Brook Blair

Faculty

Professor & Department Chair

Location McKee 339
Address University of Northern 黑料社区 Campus Box 130 Greeley, CO 80639
Office Hours T/R, 11:00 AM鈥12:00 PM, and by appointment (either in person or viz Zoom)
Brook Blair Portrait

Education

  • Ph.D., Politics (1997) – University of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • M.Sc., International Relations (1990) – London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Diploma, World Politics (1989) – London School of Economics and Political Science
  • B.A., Philosophy (1985) – The 黑料社区 College

Professional Experience & Affiliations

Professor Blair teaches in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs and currently serves as Department Chair.聽 He teaches a range of courses in the areas of Political Philosophy, Latin American Politics, the Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Political Economy and the History of the State, International Relations, and International Political Economy.

Research Expertise & Interests

Professor Blair鈥檚 research areas of interest include political philosophy, the history of ideas, political economy, and state theory.聽 He is currently working on a manuscript dealing with the ideological crisis of modernity and the emergence of fascism during the interwar years.

Publications

Juried

  • “Antonio Negri and the Discourse on Poverty: On Two Motifs in聽Kairo虁s, Alma Venus, Multitudo.”听History of European Ideas, Volume 48, Issue 7, 29 June 2022, 1-23.
  • The Nietzschean Subject: Toward a Praxis of Becoming. Lanham: Lexington P, 2018.
  • 鈥淧ostmodernism, Robert Musil, and the Problem of Subjectification.鈥澛Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging聽Knowledge, Vol. 34, No. 18, July 2018.
  • 鈥淩evisiting the 鈥楾hird Debate鈥 (Part One),鈥澛Review of International Studies聽(Cambridge UP), Vol. 37, No. 2, March 2011, 825-854.
  • 鈥淣ietzsche and the New Image of Thought,鈥澛Theory and Event聽聽(Johns Hopkins UP), Vol. 10, No. 4, December 2007, 6-60.
  • 鈥淭he Idealist Origins of the Realist Theory of International Relations,鈥 co-authored with Ronen P. Palan; republished, in Russian translation, in聽贰耻谤辞锄颈苍别听(NZ聽43, April 2005), a Russian interdisciplinary journal, as the foreign-language text judged fundamental to the issue鈥檚 central topic: 鈥淭he Liberal Heritage鈥 鈥Nota bene: This article was previously published in聽Review of International Studies, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Cambridge UP),October 1993, 385-399.
  • 鈥淧ost-metaphysical and Radical Humanist Thought in the Writings of Machiavelli and Nietzsche,鈥澛History of European Ideas, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Pergamon), April 2001, 199-238.
  • 鈥淭he Idealist Origins of the Realist Theory of International Relations,鈥 co-authored with Ronen P. Palan,聽Review of International Studies聽(Cambridge UP), Vol. 19, No. 4, October 1993, 385-399.

Non-Juried

  • Review Essay: Aris Fioretos, ed.,聽The Solid Letter; Martin Heidegger,聽Elucidations of Ho虉lderlin鈥檚 Poetry; and Dieter Henrich,聽The Course of Remembrance聽鈥 鈥淭he Virtue of Falling: Ho虉lderlin鈥檚 Landscapes and Measures,鈥澛The European Legacy聽(Routledge), Vol. 9, No. 4 (Routledge), August 2004, pp. 525鈥532.
  • Book Review, Benedetto Fontana, 鈥Hegemony and Power: On the Relation between Gramsci and Machiavelli,鈥澛Millennium: Journal of International Studies. 聽(U of Minnesota P), Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1995.

Honors & Awards

His teaching has been recognized in numerous instances, including the Arts and Sciences Teaching Award (2003), a Disability Access Center Certificate for Outstanding Assistance to Students with Disabilities (2004), Favorite Professor Lunch Guest (1998, 2001, and 2002), a National Society of Collegiate Scholars鈥 Inspire Integrity Award聽 (2009), the Mortar Board Honor Society (1999, 2005, and 2010), Delta Zeta鈥檚 Outstanding Professor Award (2006 and 2007), and Residence Life Academic Recognition (2004, 2005, and 2007).