Gillian Rose
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Gillian Rosemary Rose (née Stone; 20 September 1947 – 9 December 1995) was a British philosopher and writer. Rose held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick until 1995. Rose began her teaching career at the University of Sussex. She worked in the fields of philosophy and sociology. Her writings include The Melancholy Science, Hegel Contra Sociology, Dialectic of Nihilism, Mourning Becomes the Law, and Paradiso, among others.[1]
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Born | (1947-09-20)20 September 1947 London, England |
Died | 9 December 1995(1995-12-09) (aged 48) Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford Columbia University Free University Berlin St Antony's College, Oxford |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Neo-Hegelianism Critical Theory Marxism |
Institutions | University of Sussex University of Warwick |
Main interests | Philosophy of law, ethics, social philosophy |
Notable ideas | The broken middle, speculative identity |
Notable facets of her work include criticism of neo-Kantianism, post-modernism, and political theology in tandem with what has been described as "a forceful defence of Hegel's speculative thought," largely with the ambition of philosophically substantiating and extending the critical theory of Karl Marx.[2]