Biography

I studied French and German at the University of St. Andrews. Thereafter I took an M.A. in Continental Philosophy and completed my Ph.D on Hegel's Criticism of Kant at the University of Essex. Afterwards I held a post-doctoral fellowship and studied ancient Greek at the Humboldt University of Berlin. From 1995 to 2004 I lectured in modern European philosophy at the University of York, before moving to Sussex in October 2004. I am an elected member of the Executive Committee of the British Philosophical Association, and was Chair of the Society for European Philosophy until 2011. I campaign actively for the humanities and for philosophy.

Role

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy

Graduate Convenor in Philosophy Spring Term 2013

Convenor, Social and Political Thought

Director, Centre of Social and Political Thought

Community and Business

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Programme Board of the Forum for European Philosophy

Chair of the Society for European Philosophy 2007-2011

Elected Member of the Executive Commitee of the British Philosophical Association

EACEA Member of the Panel of Experts for Erasmus Programme Action 1 2011-2013

Qualifications

M.A. Joint Honours in French and German, University of St. Andrews.

M.A. Continental Philosophy, University of Essex. Ph. D. Philosophy, University of Essex

Graecum (Ancient Greek) Theological Faculty, Humboldt University, Berlin

UG  Figures in Classical Philosophy

M.A. Frankfurt School and Critical Theory

M.A. Political and Legal Philosophy

Student Consultation

Spring 2013

Monday 1-2

Tuesday 11-12

Finlayson, James Gordon (2013) Women and the standpoint of concrete others: from the criticism of discourse ethics to feminist social criticism. In: Dialogue, politics and gender. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781107038899 (In Press)

Finlayson, Gordon (2013) To The Things Themselves Again: Observations on What Things Are and Why they Matter. In: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Contemporary World. Oxford University Press, Oxford . (In Press)

Finlayson, James Gordon (2013) To the things themselves again: philosophical observations on what things are and why they matter. In: The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the contemporary world. Oxford handbooks in archaeology . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780199602001

Finlayson, Gordon (2013) Women and the Standpoint of the Concrete Other: From Discourse Ethics to Feminist Social Criticism. In: Dialogue, Politics and Gender Identity. Cambridge University Press. (In Press)

Finlayson, Gordon (2012) On not being silent in the darkness: Adorno's singular apophaticism. Harvard Theological Review, 105 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 0017-8160

Finlayson, Gordon (2012) On not Being Silent in the Darkness: Adorno's Singular Apophaticism. Harvard Theological Review, 105 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 0017-8160

Finlayson, Gordon (2012) The End of the University: Politics and Higher Education in Britain since 1979. In: Politics in Education. Philosophy of Education, 2 . Lit-Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 9783643902535

Finlayson, Gordon (2012) Morality in the Basement? Problems with Normative Grounds in Habermas. Constellations. ISSN 1351-0487 (In Press)

Finlayson, Gordon (2012) The artwork and the promesse du bonheur in Adorno. European Journal Of Philosophy. ISSN 0966-8373

Finlayson, James Gordon and Freyenhagen, Fabian, eds. (2011) Habermas and Rawls: disputing the political. Routlege Studies in contemporary Philosophy . Routledge, London and New York. ISBN 9780415876865

Finlayson, James Gordon and Freyenhagen, Fabian (2010) Introduction: The Habermas-Rawls Dispute: Analysis and Re-evaluation. In: Habermas and Rawls: Disputing the Political. Routledge, pp. 1-21. ISBN 978-0-415-87686-5

Finlayson, Gordon (2010) "Bare life" and politics and in Agamben's reading of Aristotle. Review of Politics, 72 (1). pp. 97-126. ISSN 0034-6705

Finlayson, Gordon (2009) Morality and critical theory. On the normative problem of Frankfurt School social criticism. Telos, 2009 (146). pp. 7-41. ISSN 0090-6514

Finlayson, Gordon (2009) The Work of Art and the Promise of Happiness in Adorno. World Picture (3). ISSN 1938-1700

Finlayson, James Gordon (2007) Political, Moral and Critical Theory: On the Practical Philosophy of the Frankfurt School. In: The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy. Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy . Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 626-670. ISBN 978-0-19-923409-7

Finlayson, Gordon (2007) Political, moral and critical Theory. On the practical philosophy of the Frankfurt school. In: The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, pp. 626-670. ISBN 9780199234097

Finlayson, Gordon (2007) Morality, politics and critical theory. Unset.

Finlayson, Gordon (2005) Habermas's moral cognitivism and the Frege-Geach challenge. European Journal of Philosophy, 13 (3). pp. 319-344. ISSN 0966-8373

Finlayson, Gordon (2005) Habermas: a very short introduction. Oxford Very Short Introductions . Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780192840950