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Kenneth Kierans

Assistant Professor of Humanities

| Contemporary Studies

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Kenneth Kierans Kenneth Kierans
ken.kierans@ukings.ca 902 422-1271 ext. 208

BA (McGill), DPhil (Oxon)

Selected Publications

  • “On The Unity of Nietzsche’s Philosophy”, Animus, 14 (2010), at www2.swgc.mun.ca/animus/

Upcoming:

  • “Negativity: Charles Taylor, Hegel and the Problem of Modern Freedom” (under review for publication)
  • “Nietzsche on History and Truth” (tentative title of current writing project)

Interests

History of political theory, German idealism, Nietzsche: his impact and influence


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Courses

Contemporary Studies

The Rise of Nietzscheanism

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP3104.03
Fall, 2022/23
Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
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Contemporary Studies

The Real World of Enlightenment: Time and History

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP3115.03 / EMSP3220.03
Winter, 2023/24
Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
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Contemporary Studies

The Ideal World of Enlightenment: Desire and Freedom

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP3110.03 / EMSP3210.03
Fall, 2023/24
Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
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Contemporary Studies

The Nietzschean Legacy

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP3105.03
Winter, 2021/22
Seminar Room
T 1730-2030
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Contemporary Studies

The Rise of Nietzscheanism

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP3104.03
Fall, 2021/22
Seminar Room
T 1730-2030
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Contemporary Studies

The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP2100.03
Fall, 2022/23
Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
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Contemporary Studies

Humanism and Anti-Humanism: The Dramatic Story of What Makes Us Modern

Instructor
J. Kenneth Kierans
CTMP2121.03
Winter, 2023/24
Shatford Room
MW 1005-1125
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