Peter Dews (philosopher)
Peter Dews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton (PhD) |
| Thesis | Meaning, Force and Truth in Post-Structuralism: A Critical Presentation of Recent French Philosophies (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anthony Manser |
| Other advisors | Perry Anderson, Peter Osborne, Jonathan Rée |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | German Idealism |
| Institutions | Manchester University |
| Website | https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/DEWSP24209/Peter-Dews |
Peter Kenneth Dews (born 22 April 1952) is a British philosopher, in the fields of critical theory and continental philosophy at the University of Essex.[1]
Life and works
His first degree was in English, at Queens' College, Cambridge. He has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Southampton.[2]
Dews made his name with the Logics of Disintegration, on the limitations of post-structuralism.[3] Dews 2023 book on Schelling's Late Philosophy was the subject of a book symposium by Review for the Society of German Idealism and Romanticism, in which it received reviews from James Kreines, Philipp Schwab and Marcela García Romero.[4]
Selected publications
Books
- Logics of disintegration : post-structuralist thought and the claims of critical theory. Internet Archive. London ; New York : Verso. 1987. ISBN 978-0-86091-813-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[5][6] - The limits of disenchantment : essays on contemporary European philosophy. Internet Archive. London ; New York : Verso. 1995. ISBN 978-1-85984-022-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - The Idea of Evil (1 ed.). Wiley. 2008. doi:10.1002/9780470691830. ISBN 978-1-4051-1704-3.
- Schelling's Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel (1 ed.). Oxford University PressNew York. 9 February 2023. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190069124.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-006912-4.[7][4]
Editorials
- Critchley, Simon; Dews, Peter (1996). Deconstructive Subjectivities. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2724-8.
Articles
- "The 'New Philosophers' and the End of Leftism". Radical Philosophy (024). 1980. ISSN 0300-211X.
References
- ^ "Peter Dews | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Dews, Peter (1984). Meaning, force and truth in post-structuralism: a critical presentation of recent French philosophies (phd thesis). University of Southampton.
- ^ Beaumont, Matthew; Hemingway, Andrew; Leslie, Esther (2007). As Radical as Reality Itself: Essays on Marxism and Art for the 21st Century. Peter Lang. p. 49. ISBN 978-3-03910-938-8. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Volume 7 (2024)". Review for the Society of German Idealism and Romanticisism. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Taylor, Charles (1 August 1988). "Logics of Disintegration". New Left Review (I/170): 110–116.
- ^ Hindess, Barry (1 May 1991). "Reviews : Peter Dews, Logics of Disintegration: Post-Structuralist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory (Verso, 1987)". Thesis Eleven. 29 (1): 119–123. doi:10.1177/072551369102900111. ISSN 0725-5136.
- ^ Bruff, Kyla (2025). "Schelling's Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
External links
- Peter Dews publications indexed by Google Scholar