Devin Zane Shaw
About
Current interests include:
- Existentialism
- German idealism
- Political theory
- Philosophy of art
- Environmental ethics
- Indigenous philosophy
- Philosophy of social movements.
Education and credentials
- PhD, Ottawa
Research summary
I am currently writing a book about Jacques Ranci猫re, Simone de Beauvoir, and antifascism. My long-term project, called Unsettling Existentialism, involves rethinking the work of Sartre, Beauvoir, and other existentialists through the lens of anticolonial and decolonial鈥攖hat is, Africana, creole, and Indigenous鈥攆rameworks.
Publications and other research outputs
- Egalitarian Moments: From Descartes to Ranci猫re (Bloomsbury, 2016)
- Freedom and Nature in Schelling鈥檚 Philosophy of Art (Bloomsbury, 2010)
Recent articles and review essays
- "Politics That Does Not Command: Reconsidering Ranci猫re鈥檚 Opposition Between Politics and Policing,鈥 Parrhesia (2019)
- With Veldon Coburn, 鈥淭he Real 鈥楯ustice鈥 Denied Colten Boushie,鈥 Policy Options (February 15, 2018).
- With Veldon Coburn: 鈥淩enewing the Status Quo: The Colonial Politics of Recognition in Trudeau鈥檚 鈥楻enewed鈥 Relationship with Indigenous Nations鈥 E-International Review (September 7, 2017). Parrhesia (2019)
- 鈥淒isagreement and Recognition between Ranci猫re and Honneth鈥 (A review of Axel Honneth and Jacques Ranci猫re, Recognition or Disagreement), Boundary 2 Online (March 13, 2017)