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Susan Buck-Morss
Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 Chair Emerita in Government
White Hall, Room 116
sbm5@cornell.edu
Educational Background
- B.A., Vassar College, cum laude
- M.A., Yale University
- Ph.D. in European Intellectual History, Georgetown University, with distinction
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Overview
Susan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory in the Department of Government, and a member of the graduate fields of German Studies and History of Art . Her training is in Continental Theory, specifically, German Critical Philosophy and the Frankfurt School. She is currently researching and lecturing on politics and religion, theories of sovereignty, legitimacy and faith, and economies of political vision.
Graduate Fields
- Germanic Studies
- Government
- History of Art
Research
- Visual culture and social thoery
- Critical theory and continental theory (including Russia)
- Political economy and the politics of identity