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Name
  
Peter Dews


Role
  
Philosopher

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Education
  
Queens' College, Cambridge

Books
  
Logics of Disintegration, The idea of evil, The limits of disenchantment

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Peter Kenneth Dews (born 22 April 1952) is a British philosopher, in the fields of critical theory and continental philosophy. He made his name with the Logics of Disintegration, on the limitations of post-structuralism. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex.

Contents

His first degree was in English, at Queens' College, Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Southampton.

Work

  • Logics of Disintegration: Post-Structuralist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory (1987)
  • The Limits of Disenchantment: Essays on Contemporary European Philosophy (1995)
  • Deconstructive Subjectivities (Ed.) (1994)
  • The Idea Of Evil (2008)
  • References

    Peter Dews Wikipedia