Peter Gordon (historian)
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Peter Eli Gordon (born 1966) is an American historian of philosophy, a critical theorist, and intellectual historian. The Amabel B. James Professor of History at Harvard University, Gordon focuses on continental philosophy and modern German and French thought,[2] with particular emphasis on the German philosophers Theodor Adorno and Martin Heidegger, critical theory, continental philosophy during the interwar crisis, and most recently, secularization and social thought in the 20th century.[3]
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Born | Peter Eli Gordon 1966 (age 57–58) Seattle, Washington, US |
Other names | Peter E. Gordon |
Years active | 1998–present |
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Alma mater | |
Thesis | Under One Tradewind[1] (1997) |
Doctoral advisor | Martin Jay |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Intellectual history |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Main interests | |
Notable works | Continental Divide (2010) |
Website | scholar |
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