R E S E A R C H
My research interests include the history of 19th and 20th century continental philosophy, psychoanalysis, phenomenology of emotion, festivals and nightlife, laughter, art, and love. Most recently, I have focused on the relationship between existential and psychoanalytic conceptions of mental illness. My dissertation at Boston University explored Heidegger’s theory of anxiety-ridden dissociative states (e.g., depersonalization and derealization) and the manner in which these states can be transformed, through art, into those in which we feel more at-home in the world (e.g., wonder and awe). I am now working on a monograph that uses psychoanalytic theory to expose flaws in Heidegger's theory and traces the relationship between these flaws and Heidegger's abhorrent politics and subsequent mental breakdown in the 1940s. As such, the monograph contributes to our understanding of arguably the most influential and controversial philosopher of the 20th century while creating new pathways for dialogue between psychoanalysis, existential philosophy, theories of affectivity, and theories of political extremism.
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