| Thomas M. Jeannot
Professor Department of Philosophy
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Academic Information
Ph.D., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 1992.
A.B., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 1978.
Research Interests
Ethics, Marxism and Critical Theory, Classical Modern Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Ancient Greek Philosophy Classical American Philosophy
Professional Experience
2003- Professor, Gonzaga University
2001-2003 Associate Professor, Gonzaga University.
1999-2001 Assistant Professor, Seattle University.
1996-99 Associate Professor, Gonzaga University.
1992-96 Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University.
1986-92 Instructor, Gonzaga University.
1985-86 Visiting Instructor, Santa Clara University.
1982-85 Adjunct Instructor, Saint Louis University.
1980-81 Visiting Lecturer, Seattle University.
1979 Adjunct Instructor, Saint Louis University.
Illustrative CoursesLeadership and Applied Ethics (Doctoral),
Organizational Ethics (Graduate),
Leadership and Ethics (Accelerated Bachelor of General Studies),
History of Modern Philosophy II (Kant through Nietzsche),
Political Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy,
Ethics (cross-listed with Women’s Studies),
Philosophy of Human Nature, Critical Thinking.
Representative Publications
“The Secular Religion, Postsecularism, and Marxism,” in The Problems of Resistance: Studies in Alternate Political Cultures, eds. S. Martinot with J. James (Amherst, NY Humanity Books, 2001). Volume 2 of Radical Philosophy Today.
“Left Communitarianism and Liberal Selfhood,” in Race, Class, and Community Identity, eds. A. Light & M. Nagel (Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2000). Volume 1 of Radical Philosophy Today.
“The McCommodification of Society: Rationalization and Critical Theory,” in McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture, eds. M. Alfino, J. Caputo, & R. Wynyard (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998), pp. 121-43.
“A Propaedeutic to the Philosophical Hermeneutics of John Dewey: ‘Art as Experience’ and ‘Truth and Method’,” Journal of Speculative Philosophy 15 (2001):1-19.
“Raya Dunayevskaya’s Conception of Ultimate Reality and Meaning,” Ultimate Reality and Meaning 22 (1999):276-93.
“John Dewey on the ‘Practical Character of Reality,’” Ultimate Reality and Meaning 21 (1998):144-55.
“A Marx/Dewey Dialogue on the Prospects for an American Socialism,” International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994, nos.10/11/12):59-72.
Overseas Experience and Travel
Professional Membership
American Philosophical Association
Radical Philosophy Association
Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Society for the Study of Human Ideas about Ultimate Reality and Meaning
Society for the Philosophical Study of Marxism
Philosophers in Jesuit Education (Vice-President 2001-02 and President 2002-03)
Oregon Province (Society of Jesus) Social Ministries Commission
The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane.
Honors, Awards, and Grants1996 97 Gonzaga University Great Teachers Program Teacher of the Year ($2,000.00).
UFE NSF Institute, sponsored by the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education (The Evergreen State College): “Science Shakes the Foundations: Dickens, Darwin, and Marx,” Pack Forest Conference Center, Eatonville, WA, June 23 30, 1995.
1995 MCB University Press Literati Club Award for Excellence (“Highly Commended”), for “Darkness at Noon: A Biographical Study of Marxism as Critical Theory,” International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994).
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