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Bernard Flynn
Professor of philosophy
New York City, NY

Expertise

• Political philosophy
• Phenomenology
• The History of Philosophy

Profile

Bernard Flynn specializes in political philosophy and in particularly the political thought to that emerges in Europe from the 17th century to the present. He concerns himself with the concept of modernity and its relation to pre modern forms of political organization. He is interested in the form of philosophical reflection elaborated by the major thinkers of the tradition of phenomenology beginning with HUSSERL and going through Heidegger to MERLEAU-PONTY and DERRIDA and in particular with the philosophy of CLAUDE LEFORT . He has published two books ,the first, Political Philosophy at the Closure of Metaphysics (1992 humanities Press) and The Philosophyof CLAUDE LEFORT; Interpreting the Political (Northwestern University Press 2007) He is currently at work on a book provisionally titled The Adventure of the Event,. He is also the editor of a collection of writings on the philosophy of MERLEAU-PONTY, titled MERLEAU-PONTY ; and the Possibilities of Philosophy (State University of New York press 20O8). In addition he is written extensively on the history of philosophy. He has served as visiting professor in France and Belgium. He has worked translated into French, German, Italian and Spanish. At Metropolitan Center in the teaches Cultural and Cntellectual History of Western Society as well as Aesthetics and the history of philosophy. He sits on the board of directors of 2 philosophical journals, Philosophy and Social Criticism and Constellations; a Journal of Democratic Theory.

He has often served in as an outside reader on dissertations with in his field of expertise.

Flynn earned his PhD. in philosophy at Duquesne University. And has taught to at the University of Southern Illinois and Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs before coming to Empire State College.