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Stéphanie Martens

Stéphanie Martens

Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
School of Liberal Arts
Faculty of Arts
305C

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Alberta (2012)
  • M.A. University of Saskatchewan (2003)
  • Diplôme de l'Institut d'Études Politiques de Rennes (2001)

On The Web

https://stephaniemartens.academia.edu/

https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137519986

https://books.google.ca/books?id=BIlFDAAAQBAJ​

Research

areas of specialization:

→ Contemporary critical theory, Nietzsche, and Foucault.
→ History of political thought: early modern, social contract theories, colonialism and post-colonial studies, Indigenous rights and politics in settler states.
→ Epistemology and interpretation in history of ideas: genealogical and contextual (Cambridge School) approaches and their critiques.

Awards

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Publications

Recent book review:
https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/18703_a-left-that-dares-to-speak-its-name-untimely-interventions-by-slavoj-zizek-reviewed-by-stephanie-martens/

2023. "Politics of Discomfort: Nietzsche and Foucault against the Pursuit of Happiness"
to be published in Nietzsche's Perspectives on the Political.

2016. The Americas in Early Modern Political Theory: States of Nature and Aboriginality. (London, UK : Palgrave Macmillan)

2015. « Foucault et Skinner : une autre histoire du libéralisme. » dans Foucault Post-Mortem en Europe. Ed. Hintermeyer, P. (Strasbourg : Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg)

2013. « État de nature et la figure du “noble sauvage” chez Rousseau » dans Des apories de l'universalisme aux promesses de l'universel. Ed. Ali-Khodja, M. Collection Mercure du Nord. (Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval)

2012. « Le concept de biopolitique chez Foucault: entre souveraineté et gouvernementalité » publié dans La Biopolitique outre-atlantique après Foucault. Eds. Kiéfer, A. et David Risse. Collection Esthétiques - Culture et Politique. (Paris : L’Harmattan)