Dr. Perry Zurn, PhD
Provost Associate Professor of Philosophy, American University
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@perryzurn
How does change happen? How does it happen in our minds, in our bodies, between people and institutions? My work focuses on forces and histories of change. Specifically, I analyze curiosity, political resistance, and transgender life as material-discursive locations of transformation. I also explore how these forces and their histories can illuminate contemporary ethical and political debates.
News and other happenings
(2022) Release of Curious Minds: The Power of Connection!
(2021) “Intolerable,” New Books Network podcast interview
(2021) Release of Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group, 1970-1980!
(2021) Release of Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry!
(2021) “Curiosity and Power,” New Books Network podcast interview
(2020) Release of Curiosity Studies!
(2020) “Curiosity Studies,” Choose to be Curious podcast episode
(2019) “Perry Zurn,” Public Philosophy Network interview
(2018) “Curiosity is Political,” Choose to be Curious podcast episode
“Can our dreams ever blur the intransigent lines that draw the shape that shuts us in?”