Sean Erwin
(Ph.D., Vanderbilt University )

Biscayne Bay Campus
Academic 1
1300 N.E. 151st Street
North Miami, FL 33181 3.
A 313

phone: 305-348-2185
website: http://www.fiu.edu/~erwins
email: erwins@fiu.edu

Areas of Interest:

Ancient Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Jewish Thought, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Applied Ethics

Selected Publcations:

“Bodily Involvements and the Errancy of Imagining in Baruch Spinoza”: North American Spinoza Society, proceedings monograph, 2000.

“The Political Efficacy of Prophetic Madness,” Idealistic Studies, v 30:3, Fall, 2001.

“A War of One’s Own: The Theme of Arma alienis in Machiavelli’s Principe,” forthcoming with the British Journal of the History of Philosophy.

“A Critical Heritage: Moses Maimonides, Baruch Spinoza and Walter Benjamin.” Currently under review at the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal.

“The Non-Aid of L’armi ausiliarie in Machiavelli’s Discorsi.” Currently in development.

Syllabi:

Ethics Syllabus MWF Fall 2007

Modern Philosophy Syllabus Fall 2007