Wendy Brown b. 1955
Wendy Brown (born 1955) is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Political Philosophy and Continental Philosophy.
Wendy Brown is an American political theorist and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, whose work has shaped contemporary critical reflection on neoliberalism, sovereignty, and the political theology of the present. States of Injury and Politics Out of History reframed late-twentieth-century identity politics through a Nietzschean and Foucauldian lens, while Walled States, Waning Sovereignty and Undoing the Demos showed how the apparently strong walls of contemporary nation-states are in fact symptoms of weakening sovereignty under economic globalization. In the Ruins of Neoliberalism extended these analyses into a powerful diagnosis of the rise of authoritarian populism in the wake of forty years of neoliberal hegemony.
Key facts
- Nationality
- American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Political Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Wendy Brown:
“Neoliberalism is the political form in which homo oeconomicus comes to displace homo politicus.”
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Attributed to Wendy Brown:
“Walls are built where sovereignty is felt to be slipping.”
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Attributed to Wendy Brown:
“Identity is haunted by the historical wounds it cannot quite name.”
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Attributed to Wendy Brown:
“Politics out of history is politics that has not yet found the courage to look back.”
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Attributed to Wendy Brown:
“Democracy survives only as long as we are willing to rule and to be ruled in turn.”
Frequently asked about Wendy Brown
- When was Wendy Brown born?
- Wendy Brown was born in 1955.
- Where was Wendy Brown from?
- Wendy Brown is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Wendy Brown associated with?
- Wendy Brown is associated with Political Philosophy and Continental Philosophy.
- What is Wendy Brown known for?
- Wendy Brown is an American political theorist and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, whose work has shaped contemporary critical reflection on neoliberalism, sovereignty, and the political theology of the present.
- How many quotes are attributed to Wendy Brown?
- There are 9 attributed quotations from Wendy Brown in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.