Department of Philosophy

Joseph J. Tanke earned his Ph.D. at Boston College in 2007.  He has lectured and published extensively on Continental philosophy, the history of philosophy, politics, and aesthetics.  He is the author of Foucault’s Philosophy of Art: A Genealogy of Modernity (Continuum, 2009) and Jacques Rancière: An Introduction—Philosophy, Politics, and Aesthetics (Continuum, 2011). Additionally, Professor Tanke is currently completing a major new anthology of aesthetic philosophy, The Continuum Anthology of Aesthetics, and is conducting research in historical ontology and the philosophy of pain. Contact Information Office Hours and Current Courses