Benjamin Norris
Philosophy, Rowan University
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Benjamin Norris
PhD. Philosophy
AOS: German Idealism, 20th Century Continental.
AOC: Modern Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy.
My name is Benjamin Norris and I received my PhD. in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in 2021. My research focuses on 18th and 19th century German idealism and contemporary continental philosophy. My teaching interests include the history of philosophy, social and political philosophy, psychoanalysis, and contemporary 20th and 21st century European philosophy. I am the author of Schelling and Spinoza: Realism, Idealism, and the Absolute published with State University of New York Press. My current research focuses on the philosophical significance of the Earth in German idealism, romanticism, and pessimism.
Education
New School for Social Research 2021
PhD in Philosophy
Dissertation Title: “Absolute Realism: Schelling and the Vortex of Spinozism,”
Committee Members: Omri Boehm (NSSR), James Dodd (NSSR), and Adrian Johnston (University of New Mexico).
The New School for Social Research 2012
MA in Philosophy
Thesis Title: “Choosing neither God nor Nothing: On Jacobi and Fichte.”
Committee Members: Richard J. Bernstein (NSSR) and Omri Boehm (NSSR).
Warren Wilson College 2009
BA in Philosophy
Teaching
Rowan University 2022 - Present
3/4 Instructor
Instructor
St. Francis College 2017 - 2018
Instructor
Courses Taught​
Introduction to Ethics (Rowan).
Business Ethics (Rowan).
Social and Political Philosophy (Rowan).
Ancient Philosophy (Rowan).
One Text Tutorial After Finitude (The New School).
Writing the Essay: Love and Madness (The New School).
Happiness and Pleasure (St. Francis).
Basic Problems of Philosophy (St. Francis).