈥� in History of Continental Philosophy, vol. 8 (University of Chicago Press, 2010), 227鈥�52.
  • 鈥淐an a Discursive Pragmatism Guarantee Objectivity?鈥� in Philosophy and Social Criticism 33.1 (2007): 113鈥�26.
  • 鈥淐an Strategic Reasoning Alone Account for the Formation of Social Norms?鈥� in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review (2005): 363鈥�72.
  • 鈥淣ietzsche and Habermas and the Critique of Instrumental Reason,鈥� in Habermas, Nietzsche, and Critical Theory, ed. B. Babich (Amherst NY: Prometheus Books, 2004), 131鈥�46.
  • 鈥淗abermas鈥檚 鈥楿nconditional Meaning Without God鈥�: Pragmatism, Phenomenology, and Ultimate Meaning,鈥� in Ultimate Reality and Meaning 26.2 (2003): 126鈥�49.
  • 鈥淒iscourse, Reflection, and Commitment,鈥� Philosophy and Social Criticism 29.2 (2003): 151鈥�65.
  • 鈥淧ragmatism and a 鈥楥atholic鈥� Philosophical Anthropology,鈥� Catholic Education 6.1 (2002): 71鈥�95.
  • 鈥淓quality and Democratic Societies,鈥� Philosophy Today 45.5 (2001): 180鈥�90.
  • 鈥淭he Role of the Will in Postconventional Personal Identity Formation,鈥� in J眉rgen Habermas: SAGE Masters in Social Thought Series, vol. 4, ed. J. Swindal and D. Rasmussen (London: SAGE, 2001), 48鈥�63.
  • 鈥淥ught There Be a Catholic Philosophy?鈥� American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 73.3 (1999): 449鈥�75.
  • 鈥淣ietzsche, Critical Theory, and a Theory of Knowledge,鈥� in Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge, and Critical Theory: Nietzsche and the Sciences I, Boston Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, ed. B. Babich and R. Cohen (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999), 253鈥�64.