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David Absher, PhD

  • Associate Professor

Biography

Brandon Absher is Associate Professor and Director of the Honors Program at D’Youville University in Buffalo, NY. He is the author of The Rise of Neoliberal Philosophy: Human Capital, Profitable Knowledge, and the Love of Wisdom (Lexington, 2021). He is also a longtime officer of the Radical Philosophy Association, currently serving as Treasurer. He has publications in the Radical Philosophy Review, New Political Science, and The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, among others.

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Kentucky, 2010

Research Interests

  • 19th & 20th Century Continental Philosophy
  • Political and Social Theory
  • Critical Higher Education Studies
  • Environmental Philosophy

Departments

Contact Information

Phone: (716) 829-8174 Email: absherb@dyc.edu Office: SASE 251