Davis, Benjamin
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Global Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
education and training
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Emory University - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States) 2020
- B.A. in Philosophy, University of North Dakota - (Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States) 2016
selected publications
Academic Articles22
- Davis, B. P. The future of critical theory: on the courage and limitations of Bernard Harcourts Critique & Praxis. Culture Theory and Critique. 62(1-2), 167-179.
- Davis, B. P. Human Rights and Caribbean Philosophy: Implications for Teaching. Journal of Human Rights Practice. 13(1), 136-144.
- Davis, B. Decolonial Depths and Expanses: Responding to Critics of Dussel, Mignolo, and Grosfoguel. 12(1), 20-39.
- Davis, B. A/theologies of the Impossible: Antigone, Weil, Badiou, and the Strange. The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. 16(3), 271-293.
- Davis, B. P. Pragmatic Saintliness: Toward a Criticism and Celebration of Community. Contemporary Pragmatism. 18(1), 72-94.
Books2
- DAVIS, B. P. (). Simone Weil's Political Philosophy Field Notes from the Margins. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Chapters2
- Davis, B. P. The Colonial Frame: Judith Butler and Simone Weil on Force and Grief. Simone Weil, Beyond Ideology?. 125-142. Springer Nature.
- Rozelle-Stone, A. R., & Davis, B. P. Simone Weil. Zalta, E. N., & Nodelman, U. (Eds.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
editor of
Books1
recent teaching activities
- AFST201 Intro Course Africana Instructor
Email
benjamin.davis@tamu.edu
First Name
Benjamin
Last Name
Davis