Dr. Karin Fry
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Professor of Philosophy and Chair Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies3307C Newton kfry@georgiasouthern.edu 912-478-7577 PhD, University of Memphis, 2002 |
Most of my research examines topics in art, popular culture, religion, and politics. My current interests involve the political thought of Hannah Arendt and I serve as the Managing Editor of Arendt Studies. Prior to Georgia Southern University, I taught courses in continental philosophy, politics, and art at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. |
RECENT COURSES |
Introduction to Philosophy Philosophy of Art 19th Century Philosophy Political Philosophy
Focus on the Philosopher: Hannah Arendt
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
Life, Theory, and Group Identity in Hannah Arendt’s Thought, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. |
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Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left Rhetoric: The Road to Compromise, Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan Press, 2014. | |
Arendt: a Guide for the Perplexed, London: Bloomsbury Academic (Continuum Press), 2009. | |
This has also been translated into Compreender Hannah Arendt. Trans. Paulo Ferreira Valério. Petrόpolis, Brazil: Editora Vozes, 2009. | |
“Hannah Arendt and Philosophical Influence.” Research in Phenomenology. 50: 2 (2020): 161-176.
“Lyotard and the Philosopher Child.” Philosophy and Childhood: Exploring the Boundaries. Eds. Brock Bahler and David Kennedy. Lexington Press: Lanham, 2017, pp.67-77.
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“Banality of Evil.” The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. John Stone, Dennis Rutledge, Polly Rizeva, Anthony D. Smith, and Xiaoshu Hou eds., 2016. | |
“Natality.” Hannah Arendt: Key Concepts. Ed. Patrick Hayden. Acumen Press: Durham, 2014, pp. 23-35. I | |
“The Mutual Enemy: The American Media Construction of Islam by the Christian Right and New Atheist Movements.” Negotiating Boundaries in Multicultural Societies. Eds. Dina Mansour and Andrew Milne, Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014. | |
“Hannah Arendt and the War in Iraq.” Philosophical Topics. Volume 39.2 (2011): 41-51. | |
“Oh No. They Killed Kenny…Again: Kenny and Camus.” South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today. Ed. Robert Arp. Malden, MA: Blackwell Press, 2007, pp. 77-86. | |
“No Longer a Friend of Narnia: Gender in Narnia.” Philosophy and the Narnia Chronicles: The Lion, The Witch, and the Worldview. Eds. Gregory Bassham, Jerry L. Walls, and William Irwin. Chicago: Open Court Press, 2005, pp.155-166. | |
“The Enlightenment Narrative and Violence.” The European Mind: Narrative and Identity. Ed. Henry Frendo. Malta: University of Malta Press, 2010, Volume II, pp.446-452. | |
McMullin, Irene and Fry, Karin. Philosophical Topics: Hannah Arendt. Volume 39.2 (2011). Guest-edited volume. |
Last updated: 8/2/2024